We have had about 5 days of 70 degree weather - and today was a perfect spring day. I went out for a long walk, and did a little weeding. But most of all, I took the time out to enjoy my spring blooms. The smell of freesias fills the backyard.
Definite signs of spring
White azaleas - I had to trim this one way back last year.
Blue Dutch iris with white ranunculus in foreground, and white thalia in the background
It was too bright when I took the photo of the freesia yesterday. Here is a better one, and a little closer.
Love the freesias and dutch iris!
Your freesia colors are gorgeous, soils!
Is the white behind the dutch Iris , daffodils?
I find it strange they bloom at the same time my daffs are all long gone before the dutch iris bloom here.
Thanks, Rita and ladybug.
Gardengus - yes, those are the Thalia daffodils. The jonquils that I have bloom in Nov-January, depending on where they are in the yard. My Dolly Mollingers and other King Alfred types bloom in February, and then these are the later blooming ones. There is one more variety that I have that is greening up now, but no blooms so far. I think they are the Poeticus ones, but they have not bloomed since the first year. I will most likely pull them out.
My first bearded iris bloom of the season. Too bad I don't know which cultivar it is. I just call it "the white one." It came with the house. Any suggestions?
doesn't look like a bearded iris , maybe more like a Japanese or LA.
However it is quite lovely, the people over on the Iris forum would know they are very helpful at identifying plants.
Zone envy going on here Iris in March ^_^
My Japanese irises were among the first to bloom (after the Dutch iris) when I had them - so that is probably a good guess, gardengus.
Thanks for the info. I like the sound of Japenese iris. Mine are mostly bearded and I have a few Siberians. My Dutch iris haven't budded out yet. This is their second year, so they are on the decline. Wish they didn't fade out...
Don't worry gardengus, you won't have zone envy in August. :-)
Azaleas with some freesias interspersed. This was an accident, but I do like the way that the azalea branches is supporting the freesias which tend to flop if left to their own devices. I don't remember planting them there. The freesias that are pictured at the start of this thread is growing amongst a patch of sedum - Autumn Joy, and some asters. The branches are dried, and snapped off at about a foot or so and it helps support the freesias.
My pink tree peony just before the storms hit. It is looking very sad now.
Pink Dogwood blooming behind the azaleas. I need to prune it to get more of a lateral shape.
Beautiful gardens! : )
Love the pink, Soils! Here's my pink ornamental peach.
Nice peach ladybug.
My peach blooming too. not ornamental.It has delicious peaches in August.
We are on our tenth day of above average temps , things on fast forward , hard to keep up.
ladybug - pretty blossoms on that ornamental peach. Does it stay naturally on the smallest side without pruning?
Gardengus - I don't have a peach tree, but I do have a nectarine tree. That blossomed about a month ago. While you are on your 10th day of above normal temps, we are in our 2nd week of below normal. But, I don't mind too much - it will be 100 degrees too soon.
I've had the peach tree about 3 years and this is as big as it is SUPPOSED to grow. If it gets much larger, I would have to cut it down because of the proximty to the house. I hope the tag was correct about the max size.