Etelka...wow great arbor. going to add some annual vines this year til your roses mature a bit? One of these days, on my list of want to do's, I will build a copper trelis. Got about half the stuff, just never seem to think of it when I do have the time. lol.
Waiting for the snow to move in, news said 2-8" of that white stuff today. was almost 80* yesterday.
only jj's bloom so far.
Thanks, Pirl, you are alwys so helpful.This is my very active H Young twins, the are beutiful but the trellis is short. I am still geting 2 more clematis next week I hope.
Pirl, have you planted your roses, what kind did you get? I have saved a picture from a lady Timeinthebottle, that is why I ordered two of the same rose, I have not seen her posting lately, I hope she wont mind that I copied her. It will take time to be like hers, but I can dream. Autumn Sunset.
You have beautiful HF Young clem's there, Etelka! I love the twin roses grown over that arbor. Anyone should be thrilled that you enjoyed the look of it so much that you copied it. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
I bought six floribunda roses. I just don't have the patience to tend climbers.
H F Young was on sale in the Fall at Low's and I just could not leave the second one on the shelf by it self ..That is how I got 2 Ruupels, they are twins too. Just remember I have 2 Hanryies too, it must be a OCD thing. When I buy perennials I always buy them by 3, just realized this little corks in my head. I am waiting for 2 different Salvias, ordered 3 of each. One is Salvia Belize, very nice light peach shade, I hope it survives, it is kind of tropic. Some of the roses I have grown where a yellow Hanry Fonda, then a Gypsy queen, they are all gone to rose heaven, lost them to black spot. I hope this new one will do better.
I have also bought many clem's in two's and one I bought four of so maybe I'm OCD as well.
Tonight I took two showers. The first time I forgot to shower off the conditioner in my hair so I went back for round two. It's been a long day.
Oh pirl,,,,lol. Now I know you were tired as well as I am after my day.
Exhausted but now it's time for blissful sleep and the joy of seeing the rose garden tomorrow.
Hello everyone, I hope everyone is enjoying their gardens! We just got back to our home in upstate New York Monday eve. It is a lovely morning with a light blue sky and temps in the 40, at at 10 a.m. I am dresses a lot warmer than I have been the last 2 months!! We are already rejoicing the beginning of our second spring again this year ! It is our custom to share life's glories at the beginning of each month and we again realize how much power our love of all things growing bring us, and helps us through the tougher times such as my most recent Congestive heart failure episode in Hilton Head. I bet you all agree and we thank you for listening! All my clematis are doing very well except Niobe, she is in her third year and just isn't catching, her pals in the same row and either side of her are. As much as I hate to, I am going to carefully dig her up and see if the roots have wrapped or if I can see anything else I might be able to fix. I will also re dig and amend the soil to help her along....or to make her replacement as well off as I can., any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Lee Sherwood McDonald
Lee here's hoping the best for your health. Please keep us posted.
Kiseta I am very happy that you like that picture, That rose is doing very well this year. I am staying some distance from it as a robin has again this year nested in it. This will be the third year for the robins nesting there. the first year it abandoned the nest . The second year father robin kept attacking me and I believe his carry ing on must have attracted some predators , because something got the nestlings. This year I stay away.
I have bewen very busy in the garden now. there is so much to do.
John
Sorry, John, I miss took you for a woman, I guess because we don't have to many guys that are gardeners. My father was a good gardener, vegt. and flowers, he tought us how to grow things, out of four kids, I am the only one to continue the tradition. I kept your picture on my walpaper to, so every morning I was imagining the roses in my garden. I ordered mine from Texas it came in soil not bare root. I got two , so it will grow on each side of the arbor. Thanks again for a nice picture, Etelka
Lee - I hope you're back in good health again. Stay that way! Niobe doesn't seem to be a strong performer for many of us.
John - Isn't it sweet to know you're the inspiration for Etelka? What a lovely compliment.
Etelka - How nice that you carried on the gardening traditions your father taught you.
Finally...
Happy birthday Carolyn!
