Blooms 2011 #3

Thanks Allison. Yes pirl, your right....they HATE it. Worse than hellebores I think.

Got out some lupines last week (159 of them!) and two had foot long roots! Tried to wiggle a Baby's Breath to remove a dandelion but that tap root is super strong.

Spring has sprung at your house, Pixie....great color in those pansies!

Getting confused with three photo threads open at once!

I agree

Hopefully, just this one will continue.

Geranium with more blooms

Fairy garden covered with cherry blossoms...didn't think about that.... tee hee

I like that purple geranium ... that is the same with the dark foliage?

Yes, that splotchy foliage is the geranium it's 'Samodor'

thanks.. love it

The first Iris

nice shots everyone. Beautiful blooms Celeste, Jen, abby and Pirl.
I am temporarily out of commission from patroling the gardens, had to fix my torn meniscusfor atleast a few days, so I am going to vicariously enjoy thru you all.

Had to look that one up!
Hope you heal quickly!

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very pretty Jen, I saw my first bloom as well, will have my dau take the picture. Good night everyone.

Thanks, it is a cartilage tear. I see premature arthritis and celebrex in my future, chose to have it fixed so I could get back to playing tennis and gardening getting down on the ground soon. Heals pretty fast, should be back to kneeling in six weeks if all goes well and I can return to my everyday activities next week. Bestpart is I work at a rehab hospital and so it is free and easy access to experts.

and you should know the really good specialists!

Allison, spelled it wrong
It's Samobor with a "b" not a "d" oopsie

Thats true. I am a rehab doc myself but I dont treat myself in general for a very good reason, wink wink.

Good luck, Rama. Hope you heal quickly. Wish my knee were recovering better. Still limited.

Victor, knees atke a long time.
Peonie: I had a repair done 4 years ago. It needs a nip and tuck again.
I put off seeing the ortho. because I dont want more impairmnt this summer.

thanks Jen.. google yelled at me

:)

Rama - hope you heal quickly. In the meantime you get to enjoy looking at the beauty of spring.

Thanks everyone. I have done much damage to this knee, tearing a cruciate ligament playing volleyball and treated it conservatively and now this. Good news is I know my limitations, bad news is I am an overachiever and want things done yesterday so I probably would be the bane of my husband's existence. It does take a while to heal from previous experience, but I am 41 and I have time on my side, so in the meantime I am drooling over your beauties. Saying in the health care is health care patients are the worst patients and Victor I am sure your wife could vouch for that.

Yes, they are!

rama hope you heal quickly.

jen kinda nice to have a cherry blossom storm over your fairy garden

Bummed that I have found two clems that appear to be suffering from wilt. Never had that problem. maybe the tough winter. One, Duchess of Edinburgh, looks like it will still bloom. The other, Silver Moon, will not. It's completely droopy and has no buds.

The general advice is to cut it back to the ground. A drink of warm water with Epsom Salt can't hurt - 1 TBSP to a gallon of warm water. Good luck. You should see new sprouts within about two weeks. The bloom will be later but at least you have a chance of getting it into bloom.

Eeek....don't like the sound of that, Victor! I have no buds on any yet, but they all look in good shape....my Brushwood order has been shipped. Rama, good luck with the surgery, you'll be out in the garden in no time....when I broke my hip, I walked on crutches to the garden walls, sat on them, & weeded.....couldn't stay away!

Thanks, Pirl.....great advice!

I'll give it a shot. Thanks, pirl.

Thanks Bill and Marilyn. I lost my clem niobe, had a small show of life which was lost as well, will try the epsom salt. I have not lost the clemati before, but this was on street side, harsh winter. Daughter planted a scarlet runner bean ready to take over if clem doesnt show life.

I hope it helps all the clem's in danger. The reason for the warm water is that plants take it up quicker and that's precisely what you want. You'd think the earth would cool it down and I'm sure it does but that's the advice I got and what I use.

Peoniae:
My heart goes out to you. What a frustrating situation.
I wonder why gardeners are always impatient personalities.Seems we all have the same trait.

Thanks Joann. I am a strong type A and I think most gardeners are. My husband is the dreamer, nothing is too bad, sees the world thru rose colored glasses and as mellow as they come. He is a good laborer, I point to where, he dig the hole, waters and does the hard work, while I go saying I want to move this out of here pointing to a six feet vibernum. we balance out each other.

That works!

Nice. I need him! I'm impatient as far as hating to be laid up or limited. I love designing, planning and planting. Don't like maintenance - it's tougher on the joints and is boring.

Abbyday, what is the peeling tree bark in your picture of the garden walk?

That is pretty nice, does it look like a river birch or paper birch variety.

Randy loves paper birch