Garden Photos 2011 one per day # 4

Nice Robin!!
Pirl, it's one of my best bloomers!

Nice blues, Marilyn.

Pixie - it's just so grand! I wish I had bought more - famous last words.

Robindog, congrats....love any reticulated Iris. Patti

Just a nice bunch
Zinnia Profusion white,Lord Voldemort coleus,Miss Miffet Caladium

so so pretty JoAnn

Thats nice too. I am ordering Alliums in the fall and need some companion ideas. I know thay look good with TBI but I dont have many.
TBI 's that is. DD has them in her garden. Its so windy where my gardens are I choose the medium sized ones.

This message was edited Mar 28, 2011 5:28 AM

if I have to divide any this year... I will let you know

Try so intermediate sized irises. Earlier than most TB & perhaps a better fit for size. If TBs, go for the shorter ones, under 36".

Thanks for the tip. I didnt know TBI's came shorter. I bought medians last spring.
Local guy digs a clump and charges seven dollars. I divided 1 clump into 3 plants each has blooms.

Any bearded iris over 28" is officially TB. They can go up into the 40" range which I don't like. When you have a chance to get them, check the plant files for height.

Thanks Iris.I will.30 inches might be alright. I have some at 40 and they were left here.
They flop when in bloom and get taken down with spring high winds and showers.

Thanks for all the compliments on my double bloodroot, guys! Abby, I have not checked to see if my bloodroot is up yet, but I don't think it is. It usually comes up a little later.

Celeste, I love your pics of 'San Souci'. Yours too, Pirl.

Karen

Primula seiboldii

So very pretty!

Can't wait for this to bloom this year, that I got from Seneca Hill Perennials last spring. Too bad they are closed for retail orders.

http://www.senecahillperennials.com/uploads/images/plant_p/primula_sieboldii_drag_queen.jpg

Karen

Thanks, Pirl.

Karen

Loved the plant photos! Have ordered a white reticulated iris for next Spring.....

White Twinkles

nice ... the name fits JoAnn

What are those pink beauties?

envoy tropical butterfly... seed grown

http://summerhillseeds.com/impatiens-envoy-tropical-butterfly-p-484.html

It looked like an impatien but the leaves threw me.
Jonzen for those.I see the drawbacks of not using lights.
I have to gamble on being able to find the plants I want here and usually am disapointed.Have to make substitutes
I wish I could have better luck with seeds. No room for lights here so its the crowded livingroom window.

Currently I am hopeing to find trailing torenias and trailing impatiens.
Since I will raise MG's in the LR window and Chinese Houses I might try Swallowtail for what I want in trailers.

park seed and garden harvest supply have low cost annuals... I know parks is hit & miss but they usually make good with a refund if you are fast about it... and I like parks because there 6 packs fit the bloom master planters side holes perfectly.. and I like GHS because they give you a credit for your next purchase ... with everyone you make now... like a credit card cash back.. down side is I hate the navigation on there site.. I didn't grow any toreina this year.. so I bought a bunch from there

http://www.gardenharvestsupply.com/ProductCart/pc/Buy-Potted-Annual-Flowering-Plants-c113.htm

thanks for the info

no problem.. here is my ghs photos of my shipment
http://davesgarden.com/community/blogs/t/onewish1/11891/

Very pretty pink.

Allison, your hummer photos are wonderful! Jo, I'm looking for more lilies like Twinkles, but can't find any......

Nuts, love your Primula seiboldii and of course I love Ge1836's L. Twinkles. My primula about to pop.

Here is a reticulata that I took when we got back to Nantucket at around 6:00 last night. It is was back lite with the setting sun and it is planted along side a stairs so I didn't have to lay on the ground to take it. Pretty little thing called fittingly, Iris reticulata Purple Gem. I came home to an army of crocus and iris in bloom and a couple of Narcissus about to open, today I think. Yippee. Patti

WOW Patti.I have those first time this year. Have to get more.
Marilyn: here ya go:
http://www.bloomingbulb.com/p-47472-lily-tiger-white-twinkle.aspx

Lovely pics.

Our neighbor gave my daughter this pansy she had leftover from planting

AWWW!

love that color Patti... cutie pansy Jen!!!

Thanks, Jo! Love the color on both iris & pansy......

volcano phlox

Its the end of single blooms from last year.
Garden scene with Menorca lilies,echi ordinerre,McKennas Giant mix columbine.
Tall Henrii and yellow Fata Morgana

This message was edited Mar 30, 2011 4:45 AM

guess I need those columbine too

:)

I like the airie character. It was just lucky to get the white where it was.
I bought a 4 pak no blooms.

Stunning color, Allison! I love it.

Beautiful scene, Jo Ann. Looks like Hallmark!

Pretty Ge.
Allison I love that phlox, never heard of that one before.

The color on that phlox is stunning!

Non stop begonia, hoping to get a few this year.