I had one, once, and i did not overwinter.
Tuesday night, rain and cold wind, I better be careful with my baby lettuces and my coleus. And maybe the Brugs should be hauled inside for that night.
FIRST FLOWERS OF SPRING!!! Post your pics!! April Edition :)
I am checking every day to see if my B&B Salvia shows any life. So far--nothing...
I had them deeply mulched with straw. Just removed it a week ago...thought some air
may help. Same for my cardinal Flowers (Lobelia Cardinalis)--nothing yet....
Hoping i will see some growth. They start at ground level and make new shoots
from below...Maybe they are still coming???
If not--ces't la vie! G.
Ssg, congratulations on your Eucomis 'Sparkling Burgundy'!! I had to look that one up, having never heard of it before - what a BEAUTY!!!!!!!!!!
Gita, I had some "Great Blue" lobelia that I'd rescued from work last year.. they didn't make it either... at least, I saw no new growth of any sort when I was out there yesterday. Just going to believe they're finished and move forward. There's 4:O'Clock seeds sown out there now!! (among a million others). I'd had a homemade packet of seeds, wrapped and taped up in a paper towel.. was having a hard time getting it gently open, so I held the thing above the bed and just RIPPED.. seeds went flying everywhere, but I figured that was ok.. til I saw a couple still left stuck in the towel... there was a total of about FORTY, and I think they were TOMATO SEEDS I'd saved from last year's "Early Girls"... EEK!!! This is going to be a FUNNY yardening Bed this year to be sure!
Greenthumb and Muddy, I'm sure you're right about the Tulip; it's the only other type of bulb I've ever put in that bed, and the Siberian Iris' leaves should be a tiny bit less broad, no? Not to mention, I think I put that one in the bed on the other side of the porch.. No, I'm sure you're right. I'll DEFINITELY be getting a pic when it blooms, to show how spot-on you were! =)
Our Salvia "Black and Blue" hasn't come back yet at work either. I think it was just too brutally cold for too long for them.
Speedie, your Great Blue Lobelia should be fine. It can survive to -25 or -30 degrees, much colder than our winter was. I don't think mine are showing except for long established clumps. Not everything emerges at the same time. We have one Hosta that we like very much, and every year it appears long after all the other Hostas. Pat put a ring of stones around it to locate it for us and to remind us it will be back. Don't assume any of your plants died during the winter; give them time and most will re-appear.
Thanks Greenthumb. I've been concerned about this so it's good to know.
Monarda bradburiana has emerged well here an I have two nice pots to share, one for Catmint I think already on my list.
David my downy ( or hairy?) woodmint has not shown yet but I am not worried.
I also try to put rings of stones around things like bulbs, to remember that 'something' is there.
Quote from greenthumb99 :
Typ, the tiny blue flowers are a Speedwell, of which there are many, but the white lowest lobe indicates that it is Field Speedwell, Veronica agrestis. Also seen in your photo in the lower left corner with the purple tinted upper leaves is Purple Dead Nettle, Lamium purpureum. The plant in the lower right corner with the tightly clasping leaves is Henbit, or Lamium amplexicaule. It will bloom shortly with small but very attractive speckled flowers that most folks don't examine closely enough to appreciate.
Thanks, Greenthumb. Now I know!
That is a good idea to use markers of some kind.
Still no hostas here!
Cat, I have a few that have peeked up out of the soil but several others that haven't. It seems that the sunnier ones are first, and the ones in the shade are later. This makes sense, as the ones in the sun probably warm up faster.
Cat, it might be a good thing that the hostas are slow to pop up. The rest of the week looks awfully cold!
Yeah I'm not a big fan of these next couple days. Tuesday's low is supposed to be 26 here :( It's supposed to be pretty windy though so hopefully that will keep the frost off all the sensitive stuff.
Thanks TYP and SSG. I want to catch them when they start to emerge since the shade is now gone from the shade garden where they were planted. :-(
I know I can't believe we're headed for more frost:-(
frost? there's actually snow in our forecast! JUST FLURRIES, NO ACCUMULATION and probably mixed w rain. oops sorry bout the caps... typing 1 handed
I know, super ridiculous. I think it will be the last crap day of winter though. Even so, the two nights after that will be a little iffy but I don't think we'd be in danger of a hard freeze.
My hostas are points. Well the ones that Voles decided weren't quite ripe yet.
A few pictures for everyone. Daffs, I believe one came from Gita. A colony of wildflowers, it is a lily I can't remember specifically what it is (greeenthumb...), and bloodroot from Happy.
