2010 Garden Photos - Part 2

I raked alot of the leaves away from around the Hellebore yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to see buds!!! Last year i got 2 flowers....this year it looks like at least 5 have buds!!!!!!!!!

I noticed new growth on the butterfly bush already! Honeysuckle too.

We are due for snow on Monday.

Ge1836, nice shots of color.

DH called this morning as he stood outside on his cell phone and counted over 50 of the Ard Schenk crocus out under our east window. Plus more out on the west side along with more reticulated iris. I think those crocus that he was seeing on the west side are Crocus tommasinianus and the Iris histrioides 'Lady Beatrix Stanley' which is a total love.

I am still in NYC for another day. Avoiding the parade now. I had a wonderful time at the NY Botanical Garden. Orchids were fabulous. I then spent a few hours in the Library doing some research about those little gems, Iris reticulata. I didn't see one crocus out while strolling about. Only one tree, Hamamelis Arnold's Promise was out (Victor posted a picture of it on March 12th) ,except for one other pale pink tree that I couldn't get over to ID that was peeking out from behind a service building. Not sure what it was. I will have to get H. Arnold's Promise though I do have that nice other yellow one, H. Wisley Supreme in bloom now too.

Hard to be missing my spring blooms, but I am visiting our son while in NYC. Not a bad thing. Enjoy the sun all. Patti

Blooms in the yellow and blue garden...1st year
Katherine Hodgkin and Harmony Iris and Romance Crocus


(Forgot to clean the sib iris behind, how did I miss that one?)

Edited to change name of crocus


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Aquilegia coming up

Close up of Romance

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Now isnt this better than January?

Sedum 'Autumn Joy' coming up

Tons better than January.

Nice. I saw lots of sedum. My spirea 'Ogon' is already leafing out.

flowerjen, Great blue and yellow garden with Iris reticulata Katherine Hodgkin and I. reticulata Harmony Iris and Crocus Herald. I want everyone to plant some of those little gems next fall. Patti

Different crocus.

Spirea thunbergii 'Ogon'.

Different hellebore.

A few lavender crocus started to bllom. DH sw the foliage of Katharine Hodgkin near a rock. I think that I placed the rock there as a marker last spring.

love the shots Victor... but sniff sniff.. love that hellebore

my BB's got hacked down today

Great, JoAnn! I like the purple and yellow crocus. I like any kind of crocus, truth be told.

Victor, I cut back my butterfly bush a few weeks ago. I cut it back every year.

Sounds like you're having a great time in NY, Patti. I would love to go to the orchid show. Today I won 2 tickets to the Boston Flower Show on a local radio station. I got the luck of the Irish on my side today, and I wasn't even wearing green!!!!!!!

Nice stuff going on at your places, Jen and Victor.

Is anyone here having difficulty with DG? I don't know if it's my internet connection or what. I'm having trouble getting pics to load.

Karen

Lots of daffs coming in this garden.

TB iris

seems ok so far

Daffs

Must be my puter, then.

My toilet that I will be using as a planter. Going to put coleus in there.

Karen

woo hoo look at em go!!

crocus

Chippy statuette and moss.

the toilet cracks me up

Old coffee pot and daffs coming up through the leaves (obviously I haven't cleaned up this garden yet).

LOL! My sister thought I was nuts when I brought it home. Well, I guess I am a little nuts or just a bit unconventional. Hey, it's a redneck planter!

Karen

Crocus

buds on hellebore 'Ivory Prince'

Toilet is for cooley-us.

Yes, I cut mine back too.

Nice crocus.

Thanks, Victor!

Karen

Well, I am sputtering and fuming and fighting with the camera and the computer again and eventually I get a picture--no point in trying classes or anything I forget what I do and how I get from one place to another on the blasted software about as fast as I do it-------I suppose I am really having fun like a seven year old instead of a seventy something anyway. Snow drops have been opening and closing for some time now and I'm finding clumps out in the woods

you did good!!!

Nice, Weedy! I have a lot here, too, and I just put together a collage of them from pics taken yesterday.

Karen

One more collage for tonight, then to bed. Crocus shots from yesterday and today.

Karen

Really liked the snowdrops pictures. Our 4 little guys are still in bloom, I am happy to say.

Nice collages Karen

Very nice Karen & Weedy!

Bouquet of hellebores.

Nice pair.