Spring in bloom in Kim's garden - so beautiful!
Spring clematis chat continues
Thanks Arlene, this year everything was early. Perhaps, Arnette can relate, it seems as if summer arrived early....likes today!
All my clematises are in bud and one would have been spectacular but I tried to bend it ever so slightly and broke the stem instead! This is a month early for us.
I hope the buds will be OK ....temps in the 20s for tomorrow night....
Oh, pirl that is so sad!
Our low is only supposed to be 36 so I'm hoping for the best. It's all any of us can do.
We got own into the high 30's to low 40's last week, thank goodness no frost. The clematis did fine, the heats back today, we were in the mid 80's, and it's still 75* right now.
Kim, that is one gorgeous picture, it's really blooming up a storm where you are already.
Arlene, sorry to hear about the broken clematis. Hopefully it will branch, and give you more beautiful blooms than you expected. Annette
Sorry about the broken Clem. I've done that, too.
It's still hanging on and not appearing dead so maybe I'll try a split as a Band Aid.
I dont remember the name, I just know that it is a Montana.
2 more, the trellis has 3 planted on it.
It will only let me load a few at a time and then not always.
And my new one Henri.
many more are just waiting to bust open.
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That montana is a surprise to me. Generally the flowers are not large.
All pretty flowers, Marie. The system balks when the size of the photos is too large. It was reported on the forum, Dave's Garden.
Henryi is white here and all places I've seen it online. Sure it's not H.F. Young?
That might be it Arlene...lol I knew it started with an H... I bought 2 different ones that day.
Marie, your pictures are beautiful. In order to post multiple pictures, you can resize them in Windows Paint to 25% and you'll be able to post up to 5 pictures at a time.
Arlene, your Henryi is just gorgeous. I saw it as a bareroot in Walmart a few weeks ago, and meant to pick one up. When I went back, they were all gone ;-( Annete
Thanks, Annette. It's one of my oldest ones. I love the green stripes on the reverse side as they open but it does disappear after a few days.
It has expanded greatly and now takes quite a few feet of earth and it has wandered forward quite a bit. Can't wait for it to bloom this year.
Much to my amazement both Omoshiro (the original one) and Lemon Chiffon opened today. Yesterday was opening day for montana Grandiflora. There are so many buds that it's hard to believe.
I think once the warmer weather hits again this week , we will see a lot more buds opening up. I cant wait to see what is out there. Some will be blooming for the first time for me.
Marie -
such gorgeous photos. I noticed today, my type 2 s are budding. I can't wait for them to open!
Can you imagine our reactions by next Wednesday and Thursday? We'll all be ecstatic. This will be better than recess ever was.
Marie.....how much room is there between plants that you're trying to fill? Have you thought about Gypsophila Covent Gardens, it's an annual at about 18", reseeds lightly. And how about more info on your rose bed, looking for groundcover or plants to surround them, and what kind of roses, (shrub, teas, etc)? Kathy.
Pix: I'm allowing my J J's to fill in where ever they seed in,getting a nice carpet effect beginning, will get some new pix this week.
Pix: Penstemon, I think this one is Redrocks an all summer bloomer at 12-18"x6-8">, blooms all season (deadhead) reseeds lightly.
Pix: There are several campanulas that might work for you also, this one is rotundifolia, short at about 8" and just starting to spread, hope it hurries.
Clem buds are popping up all over....am hoping for some this week when it warms up.....love the penstemons, Kathy.....I just ordered a few more.
About 12 -15 inches between the day lilies, and my one rose bed I would say 3 ft between the roses. It is a new bed that I started last year. I want something that would grow some what shorter than the roses and bloom most of the summer. I am off Tuesday and I will be going on the hunt.
I went to see my grandkids in the Albamerle area in NC and when I came back my Gipsy Queen opened up, it is very nice color, I think I wand an other one just like it. Also my Neobie bloomed for the first time. Only the Henrii and the Daniel D. not bloomed yet. I have a second year Hydrengia, it is blooming and I hope it will get taller this year. The black and blue Salvia is 4feet tall, beutiful blue. Life is good. Etelka
Lovely! Black & Blue salvia is an annual here, but I usually have one in the gardens.....
Marie - when you're out hunting you might want to look at the shorter dahlias. They have them in sizes from 12" to the giant ones and they will bloom until frost.
Etelka - I don't think you've ever mentioned Albemarle before! That was the home town to the real PIRL. She lived at the corner of Cotton and Gin, near Peedee Drive (a main road there).
Gypsy Queen does look fabulous! Niobe is a nice color but mine never grows really tall.
