I don't have pictures ... but the first of season Hummingbird Moths were feeding from my Scabiosa last evening. They usually go for the Dianthus (which is blooming and smells heavenly right now) but they liked the Scabiosa this time. I love this time of year!
Carla
April Blooms
I saw the first Hummingbird moth maybe 2 weeks ago, around my Arugula flowers ... it is very hard to take pictures
Drthor, I adore the orange peony!
I, too, spied a hummingbird moth last week visiting the blackberry flowers. For some reason, they are very rare in my garden.
Lyre Leaf Sage
Pincushion Daisy
Blackfoot Daisy
Comfrey
Texas Betony
Dianthus barbatus (Sweet William)
Salvia "May Night"
Not blooms, but hungry caterpillars!
Stephanie, your Pincushion Daisy is what I call Scabiosa.
Carla
Lots of first blooms around here! French hollyhock, Lady Banks rose, Indian hawthorn, and lantana.
This is my first iris bloom of the year. I don't know why mine bloom so late. The wisteria is fading already, but the oxalis is blooming away.
Very nice.
Nora Barlow Columbine
Oxalis
Nora Barlow Columbine (the back is also beautiful)
Penstemon
Bearded Iris
Finally my Peony started to bloom. I cut them and I am enjoying them in the house. They smell so good.
Rain is forecast tonight ... so they would have been down to the ground.
#1 and #4 Peony Tree
#2 Mikasa Itoh Peony
#3 Keiko Itoh Peony
#5 bouque in the house
I'm in zone 8a and I only have 2 BlueBonnets blooming. Lol My Wisteria is just starting to get a few leaves, my Lady Banks and China Blush roses are getting buds.
I just bought seeds for the French Hollyhock. Do you have any advice on when should sow them? Thanks!
I'm really enjoying all the pics maybe I'll have some to share after the next cold front.
Carla, you are correct! I know it by both names.
Things are really begining to bloom. A few shots from this afternoon.
Here you go Lisa, these are in the hay pasture. Mine have already gone to seed.
Joy, the field across our road usually looks like that but not for another month or so. Great pics
rouxcrew
fantastic pictures, especially the second one !
1lisac, this is just a guess, but you can probably sow the French hollyhocks now. We started with a little 2" seedling from our pastor's neighbor about ten years ago. It grew and multiplied and we've had them ever since. They self sow freely, and we have them at all different stages all the time. Right now, I have 1" to 6" new plants and two mature plants in bloom that came up as seedlings last fall. They do stay green all winter in our zone.
Ok I was just looking at the seed packet. I'll sow them now. I think if I sow them in the fall I have a better chance of getting flowers in the Spring but I have a MUCH better chance of forgetting about them too.
covenantgarden
in my garden I planted the French Hollyhocks a few years ago and it re-seed like crazy every where. It was too invasive here ..
Mine have not been invasive enough to be a problem. There are usually a few that come up where I don't want them, but I just dig them up and replant them where they belong - like little stray lambs. Just this week, I noticed one growing in our stone path. It'll get moved this weekend. By the way, drthor, your flowers are beautiful!! I'm amazed at how many you have blooming already!
Thank you so much covenantgarden.
Here what is blooming today after the rain and the cold weather: Clematis
Bearded Irises ... lots of new colors ...
Wonderfully beautiful! I love the smell of peonies in the house!
Columbine Nora Barlow ... this year is so tall
Jerusalem Sage (this year it was evergreen even in the winter)
The last variety of Crossvine is finally blooming. The flowers are a little bit smaller but the color is a deep deep red
Lots of roses are blooming
Peonies ... so fragrant
Poppies: my favorite.
Poppies in my garden come out FREE ... I did let them re-seed every year, now they are all over ... so beautiful!
Columbine
Penstemon
Clematis
Artichokes
rainbow of Bearded Irises
more Irises ...
1&2 my noid yellow iris blooming a full month late.
3 my red lantana
4 my nasturtium that I thot probably would not bloom
5 One of my Amaryllis
1 Lady in Red Salvia, thank you Sheila
2Lyre-leaf sage, thank you Dennis and Sheila
3 Pink knotweed and coleus
4 dianthus
5 Zinnias and frostweed thank you Josephine
Here is the pink knotweed and coleus. I think I accidently hit the red X just before sending.
2 Red knock out rose
3 Esperanza just beginning
4 salmon colored lantana
5 cherry sage
All of these are still blooming from last month
1 The jerusalem sage is about 4 feet wide now
2 My cabbage is getting leggy
3 The bridal wreath knows Im going to prune it to the ground when it finishes so it just keeps going.
4 One of my pots of pansies and violas that did not get stolen (someone's Easter present I suppose.)
5 My LA iris still going.
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1 diamond dust euphorbia growing at the foot of my plumeria
2 new ice plant got from Lowes dead rack last year
3 boring petunias but keeping the LA iris company cause they are a similar shade.
5 gold trailing lantana, now about 5 feet wide.
4 Look closely, I have one bloom on my wine cups, er cup.
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Not sure why my pc is not letting me do multiple posts but here are a few from today around my yard.
pitcher plants
yellow columbine (from last years RU)
S. resinosa
brazos penstemon
first drummond phlox bloom
chocolate flower
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Wow, Cheryl, those pitcher plants are awesome! Ive never known anyone who's had them before. They look like they would need very special growing conditions. Your columbines did a lot better than mine. Ive got nary a bloom. Bet it wasn't cold enough here. The plants look healthy but they've not multiplied like yours. Those are gorgeous. Hope mine do that some day.
Flowers from my parking strip (between the sidewalk and street). Is so satisfying to be done -spent over a year digging up the grass and planting it. The reward is so sweet. (Sorry they are sideways -don't know how to control that)
1. White phlox and yellow columbine
2. Purple coneflower
3. Browneyed susan
4.Peggy Martin rose
5. Gulf coast penstamen
