it is the site don't panic ... it's been happening on & off while they are working on the site
Countdown to spring! Part 10
It's intermittent.
Thanks. Yes, I like it too. Gets a bit leggy so I cut it way back after blooming. The dew on it was nice.
"Nice"? I'd call it perfection and you were there to capture it.
Thanks!
Delph starting to bloom... JoAnn where are you?????.. missing my morning collage
sitting here w/ cereal.
i will send a collage in a minute
actually looks like you have a lot less snow on the ground than I do
Its been melting slowly,we are due for more snow.LongRange from Farmers Al. says big one this weekend but Yahoo weather doesnt mention it I'm counting on Yahoo.
Hope this is not a duplicate.
I hope everyone realizes these pictures are of plants that havnt bloomed here yet.I have "my pictures" files gallore,some are from DG'ers and some are mine of 2 year old plants and some are from nursery websites.
we don't care where they came from.. they are just pretty... and farmer Al needs a good smackin!!
I am lost now,who is Farmer Al?
Quoting:
we are due for more snow.LongRange from Farmers Al
failed morning joke
I finally got it.
Its too early for me sometimes.
FA has not been on the button as far as forcasts this winter. They did predict the last 2 weekends of blizzerds but they were farther south than I read.
Catching up again. All the pretty pics from yesterday and this am are great as usual. Victor I got that penstemon last year but it didn't bloom so hoping for some this year. Nice pic to show a preview. Beautiful lilies, astilbe and crabapple blooms. Also a nice hibiscus and three beautiful blues in one shot from Jen and Onewish. Pretty hydrangea and nice red clem from WC Bill and WC. Lovely all.
Really nice everyone. This one was the first bloom on this plant last year and it has chicken wire around it to keep the ground hog away so it could get established. Echinacea 'Primadonna'.
Victor, that penstemon photo is so ethereal. OneWish, I love the combinations of blues and purples.
Great daylily collage. Beautiful echinacea!
This is a variation on a valentine card I made for my DH:
How adorable Bebop. What kind of birds?
delph
too cute Bebop!!.. nice Bill!!
Pretty color blue on that delph Bill. Hope some of mine return again this year, you never know with delphs around here how many years they will return, but so far I have been lucky.
They're redpolls.
i hear you - i plan to start some from seed today just in case - always grab handfuls of seeds and bury them where they are growing too - mine have been flowering for 2-3 years and might be ready for reinforcements.
Wonderful pics all!!
One of my climbing roses,(forgot which one and the tag is covered with snow right now.) lol!
Another snowy morning here but the streets are clear already.
Love the card, bebop!
Great delph's and great blues, Allison and Bill. Nice Echinacea and collage as well.
Wonderful rose, WC.
Blue Moon hosta:
Very nice! - Love the planter too!!
love the color of that WC.. is that a fire pit Pirl?.. if so.. it's pretty cool
The part that holds the hosta was actually the bottom of this curly iron piece (upper right in this photo) but when it broke apart I couldn't bear to get rid of it. One of these days I'll get a better shot of the piece.
Edited to add: I've straighted it so please don't think I left it looking like that!
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I would have done the same thing... very nice
Looks fine crooked too! lol!
Great Solomon's Seal patch!
Way cool place to put a hosta, & the painted ferns are a nice touch!
Thanks, everyone. My friend picked it up from a trash pile about 30 years ago and gave it to me. I've even found a better photo of it.
Like the variegated solomon's seal. Must think of that for shade. We just have a couple of plants.
Cute card, bebop.
Cute card, bop!
Nice color on that delph, Bill.
Love Blue Moon. I like the big hostas.
Zenobia and Physocarpus Coppertina.
Beautiful, Victor.
Thanks, Pirl. I'm a big fan of Zenobia. Gets Lily of the Valley type flowers and great fall color. The bright foliage lasts throughout the season and it's great to pair with.
The Zenobia is lovely. The Coppertina died but I'm 100% sure it was the soil in the pot in which it was planted when I received it. The soil simply wouldn't hold water for me or for my daughter (so I know it wasn't just mine). It also arrived at exactly the wrong time - just before we were leaving for a visit to Maine last year.
Have you ever tried Chionanthus? I love the look of it but the ones I've seen on Cape Cod, at the nursery, are always too large and we can't very well leave our luggage behind.
Oh - bummer on the Coppertina. I love them.
I do have a Chionanthus that is just getting to a nice age where it should be blooming nicely. Can't remember if I have the native one or the Chinese one.
one thing i noticed about potting soil for shrubs is that at the box stores the soil is light fluff to get them to grow fast and then they have difficulty for a while when planted if not given attention - at real nurseries the it is closer to real soil with weight - last year i picked up two different Potentilla and wished i had spent the $10 difference.
Well, snowdrops have no chance to appear again. Now there is snow on top of crust.