Countdown to spring! One garden photo per day - Part 4

Pretty color on the Rhody Jen!
Great shot WC....
Pretty Poppy Mona. I planted many many seeds and they never do well for me. Only had one pretty one and it never came back!

Lots of beautiful colors!

Love that photo, wha!

How big is that carnation, Victor?

Mona - that's too beautiful!

Wonderful color on your rhododendron, Jen.

Luvs - is that 'Bad Hair Day'?

Japanese iris, Crowning Moment, for submission to the TWiki iris project.

Beautiful, Pirl!

The carnation is WC's.

Thanks and sorry at the same time!

(Forgot to stamp my name on the petal... lol!)

- It's about 1.75 inches pirl ! ☺

Just scrolled up and spotted Patti's photo of that gorgeous Fritillaria! Stunning.

Sorry, WC. Do you have howling winds right now? They're worse than just cold temperatures to me.

We have 11mph winds, we start howling about ~15, well actually we really don't howl, we growl and moan a little! (lol!) -It's when the house shakes a little that I find bothersome! hee hee!

Just checked and now the winds are down to 1 MPH. Maybe my complaining helped?

Tomorrow should be windier in these parts, (per forecast).

Yes, the wind is awful. I can take temps down to about 20 without wind without complaints. Wind makes even the upper so's unbearable.

And...Cool Poppy, Spectacular irises, Gorgeous carnation!

Ditto! ^_^

Thank you Lucy on the TWiki project. Currently there are only three of us from DG that have been asked and added. Anita Moran and MShadow being the other two, so I feel very pleased to have been asked.

I asked Victor if he would consider it, but he says he doesn't have too many iris pictures :) Boojum is looking into it,, too. She definitely would be a great contributor. Her iris photos are the best as far as I'm concerned, and she has tons of them, mostly beardless irises, which they need a lot of. It might be a good opportunity for anyone that has tons of great iris pictures, as this is going to be THE iris site, and it's where magazines etc. may look to to buy pictures. And the pictures are creditied.

think these are purple sensation ... (sorry Polly)

Very nice, Allison. Like big lollipops!

They sure are big!

May 2nd 2009: spring showers, more tulips

Love that pic WC! Beautiful!!

Shirley Tulip?

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Thanks, it's 'Fringed Elegance' with some Triumphs in the background. ☺

noid clem's

Wow , would you look at that thing bud!! What did you feed it Bill??

Very nice, WC!

Great color, Bill. Nice amount of blooms too.

Back to March and crocus.

Nice one Victor!

Lots of pretties again. We seem to be having a purple theme. Jen's wonderful rhody,Lvgd's fuzzy poppy,Pirl's beautiful j. iris,Allison shows us what the Purple Sensation alliums look like when they return,WC has a lovely soft yellow tulip with just a hint of purple to go nicely with the tulips in back,Bill has a clem that is going gangbusters and Victor shocks us with a great close-up of brilliant orange stamens of a purple crocus. Now if spring would just show up, I do wish it would hurry up. How many days left?
These are little light blue stars. I think some one put a name to them earlier but I do not know who they are, they appear in late april here.

Thanks, WC and Pat. Pretty, Pat! 72 days.

Celeste there are two next too each other there and the only thing i do is DUMP wood ash on them in the late fall. They came with the house and all i did was move them to this location. Here is the other one - i did miss a day:)

Chionodoxa, Patti, 'glory of the snow'. pretty!

I'll admire your alliums, Allison. No hard feelings, sob, sob.

I love crocus, now those do well for me. Crocus and narcissus.

Beautiful clems, Bill! I wonder how pellet stove ash would work on them?

Thanks Polly I knew some one would know.
Bill it sure is a beauty. I lime mine a little every year along with the lilacs and delphs. I will try a little wood ash too this year.

Ash provides potassium. A necessary element for overall plant health, but will not do much for flowering.

I was bowled over when I saw Wha's clematis in bloom when I visited his garden in person late last May, or I should say bowled over by his whole property, or more appropriately his botanical garden! So my photo of the day is from that visit. Patti

Nice place wha! Thanks Patti. How well kept. Inspiring.

Gosh don't know if I can hold out for 72 more days!! Keep the colors coming...

Tiny little snapdragons...

Very nice, Bill, though I see a lot of space. Get moving! Bill is definitely anal about being perfectly manicured, mulched, weeded, etc. Not me.

Wonderful, Bill.

Ash also sweetens the soil. that's why we never use it on beardless irises, boys and girls, LOL. It does not do much for plant blooming, but for lilacs and things that like sweet soil, it's a good additive.

True, but lime is more effective. In either case, it takes a long time.

Luvs, Love those tiny snaps! I grew some tiny daisys last year and this year am looking for more "tinies" to grow on my patio. I have some tiny snap seeds to winter sow. Hope mine look like yours

Definitely lime is more effective, but I have the ash. So might as well use it.

Thanks Jada! I love snaps, they are a memory flower for me...always squeezed them open as a kid...and adult too!!

Sorry, I'm clueless. Why do you squeeze them?

moly allium