Here--I Googled "Hellebore seedlings: This is the "Images" of--so lots and lots.
https://www.google.com/search?q=hellebore+seedlings&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=cNcrVeeYK83IsATN5IC4Dw&ved=0CEMQsAQ&biw=1280&bih=895
FIRST FLOWERS OF SPRING 2015 DOUBLE TAKE
I looked at some of our newest and indeed a single shoot, a little bit like a short lily of the valley emerging before the leaf opens. David has told me that they don't like their new leaves handled when transplanted.
That's interesting Pat. I read the opposite online. The article I read said they don't like their necks handled and often bruise after holding them, leading to death. They said to use the leaves as a 'handle'.
Jeff, you are correct, it is their necks that are so delicate. Hold them by their leaves only. (Not responsible for info lost in translation ;-) )
Edit: Let them grow until they put out their true leaves.
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I stand corrected. I know David had told me to be careful of them, so I wanted to pass that along. So, ears as handles.
David was already outside when you first posted.
Sequoia, Yes baby helles will come up with their cotyledon leaves first and they don't look like much but there should be a lot of them in a small area. In a short time their first true leaves will show and there is no doubt when they come out that they are Helles, When I transplant mine I usually slip a digging knife in at at shallow angle and lift small whole patches at a time then use the leaves to do the transplanting. I have very good success but then I have a whole lot of seedlings to play with. Sometimes I just set the whole patch into a 4 inch pot and go back later when the Helles are a bit taller, 2in and then start pulling them apart. That process disturbs the plants twice but I haven't had any problem with that.
Oohh, I'm so excited that I have baby Hellebores!!! With seedlings I don't recognize, I've gotten in the habit of waiting to find out what they are first rather than yanking them at first sight.
I checked under my Helles--and most of them has tiny leaves coming up underneath.
I saw last fall WHERE they had the seeds--as I did not cut back the old blooms.
Patience paid off.
I think I will leave them all be and have fuller clumps next year.
My Monkshoods are also coming up nicely--right by the Bird bath. Hope...hope....
hope for some nice blooms this year.
As far as flowers--I have daffs everywhere--same as you all--I am sure.
Took some pics of the different kinds today. No ID--just for looking...
My 2 prettiest ones are not yet in bud--the Tahiti ones and the late-blooming ones
around my KK Hibiscus.
Aside from daffs--my indoor bloomers are all starting to wilt away.
The blooms on the Clivia are all gone.
Many of the blooms on the red Amaryllis are withering too--while some others
are yet to open. Different ages...I suppose.
I keep thinking if I should let one of the spent scapes on my Clivia be
to make seed. This is the pretty one with the rounded leaf-tips.
It would be fun to share the seeds to grow out. This is so pretty!
I have always cut them back--as suggested......Hmmmmmmmmm???
Feedback? G.
Some more of our Narcissus currently in bloom:
Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchman's Breeches
Tiarella wherryi - Foamflower, getting ready to bloom. Will bloom for a couple of months.
Flowering Quince
Hexastylis virginica flowers - Virginia Wild Ginger, flowers hidden at ground level.
Hexastylis virginica plant - Virginia Wild Ginger
Cardamine concatenata - Cut-Leaved Toothwort
Violets
Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost' - Variegated Siberian Bugloss
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Delft Blue' - Dutch Hycinth
G - do you know the name of the second daff in your pic set? I really like it!
Nice blooms GT. I can't believe how much farther along you guys are than me up here. My tiarella hasn't done much waking up yet, my dutchman's breeches began sprouting about a week ago, and my brunneras just started sprouting this week....
very nice greenthumb!!
couple new daffodils today, 'mixed double' freebies from some group buy? and another I think I got from Gita
Great photos!
Greenthumb, I especially love that backlit daffodil image -- stunning!
I forgot one daffodil I have. It is very double or triple....
I cut these today and put them in a small vase--then I realized I had not
taken a picture of it.
Because I have been, systematically, getting rid of daffs as i dig them up,
there are not any big clumps left. just the stray few that i missed.
I think this is pretty--will have to really mark the location.
G.
really nice, Gita
Why are you systematically getting rid of your daffs G?
Wow, that's the frilliest daff I've ever seen!
Because I cannot deal with the withering foliage all over the bed
when it is time to plant my annuals. I love the daffs, but hate the foliage.
I end up braiding the leaves, rubber-banding them, ot knotting them.
Not supposed to do any of it...BUT....
You have to realize how cramped all my space is in all my beds.
It is not like I have daffs flowering free-style somewhere,,,
My beds are all loaded with other plants. Not all of them grow and
bloom at the same time. So--the daff foliage seriously infringes on
other plants hat come up later--like my DL and oriental Lilies. .
And--I do plant zinnias and Lady-in-red salvias etc...etc..in this bed.