What I believe I've lost to voles and a bad winter are French irises, a handful of mature hostas, one epimedium, and I haven't seen my lady slippers I planted in the fall barefoot from hillside. I'm sure there will be others missing.
And an early blooming rhodie, Pink Diamond, with terrible structure.
Terp, the first photo is of Trout Lilies. If your Lady Slippers do not return it is probably due to neither weather or voles. They almost never transplant successfully. The soil requires specific species of mycorrhiza (fungus) and a very low pH. Sometimes they will return for a year or two, but seldom re-establish.
Trout Lilies. I wanted to say Toad Lily but I knew that was wrong.
Thanks!
Terp, what's up with the last picture? It seems there are plants scattered about the yard?
It is a Rhododendron collector's yard. Pretty wild.
Lol...is it your yard?
Terp that's an interesting arrangement. That's gotta be hard to mow around. Is there a reason for not just doing a big mulched garden?
Whoa I wish it was my yard, they have 35+ different deciduous azaleas as well!
I guess grass is easier to maintain year in year out than having to mulch and weed. And it would be a fairly large bed, it might be 20 yds wide and long.
Some daffs, I don't know the cultivars they were free from a friend. A grab bag if you will.
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Are some double daffs known to be floppy? Some of my Tahiti (i think) are horizontal right now. This wind isn't helping!
Terp, that first in the second set of pics is especially gorgeous.
When I got home from work today, I had a nice surprise when I pulled up to the house - weeping cherry, saucer magnolia, and native service berry are in bloom Yesterday, they were just buds!
The double daffs can get top heavy (like peonies). When it's windy, I cut them for bouquets. They smell heavenly!
Paul--
in your previous Post--the Daffodil in picture #3 was from me---
I don't know the name of it--if it even has one.
I call it the "Wild Daffodil". They have their charm--in a tussled way.
Here are 2 pics I took today of the same ones...just for YOU! G.
Great daffodil pics, Paul. Don't know if I could settle on one as my favorite. Love having all sorts of them.
SSG, our top heavy ones didn't take well to the wind, either. One had to be cut, but enjoyed indoors, and another got staked.
What a welcome home, Terri. I didn't know you had a service berry. Hope you share some pictures when you have a minute.
I won't be online the rest of the week, so I'll post a pile of photos now. A quick look at some of our shrubs:
Peris just starting to bloom
Our (previously) largest Aucuba after visits by Bambi et al.
Baby's Breath Spirea just beginning to bloom.
One of our re-blooming Azaleas reaching full bloom
Off subject - tree frog on Clematis trellis
Some of the latest blooming flowers:
Early Saxifrage
Muscari
Brunerra 'Jack Frost'
False Rue Anemone almost identical to Rue Anemone but has 5 petals instead of 7. Anative wildflower.
First Virginia Bluebels flowers of the season
More Daffodils
Whoa, my brunnera are nowhere close to blooming, but the muscari are up now! I just hope they don't all freeze tomorrow night. :(
Some emerging plants:
Lillies
Bleeding Heart
Mayapples w/ tiny Lily Of The Valley sprouts
Tradescantia
Oh! a recently emergent butterfly
Nice photos, Greenthumb! I especially love the bluebells (those are going on my wish list), plus the frog and the butterfly!
I had some new blooms today and thought I posted them on this thread, but I must have mistakenly put them on some other thread! :-o
New blooms for me today:
1) Golden Bleeding Heart
2) Brunnera Jack Frost
3) 1st red tulip opening up!
4) Most of my daffs are in bloom now
5) Creeping veronica is doing great
Emerging ferns are almost as interesting as mature plants:
Sensitive Fern
Christmas Fern
Ghost Fern
A couple of yard shots to fill out the five photos;
Daffodils by wall
Daffodils and Azaleas
From last year, I recall the daffs were unfazed by snow & frost... but I'm thinking I'd better cover my peony sprouts tomorrow night & Wednesday night. The rain should help -- well watered plants are less prone to being damaged by frost, I seem to recall. Anybody with lilies emerging -- cover them. Anything else up that we need to worry about? What about Hosta tips? Newly emerging leaves on the Japanese Maples might need protection...
Hosts tips, hydrangeas.
I didn't think about the peonys. I am just going to hope they were off by a few degrees. I remember one year I ran around making newspaper hats for all the hostas. I'm sure the neighbors think I'm nuts!
Oh well. I'll cross fingers and toes.
It looks like the predictions have come up a few degrees for our areas. Right now they're predicting a low of 31 Tuesday evening--arghhhh, so close--and above freezing every other day this week.