Do you have a name for that hydrangea? I only ask because many get to 5' x 5' and if that's the case with yours it will need moving within a few years (just a friendly warning from someone who had no idea how large mine would get). This is Bluebird hydrangea in the collage and you can see it above the row of x's (with the tag) after I planted it in 2006 and then see how large it became just two years later. Now it's even larger!
Wonderful Black and Blue Salvia. I love that plant.
Here's a close-up photo of the bloom on Bluebird. Most/many hydrangeas enjoy part shade, especially in the hot afternoon sun here.
Hi Pirl, I have been to Elizabeth City, which is in Albamerle area, it is kind of like a county but not. It is a combination of few cities. My son is in the USCoast Guard there and my DIL is from Camden.
My Hydrenea is I think Blue Bird, can't find the ticket, it is doing well, morning shade, some sun in the afternoon. Only my climbing Hydrengea is not blooming yet, maybe this year. It groo some but the grasshoppers are eating up the new leafs. Hope I get the end to the grasshoppers this year, I am ordering some organic treatment. They promissed rain last week, but we have not had any, so when I came home after 3 days, the plants where very dry. Today my friend and I are doing some planting at the church, whatever we have at home , shady type of plants. I have some hostas and impatients, and will see how it looks. My Sister Theresa is still blooming, but the Iris are doing slow, what can I put on them to make them bloom. Only one bloomed, the Man in black, but it was open only for a few days, I was not impressed. Etelka
Yours is a mophead hydrangea, Etelka. Bluebird is a lacecap. (Different type of flower heads)
Collage shows lacecap on the left, mophead on the right.
My climbing hydrangea hasn't bloomed yet. It's six years old!
Every iris lover would enjoy having a product to make them bloom. Some take a year off and some don't/won't bloom after transplanting. If yours have been in the exact same spot for a few years they should bloom (or should have bloomed) for you. I no longer lift and divide every three years. It's too much work and I get tons of blooms. Here's a culture page for bearded irises. I hope it helps you. http://www.schreinersgardens.com/about_iris.shtml
Did you order your irises from a reputable company? Many perform beautifully and are exactly as pictured while others are a bit of a disappointment, like many other plants.
Have fun planting at your church and take photos for us. Thanks.
Hi Everyone, I have spent the dat diging, straitening, edging borders...yoo much like work!, got about 60 feet done to day. I cant do very much at one time but, I don't care as long as I am in the gardens. I am not seeing any cold damage of ths clematis from our 3 days of low 20's. My c.'Allanah, had some wilted tip shoots and flower buds but, as I looked the damage all came from the wind tearing the shoots off the stems!
Kisetta- Your clematis are looking fine! I sometimes wish I lived in the south but, it is too hot for me! I spent a few months on Paris Island in the early 60's in Marine Corps boot camp....I didn't much like it!
Enjoy your gardens everyone. Lee S.
Bluebird is a very pretty hydrangea!
Thanks. I love it. A few years later I bought it again before I knew how easy it is to root them!
Hey Arlene, please share how you root your hydrangeas. I have a variegated one that I'd love to grow some extra plants from.
I also wanted share my noid clematis that got too top heavy before I could support it, and the stems split. Although the stems are bent, it still continues to grow and is now blooming.
The blooms on this noid also vary from 4 to 6 petals per bloom, and some of them have a hint of green as they did last spring, as if petals and leaves have fused, weird huh?
The new clemies that were planted in the last 2 weeks are also putting on some nice growth. Here Durandii, John Warren, and Otto Froebel.
Those are growing nice. I hope I find some manure tomorrow so i can get it around my new clems. I want a red one like you have. Is the name Noid, or is that a type of clem?
Very pretty Annette - I just love it. I was trying to get a handle on name and so far am unble to do that.
Marie - NOID is No ID.
Hey marie_kap, the manure has made a difference in the growth and blooms of the clematis. As I posted above I got a 40lb bag for $1.47 at Walmart here, a product from Earthgro that states it's organic and is a combination of humus and composted manure. As Arlene has posted, don't forget the bonemeal and Epsom salt, it's really made a difference here.
Thanks for the compliments Carolyn. I've been racking my brain, trying to figure out which clem this is. I've googled, binged, and looked at pictures from the different nurseries that offer clematis, and I think my NOID may be viticella Rubra. It has smaller leaves, blooms that are 2-3 inches, and the pictures that I've seen of Rubra are very similar. Annette
Annette - Between your home, your windows, the fencing and the brickwork columns - then adding the clem's, it's just all fabulous. No idea here as to the no ID clematis but it's doubly pretty with the dual colors.
Your newbies look wonderful!
I'm a believer in manure (always aged/composted/dehydrated) and compost for clematises. Maybe it's the slow and steady source of nutrients in the ingredients but it works. I don't use any Miracle Gro product on my clem's. I feel it's too much like force feeding a baby.