Spring Blooms - 2011!!

Nice, Weeze! Bonfire is one of my faves in the spring.

Thanks Victor. Bonfire just got planted last fall.....before I read that fall may not be the best time to plant JMs. But it survived and the spring color is amazing. Does it go green in the summer?

Very nice pics, you guys!

I love the Bonfire and Peaches And Cream JM's. Would like to have both.

Karen

Greener, but not green. Stays a very nice color.

Yay, good to hear. I'd be a bit disappointed if it went to plain green in the summer. Peaches & Cream is not planted yet. Now that I look at the photos they might be a nice foil for each other. There's plenty of room for Peaches near Bonfire. I'm beginning to understand the JM addiction.

I have Peaches in a container.

Victor, how much are the JM's from Davidsan's? I was looking at their listing, and they don't give prices. I would love to get Peaches and Cream.

Karen

Do you plan on keeping it in a container or just until you pick out a forever home? I haven't even looked at ultimate height, it was an impulse purchase at Fairweather.

You can request a price list from him, Karen. They range, but you always get quality stuff.

Not sure, Weeze. Been in a container for three years now.

Everything looks just great

Thanks, Victor. Will do that.

Karen

weeze bonfire is even better in the fall!

karen if you are looking for a larger jm check both davidsans and topiary gardens - you need to ask directly about larger jm's available

nice everyone

Lovely to see the JMs leafing out....nothing here yet.....

Not here either.

Thanks for the advice, Bill. I don't need anything too big. I can wait for them to grow.

Was at a local nursery last week looking at their trees, of which they have a huge selection, and they don't even have their new stuff in for spring yet. Anyhow, was eying the weeping Norway spruce trees. My sister would love to have one. They had some really huge ones, must have been about 10' tall. One was over $1,000 and the other just under $800. Too much for me, and I would have to pay them extra to deliver and plant it for me.

Karen

I finally have some blooms. Victor, is your ogon in bloom now?

And Phlox. It is freezing and raining. A change from the record Monday heat wave in PA.

Nice to see the blooms, Peoniae.....my creeping phlox don't even have buds yet.....

not even sure if my phlox looks alive yet.. wow

Nice phlox, can't wait to see mine...it's still sleeping. :)

I do have this blooming.....name is "Siren".

Absolutely stunning, Celeste!

love it!!!!

Wow, what a beautiful, dramatic bloom!

Wow, whats that Pixie? brilliant!!!

even though I know they won't bloom a second time this color... I couldn't walk away at costco today

and an easter lily

WOW!!!!!! That blue orchid is spectacular! Dyed?

Karen

Awesome blue orchid Allison!
Nice shot of the Siren Pixie!

looks like it is dyed from the inside somehow

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Blue-Diamond-Orchids-Are-prnews-2399566045.html?x=0&.v=1

Very interesting! I would love to get one.

Karen

the last one I tried did not go well after blooming.. hopefully this one goes better

I never do well with orchids. I've pretty much given up on them. I have three that I bought as babies. They are alive and well, but we will see if I can get them to eventually bloom. Might not be till next year.

Karen

Thanks everyone, this is the second time 'Siren' is bloomng and it has 2 small bulbs shooting off the side of the mother bulb already!

Love that Orchid....this is what Pirl found about them:

Through a patented process, the orchid is transformed into a remarkable
blue shade which will last 2-3 bloom cycles before fading to its
original white."


"Welcome the debut of the world's first blue orchid, "Blue Mystique."

"First unveiled in January of this year by Silver Vase Orchid Growers,
we are very excited to add it to our beautiful collection of orchids for
sale. The flowers are not dyed but rather, the plants are put through a
lengthy process to induce the blue color."

if I can get it to bloom 2 or 3 cycles and not kill it.. life will be good!!

Boojum said they put the dye in the medium

What ever they do, it sure is a pretty color.

peoniae, thank you....thats an Amaryllis, one of many bulbs I have. :)

Beautiful shots everyone!!

I can't get my orchids to bloom more than one cycle. :-(

Karen

Me either, Karen! Pixie, love that Siren, she's aptly named....Allison, let us know if that orchid reblooms....my stepson has great luck....keeps his right against the window & mists daily....he has several moths & a more exotic one I cannot remember....