Hi everyone, I counted and while taking early photos and currently have 27 L overly Clematises up and at em. I thank you all for humoring me on my series of"I know you don't live where I do but, how do you think my clems. are doing??" So bless you for recognizing my love for clematis's. I want to mention my plants that I feel are developing very well for their age and mild winter/spring we have had. 2 ond year strong plants: Evipo: Josephine,must have 20 shoots, and a dozen small flower buds(she must be crazy!) Henryii, my favorite of all. Mrs. Bateman an is also throwing many shoots and also a dozen or more flower buds. Mrs Bateman looks like she may have a smaller more delicate growth size than many, I have never seen her as a mature plant. I also want to share an off topic moment and share a few of my pictures of this years Hellebore s. I hope you are all enjoying your gardens. Lee Sherwood McDonald
Pirl you hit the nail on the head. Etelka y ou and I are both carrying on the traditions of our fathers. He too was my inspiration and I have a number of plants in my garden which are there that he had . I also was inspired by Bill Graham who was the nurseryman I worked for.
John
Lovely hellebores, Lee. I have two in bloom but I'd have to get out early to get photos or they're in shade.
John - my dad was in charge of feeding the roses but my mom was the vegetable gardener when I was tiny. I still recall the smell when my dad would make the manure tea for the roses. Even the term "manure tea" makes me smile as I think of when he first told me what it was. I wanted no part of it but he explained the roses loved it.
The year my father found out he had cancer, he planted 100 bushes of roses. He took care of them for 9 years, just like nothing was going on. My sister said when he could not go out to his "ranch" she knew that he was very sick. He died in 1988, The roses are gone now, but on his ranch my sister said his daffodils are still blooming under the walnut tree. When I go home to visit always go in Summer and I have never seen them. I do believe he is with me in my garden and enjoying my flowers.
Lee, I'm glad that you made it back to your home safely. Sorry to hear about your CHF, and please continue to make a smooth recovery. I'm also glad that most of your clematis are doing well. Your hellebores are also lovely. I have several different colored hellebores which have been blooming most of this winter. Apparently they have also been pollinated and dropped seeds, because I have a few babies coming up.
I have one comment about Niobe, mine is now over 4ft. tall, and has several buds, and it's planted in mostly shade, and seems to like it. I'm going to try layering this year to get more stems, I really do like it's color.
Etelka, that picture on John's trellis is definitely inspiring, and makes me also wish that I had a few roses like that with such good growth.
I was out checking for more vole/moles holes to put poison in and low and behold I found a Clem growing that I thought they had killed last year. One lonely little vine coming up. I will have to get it moved to a better place and some food placed with it. I guess they are pretty sturdy.
Etelka - You inherited your father's determination to persevere and that's a blessing. I also feel my parents are watching over me in the garden and when I move a plant 3" to the left or right I feel it's my mother helping me.
Annette - That's a great idea with layering the Niobe. We should all remember that as we check our clem's.
Marie - How exciting to find a clem you thought was a goner! Any idea which one it might be? When you do move it you might want to give it a big drink of Epsom salt.
Hi Kiseta and everyone, Kiseta thanks for mentioning your recollections of your dad and you sharing the garden love. You sure got everyone reminiscing about their childhoods and folks who helped them develop their love of gardening and each other. My loving gardener relative was my Grandmother (father side)She watched me and my slightly younger cousin Janice after school as both of our moms worked. I came home from grade school one day and Grandma was crying softly, I asked her what was wrong, she said, I cant see good enough to water my flowers any more and some of them are dying. She talked to me about how to go about it, and not only did we share these learning and loving times but, I do believe in addition, the sweet wet soil smell and watching them do well and Grandma telling all the ladies at meetings at her house about my learning (he has special gardening gifts..I don't know what I would do with out him and on and on) Thanks everybody. Be back soon. Lee Sherwood McDonald
I love stories like that, Lee.
Everyone's stories are wonderful, but Lee, when I read yours it brought tears to my eyes. I'm so glad that we all have someone that inspired us to start gardening. The person that got me playing in dirt was my mother, and she was the one that was adventurous, and would try to grow everything. We still send each other pictures of our bloomng plants, and we just have the best time talking about them. She's even on DG periodically getting ideas for her rose garden, LOL. I turned her on to DG last year.
I wanted to share my Niobe, which I found blooming when I came home from work today. Between the watering with the garden hose that I did on Sunday because it was so dry, and the rain we've had this week, it's really stimulated the clemies to grow. I present Niobe with it's first open bloom, with a few more to come. What a surprise this was this evening.
Crystal Fountain also bloomed today, with many more blooms to open
Jackmanii is also blooming, pardon the color, I couldn't capture its's true color for some reason. Here is an open bloom and one soon to open.
