open another window on your pc and watch lily the bear on live web cam give birth
http://www.bear.org/website/
Indoor Blooms & things that get you through the winter #3
Nothing happening....
I've been watching...we are either sleeping our possibly having contractions??
I've been struggling to keep my Fuschia alive since last summer, think she's on the mend.^_^
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bears normally give birth in january - could be any day
Amaryllis is full bloom today...
pretty!
Thanks Allison, not what i paid for but I like them anyways! LOL
yeah it happens.. I like all of my mix ups too
So delicate. Very pretty.
Thanks Jada!
Luvly snowdrop winterg. I planted a gaggle of them in the ground in the fall. I wonder how they're doin under all the snow? I haven't tried to bring fuschia in for the winter. Well done pixie! I did bring in a tuberous begonia in the fall that was blooming. It croaked in late November sigh.
This thread is just what a need. From the Amaryllis co-op here's Exotic Star that should have been Papillio. Sorry for the re-run pics for those of you who have already seen them. They're just about the only things keeping me sane.
It's lovely!
Big excitement today! My forsythia branches are in bloom. Here they are, arranged on a stand with pots of pink wax begonias, and purple and white Primula malacoides. My schedule for forcing forsythia and other branches is on the blog.
Kevin
www.agardenforthehouse.com
Nice, Kevin! Any reasoning behind your choice of timing / sequence?? Any of these would work anytime from now until before the end of dormancy, no??
Beautiful!
Victor - Timing/sequence, is based upon each shrub's chilling requirement, and a fair amount of experiment. Forsythia needs surprisingly little chilling; only 30 hours of below 40-degree temperatures. That's why it is a natural candidate for January forcing. This also explains why, if October and November are cold, but we get a freakish warm-spell in December, the shrub will start to bloom then. Other shrubs have longer chilling needs, some a little more, some a lot more. But once the chilling requirement is satisfied, the branches can be forced, as you have said, up until the end of dormancy.
Thanks, Kevin. I just never thought if doing it this early - duh! Now I will try.
o sigh that looks so very springish Kevin.
What a wonderful arrangement.
DD's Cymbideum has finally bloomed.
I checked Witch hazles Jelena and it has very round buds.The other 2 dont have buds and one of them has 1 leaf.
ANYWAY
Here is the yellow Cymbideum
begonia is blooming
Love the forsythia and arrangement with them, a lovely setting. Oh ya spring on a branch. I wait for the end of Feb. or early March to force them, just because that is when I need them most and usually can get to them in between snow storms. Very nice.
JoAnn those blossoms must be a real treat for you right now, very pretty. Thanks for giving us a peek to.
I'd call that a green and red cymbidium! My fav combo. Mine is in spike now too. Here's another orchid.
Hi Boojum!
I would call them green also.I'll try a small painting.
The weather is so much like March.I get depressed when I realize its only January.
Yah. There's February in between. Luckily it's short and I have a week off work!
Feb. shouldnt count.
We should all go to someplace warm in Feb. Then it wouldn't count.
Amen.Feb-April are the longest 6 months on the calendar.
Yes, I agree. Bought these yesterday at the store for $5, they made me smile...
Because this doesn't make me smile and it is at the end of the drive way, so I stuck my tongue out at it as I clutched my bouquet!
Awww, a beautiful purple pickmeup!
I see it this way.
We are closer to spring now than we were in October.
Good way to look at it Ge!
Alas winter will return the second week of Feb Blizzerd 12-15 and 20-22 in nNew England and NYState.I am taking bare ground pictures of the gardens to plot where the new plants will go.
Guess I should enjoy the weekend!!!
Good for a couple of weeks then storms.I cant believe the Jan Thaw .Feels like April here.
I haven't visited this thread in awhile, and looks like no one else has, either, so I'm going to post a couple of collages of my indoor plants that are making me happy right now as I eagerly await warm spring days. I just repotted my Rex Begonias. I need to give them some fertilizer now, and hopefully I can get them to bloom.
Karen
Here's a collage of my plants in the sunroom. It's not warm in there all the time. Temps fluctuate quite a bit, sometimes getting down in the 30's, but generally 50's and 60's, I think. Anyhow, I have 2 bird's nest ferns in there, one of which I just repotted, a brugmansia, and a palm, which belongs to my sister.
Karen
