BLOOMS 2011 CONTINUES......

Hyacinth outside

Ice Follies

jmorth, absolutely beautiful! Annette forcing bulbs can afford us earlier blooms in early spring. These containers are big enough so I refridgerated the bulbs very early in the Fall and planted them out by Thanksgiving. They did well.

jmorth, always love the pics of your hyacinths! Are you getting a good return from years past?? I have a few returning but they look a little anemic. My new ones are smashing if I do say so myself (Pardon me)!

Also Lilylove, your pots are beautiful. I always love bulb and perennial compositions! Wish I had done some combinations myself this year but got lazy and now I regret it!

Daffs in the sideyard garden. This bed is full of roses and lilies and looks great come summer. I have a very few tulips in there and need to add more as they just have gotten less each year to almost nothing. Then I think more daffs too so as to add spring cheer.

Like the uniqueness of "Ice Follies" jmorth.

This Amaryllis bloomed today for the first time in three years. The tag has disappeared since 2008. For some reason it has converted from a single formed bloom to a double since 2008. The mother bulb has multiplied to 4 bulbs since 2008, so it will be interesting to see if the babies have double blooms as well.

Amaryllis "Red Lion" this morning with Hibiscus "Silver Memories" lurking in the background.

Dahlia "Hypnotica Rose Bicolor" with Delphinium "Blue Mirror" in the background.

More "Tecolote" Ranunculus


Jon

Jon, what's beautiful a collection! I've zone envy.

Ok Jon, now I'm living vicariously through your blooms. I'm with Lily_love on the zone envy. The only thing blooming now other that the bulbs is one of my Knockout roses. The peonies and clematis have lots of buds but no open blooms yet. The weather has gotten chilly again and slowed things down here. Annette

I think we all have some zone or plant/flower envy at some time of the year. I'm envious you have Peonies and Clematis Annette. Both of those will not grow/bloom in South Florida.

This is a photo, from this morning, of the first Dutch Iris "Hollandica Blue" bloom with Rudbeckia "Irish Eyes" in the background.

The last of the bulbs are now blooming. Here's Narcissus Gay Tabor. It ha a nice large bloom with orange in the ruffle.

Here's more tulip Dordgone in it's full glory.

Muscari Ocean Magic. It is reminiscent of an ocean wave with it's blue base, gradually turning white to the tip.

Here's a colorful combo of a Dutch iris, Gay Tabor and Dordgone together.

Super nice photos Annette. Can't believe the blooms are coming to an end. So what will be next to bloom in the bulb/tuber/rhizome area?

Hi Jon, the peonies and bearded irises are next. Here's a red NOID peony that I planted last spring. BTW, your rudbeckia, ranuncuclus, dahlia and delphinium are very pretty. My delphiniums and rudbeckia that I winter sowed are about 3-4in tall, and no where near blooming. Annette

Here's a tulip that returned from last year. It had branches with multiple red blooms last year, this year it came back as a single and has white in the bloom.

I can see your Peonies are just about ready. Very nice. Glad they're right behind the last of the tulips, daffodils. Delphiniums are just winter blooming annuals down here. Most of the Rudbeckias are returnees from last year. For some reason a much higher percentage of them have returned this year. I have no idea as to why though. The Echinaceas are also beginning to bloom again right now. They both provide desperately needed color right now as all the annuals that do well in winter are beginning to die back.

Tete-a-tetes, anemones and a tiny bee. I'm so glad he didn't fly away before I could get the close up

Kaufmanniana Tulip: Gold Coin
I LOVE these, they flower beautifully every year even as they create daughter bulbs

Kaufmanniana Tulip from a mixed bag of bulbs so I don't know her name but she's always the first tulip to bloom for me

Jon, do you have to plant your delphiniums every year, and do you grow them from seeds or plants? I'm all about having blooming plants for as many months as possible. Jxmas, what a cool picture with the daffs and the anemone,and the bee posing for you. What are the small blue plants in the picture with your tulips?

Those "Tete A Tetes" are really neat. Like the anemones also. Have become quite fond of them in the last couple of years.

Yes Annette, I have to plant Delphiniums every year if I want some around. Generally a couple of places carry "Blue Mirror" which is a short Chinese Delphinium. One nursery also carries a more typical looking variety named "Guardian Early Blue" Delphinium. I don't think you could grow them from seed in South Florida. The plants would never make it through the initial growing summer so that they could bloom the following winter/spring. I have grown Larkspur from seeds planted in the fall. They're an annual so there is enough cooler weather for them to grow in. They will bloom starting in Feb and continue through April. If you buy annuals here in October, when the temps begin to cool a bit, you'll get a nice lengthy 7 month blooming period out of them. Impatiens are probably the most popular winter grown annual here. They will do well from October - April and become quite large sized plants by the time you get to spring.

I have a few blooms now! My Hyacinth "Miss Saigon" finally has bloomed enough to take a picture! Bought these through the Fall Bulb Coop with Bleek! Love them and want to plant more this fall.

Tete-a-Tete here.

This one is Jetfire

Pansies are our winter grown annual here, and they look their best when it's time to pull them out and plant our summer annuals. How unfair is that. Great color on
Miss Saigon irisluvr. I'm going to have to get some of those from him in the fall. I just got my Asiatic lily bulbs from Bleek this week. They're nice and healthy, and I'm going to plant them this weekend if it doesn't rain.

Siberian Squill (scilla)

Thanks! I also ordered City of Haarlem...it isn't blooming yet but the flower spikes are coming up.

Yes, I ordered some lily bulbs also! I plan to pot mine up this weekend.

NOID daffodil. I've had these for a long time.

I just have to vent for 2 seconds. I just got home from work to find 5 of my Extravagana daffodils broken, or completely cut from the stem, by our yard guy who edged and mowed the yard today. This is the second week in a row that I've come home to broken blooms after he does the yard. Can I break his lawn mower or edger????? d(=_=)b

Salome. I have had these for a long time too! I think I started out with 5 or 10 bulbs and have now shared numerous times and have several clumps left too!

Can they be put in a vase and taken inside? I know that is upsetting when you wait all winter for them to enjoy the short lived blooms just to have someone break them off!

Glory of the Snow....I think this is the dwarf. I have both the giant and the dwarf. The giant has already bloomed out. These little guys are reseeding through out the flower bed....that's ok!

NOID White hyacinth

That's what I just did. One of the blooms was cut from the top, with no stem and just left on the ground for me to find. He has no clue about the value of these bulbs, or the time it takes to plant and take care of them.

Clump of Salome Daffodils

well at least most of them can be enjoyed inside in a vase for a few days.

This is another NOID daffodil I've had for quite a long time. These came from my grandmother's yard.