I can't believe that I have Fireworks, Pink Champagne, Omoshiro, Mrs. C, Miguel Viso, Crystal Fountain, and Niobe all blooming at the same time, and all so early. I also got the email that the clematis ordered from Brushwood had been shipped, and would be here this weekend.
The tag that I found for Niobe says part sun-morning sunlight only, and average size 15'x7'. In the words of Scooby Doo " Ruut Rhooo", LOL. Will I see this in my lifetime?
I have bought some that say morning sun also, but are in an area that gets morning ,afternoon and then shade. They seem to do better.
I had a question. If I have bought Clems in the fall form the big box store on sale, are they most likely group 3's?
They never tell you on the tag.
Nice debut for Niobe and Crystal Fountain as well as Jackmanii, Annette. The color of Jackmanii seems to change a bit but the sun also makes a difference for the camera. The first blooms sometimes look differently from what we see through the rest of bloom time.
Marie - big box stores sell more type 2 than any other. You'll have to wait for it to bloom, take a photo and we should be able to find an answer.
Since it is really too early for them to bloom, I have been pinching back the new growth, is that a good thing or should I let them go. I am still learning, but it is paying off with all this good information. You all got me hooked,so now you have to put up with all my questions...lol
Pinching is good! Wait until they develop two leaf sets and pinch. Repeat for as long as it grows...if you can keep up with it along with a job, a home and other plants in your garden. Remember the Epsom Salt drink and the mulch.
Anticipation!!
Duchess of Edinburgh? Enjoy it.
Hello everyone , Thank you for your wishes and concerns for my health and want you to know I am happy for any day I just need to not to become overly tired. I am always finding and enjoying ways of gardening easier and slower basically, unlearning 55 years of gardening, I do believe it is all from god's love.
CLEM 9165- Thanks for sharing the pics of so many of your plants that bloomed so early! I particularly enjoyed the pics. of c. Niobe......maybe I will print the pics out and glue them to my fence so I can remember what they look like! 2. When I was down on H.H. island this winter I noticed a small tree much used in landscaping, no one I asked there knew what it was but, they didn't garden. The trees were between 6 and 20 feet tall. The base color of the trunk is white and then scattered fairly small patches of grey of light green. The foliage is elongate and a fairly dark waxy green. In Feb. and March it bore arched racemes of red berries. All in all a very lovely tree well placed to gaze upon while my wife tried to outspend the Sheikh of Araby! L.S.M.
You're so welcome Lee, and LOL about the DW spending, she was doing retail therapy :~) I wonder what kind of tree that was that you saw while recuperating? I wonder if anyone from the midsouth forum can help with an ID?
Here are a few more blooms from today. Miguel Viso is putting on a show, Omoshiro just continues to get prettier, and the Bowl of Beauty peony opened up some blooms, so Mrs. C is not to be outdone. Annette
I forgot to add in my above post that Duchess of Albany is also starting to bloom. It's planted on the column behind the BoB peonies, I love it when they bloom together.
I'm clearly a ditz, I also forgot to post that Liberation arrived from Brushwood today, with another email today stating the other clematis had been shipped. When I opened the box, I was surprised to find it blooming.
Now I know this is a clem forum but......I have a question...Has anyone grown Dicentra scandens (yellow bleeding heart vine). I received mine from Select Seeds todays and am excited to see it do it's thing this summer, YEAH!!!! I hope it overwinters here in my Z5 ( now been moved to Z6) garden!!! Any experiences? Please share. Kathy.
This is my Montana, as you can see it is growing mostly on one tall stem. I have been pinching it back on that stem. Should I just cut it back farther to get more of a root system going?
Great shots, Annette. I'm so glad you're so happy with Omo (as I call it) and I think you'll love Liberation. A blooming package sure excites the soul.
Haven't had the plant you mentioned, Kathy. Sorry!
Marie - aren't there more stems I see at the bottom? I'd leave it be. By next year and surely by 2014 you may find it overwhelming. Give it some Epsom Salt and mulch well. More and more new stems should pop up. I had to stop feeding mine permanently by year three when it got so massive. The bottom of the "stems" are like hydrangea paniculata trees. I'll try and get a photo today.
Something new every day. Today I have noticed the somthing is nibbleing my clems flowers, mostly the bottom ones. Could it be slugs, or something that I have not seen yet. Also my poor Rebecca, first bloomes and she got chewed on. Does anybody have some solutinon, Thanks, Etelka
Could be slugs or maybe earwigs.
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