The small seedlings cannot be covered by all the daff foliage.
When I say "getting rid of"--I am NOT throwing them away. I have shared them
at Swaps, taken them to work, etc...
I wish I didn't have to do this--as Daffs are beautiful.
Like this frilly one. I have NO idea where it came from. Will mark the spot.
G.
Plus- most daffs make small bulbs pretty prolifically and those only make leaves, until they grow or (unless there is enough nutrition to go around?)
So after a few years those 5-7 bulbs planted in a clump are still making 5-7, or a few more flowers. but a whole lot more leaves. Not a big deal when naturalized. .problem in tight beds
I thinned some Ice follies, threw the smaller ones into a pile of leaves, now they have grown and are blooming.
Yeah, the daff foliage in my perennial bed that I planted with daff clumps a couple years ago was a problem last spring, flopping on top of other plants that were trying to emerge... I ended up roughly braiding or knotting the leaves to get them off the "good" plants. On the plus side, they were also shading out the weeds!
I'll probably do the same this spring, or maybe just cut the leaves off -- not to the ground, just enough that they aren't smothering their neighbors. Even if they haven't had max time to fatten and multiply their bulbs, I figure the daffs have probably had enough time "in leaf" to return by the time they're done flowering... and half a leaf is probably better than none. weed whacker? Hmm.
I hear you about the daff foliage. Most of my daffs are not in my main perennial beds so it doesn't make it a big deal when the leaves decline.
I also have my big old clumps of daffs in 'wooded' more natural areas. So they are a mess for a couple weeks but not really interfering and not in 'groomed' areas.
"They' say six weeks after bloom should be enough leaf time.
It would almost seem smart to go in early and cut off leaves from the small new ones that did NOT bloom, and try to favor the bigger blooming size ones.
I just wrote an extensive reply with comments on Daffs and the foliage issues.
I added 3 pictures.....
Then--Whatever I, accidentally, pressed--left bottom of keyboard--
my whole Post went POOF!
WHAT is there between the "shift"--and the "Ctrl"--or possibly also the "windows"
keys that just deletes all I wrote?????????? SO frustrating!
Is there anywhere that I can retrieve the lost Post? Sure would like to.
I tried "History"---I tried "Recently deleted Posts"....NOTHING!
I HATE--HATE when this happens!!! I do not have time to re-write it all....
Don't want to either!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....G.
I hate when that happens G! It's happened to me too. No way to go back and retrieve.
To me too. I have no idea what crazy combination of keys I hit when it happens either.
I don't know either.
On the laptop, there is something I hit often, which moves the cursor back some ways, so then I have a whole chunk of the END of the sentence starting back in the MIDDLE of it...
I have that same issue Sally. For me, it's because I hit the mouse pad with the butt of my thumb and it moves the cursor to wherever it was.
Lots of yellow in the garden.
Beautiful small daffs.
Fritillaria. So stinky!
Muscari.
Love these daffs. Creeping phlox in the background about to open up fully.
Ugh can't remember the name if these spring blooms! Edit: Wood poppies!
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Tulips. Not the color that was on the package!
Blue iris from Holly and Ric.
Bleeding hearts.
Hellebore seedling from Holly and Ric.
Spirea.
ssgardener- beautiful yard!. some things are ahead of mine.
specifically that is Stylophorum diphyllum, native American wood poppy, good girl. I may have given it to you, hopefully under the right ID. Some have asked for the other one I have.
Yes, ahead of us as well for the spirea and the bleeding hearts. And the daffodils all look so perky.
This is beautiful! Enjoy!
When you play this, the next thing you'll do is play it again. Spring is here, finally.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/9H9IojB9iYY"
Nice pictures SSG, I can't believe how far along you are already!
Thanks! The spirea is an early blooming Japanese variety. I think native spireas bloom much later.
Sally, I might have gotten my wood poppies from you and/or Happy. Hm, haven't heard from Happy in awhile...
Gita, I really like some of the gardens from that video, especially the ones with evergreens mixed in with flowering perennials. I'm not a big fan of the cottage garden style, though. I really need to plant more dwarf conifers.
Speaking of Happy, has anyone had any contact with her of late? I hope she knows of the swap and will attend.
I don't think I have any other contact info for Happy. She was always so busy. I hope everything is well with her and her family
I'll get in touch with her and let her know about the swap!
I think I found the name of my super double, ruffles yellow Daffodil.
"Dick Wilden". Looks identical to mine--doesn't it?
Have NO idea were i got it from nor when.
http://www.hollandbulbfarms.com/itemdesc.asp?item=Dick-Wilden-Daffodil&cat=DAFFSDOUBLE&ic=82149
#3 are all the yellow/greenish Heirloom daffs atounf my "Great balls of File"
deciduous Azalea from Paul.
Gita
