Sally does have a lot of "Money Plants"--I can attest to it.
FIRST FLOWERS OF SPRING 2015 'Mid Spring'
NOT a flower at all--but wanted to show you how strongly my KO Rose is re-growing
after I pruned it to the main stems.
Before this--it was like 4' x 4' all around.
This is for those too scared to cut things back... Just do it!
G.
So really excited. My pussytoes have finally over wintered and bloomed for me. I have gotten Pussytoe starters at least 3 times. The first 2 times they just disappeared or I lost them, didn't recognized them and weeded them out. Whatever, so the last time I got them I planted them in a shallow terracotta bowl and they did wonderfully last summer and overwinted well. So one of the things that I came home to was pussytoe blooms.
Aparently there are several different types of Antennaria (pussytoes). I am pretty sure these originally came from Hart and I think maybe Sally gave them to me last year. Does anyone know which one they are?
Holly, I got these same pussytoes from Sally. Aren't they the cutest? :)
Good encouragement Gita!
Holly, those pussytoes are neat!
I just picked up a Corydalis 'Blackberry Wine' , same as Sally's but with deep purple blooms!
PS Just went out to look for my yellow Corydalis from Sally and it is nowhere to be found. Sigh
What a nice group of pussytoes you have, Holly. Ours seemed to bloom more than usual this year.
OOPS!!! Never posted the picture if the KO Rose
all cut back and re-growing! I could have sworn i did....Hmmmmmmmm?
A bit earlier--the newly growing leaves were SO deep red--like blood...
but I hesitated getting the photo.
Here it is.
Holly, from your photo the leaves of your Pussytoes appear to have a single prominent vein along the midline, so it is likely either Field Pussytoes (Antenneria neglecta) or Smaller Pussytoes (Amtennaria neodioica). I think I can see tiny points at the tips of the basal leaves. If this is correct, then I would lean toward Smaller Pussytoes.
yes, the yellow is Yellow Corydalis, C. lutea, which is in bloom now along with Honesty, Lunaria annua. Seq, I gave you the fernleaf corydalis ; it blooms earlier and is now loaded with seeds. Not far away, but not in this picture, are some Muscari grape hyacinth, a common, even weedy, one, which add another shade of purple to the mix.
Greenthumb, would the serrated edges separate Money plant from Dames rocket? I hope that is the invasive one I mean.
Peach pits seem to sprout easily, I've had a few. I think it starts to bloom in 4-5 years. They grow really fast and so its hard for me to master the proper pruning. This is my youngest since I started with allowing them to grow, and I wrote an article about peach pits, so this one has to be less than seven years.
Reticulated Iris, Lampost bed.
oops...my last post sat on the computer a few hours..
I have had a big patch of Pussytoes for many years, and don't know what it was sold as. I have shared it a few times, or tried, it can be fussy about being dug and likes good drainage they say. David thanks for the details, I'll have to take a look.
coleup I have PLENTY of both kinds of corydalis and will gladly share, for a few seeds off that Blackberry one.
Thanks David I will take a good look at them tomorrow.
Sally, Honesty has broader leaves with more pronounced serration. The plants in your photo are Honesty. Both Honesty and Dame's Rocket are alien and considered invasive. Dame's Rocket, however, is the one observed abundantly along rural roads in the spring, sometimes pink or white instead of purple.
thanks David, I have seen Dames Rocket only 1-2 times close in the wild. I came by my Honesty honestLY, mom grew it forever.
Haha....Initial research says Corydalis shimienensis 'Blackberry Wine' propagation is by division as seeds don't come true. My plant is in a gallon pot. There were 4 others for sale @ $13.99.....How divisible are the other Corys or do you get most of your multiples from seedlings?
Holly, I love that bed! I think that's my second favorite part of your garden, next to the large-leaf water feature. :)
That's not reticulated iris, though, is it? It's... Iris pumila??
Very pretty , Holly!
Oh well, don't worry about the Corydalis for me then. I can still share plenty of mine with you, coleup.
SSG, I was given this one and told it was a reticulated iris. I've never checked it out.
((wondering what makes a reticulated, reticulated))
The flower form looks more like a dwarf bearded iris. Reticulated Irises have a very distinctive flower form. The reticulation in the name is due to a reticulated (cross-hatched) pattern on the bulbs.
Edited to give link to flower photos: https://www.google.com/search?q=reticulated+iris&biw=1600&bih=784&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=6bBEVePFNoPYggSO64HACg&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQsAQ
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thanks greenthumb!
One of my dwarf iris has a bloom. When it opens--I'll take a picture.
These are all sitting in the trays I planted them in--waiting to be adopted...
I am pretty sure they are all spoken for already. I only had 7.
G.
Some plants in bloom today: There has been some discussion of Corydalis and related plants on a couple of MAF threads today. Here are a couple that had been Corydalis but are now classified as Capnoides.
1 - Capnoides sempervirens - Pale Corydalis, young plants
2 - Capnoides sempervirens var. alba - White Pale Corydalis
Some Irises:
3 - Dwarf Bearded Iris - uncertain ID
4 - Iris cristata - Crested Iris
5 - Iris cristata - Crested Iris
the only thing I officially wintersowed this year was that Pale corydalis, and I think I have babies!
Holly and GT, your pictures are very pretty. I love all these cool corydalis pics!
Nice Holly and Greenthumb. How different all of our gardens are even if some plants are the same! Wonder how plants like corydalis get re-classified? Is there an international committee or some scientific process ?
Here are some from my yard today crested iris. I love how they just fan out in a everwidening circle
Japanese Painted Fern and baby helebores!
New Geranium 'Miss Heidi' note great pattern on leaves!
And a few more
NOID Cherry Laurel rounded leaves really full blooming this year
Azaleas Delaware White and Girard Fushia, Red twig Dogwood (variegated) will be followed by Blue Billows Hydrangea
Azalea and Chokeberry ' Autumn Magic'
Bleeding Hearts amidst Ostrich Ferns
Such gorgeous babies everyone. GT, love that Euphorbia... why not put it in the ground? Will it take over?
Judy, that combo of your ferns and bleeding heart is spectacular!
A couple shots of how things look at work...
I filled up the cinder block bench with Violas and Pansies the other day.. had to do something with the few left-over babies that were no longer selling.
A sneak-peek shot of some pottery through the trees. That patio is pretty new - tamped stone dust.
The Wisteria on the pergola is coming into bloom.
Speedie - Yes, that Euphorbia WILL take over. Planted in the ground for one season and then exiled to a double pot that is then kept in a cache pot on the deck away from soil. Though only in-ground for a few months, I spent two years of regular search and destroy to eradicate all the residual remnants.
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Looking good Speedie, WOW look at that Palm next to the wisteria.
very lovely, coleup!!
I am running to Plantfiles now to document my pussytoes as ( I am fairly sure now) the Smaller
First bloom by one of the dwarf Bearded iris--and the tray-full awaiting "adoption"
at the Swap.
Okay Gita, I'll take a couple of those iris off your hands, they are pretty and I even like the look of the foliage.
Robin--Sorry! They are all spoken for!
Where were you earlier? I was 'advertising" these way back.
G.
A few pics:
1 - the very first Columbine I've ever grown!
2 - NOID Azalea; I might have the tag somewhere
3 and 4 - Antennaria plantaginifolia (Plantain-leaf Pussytoes). I can get a close-up if it helps ID all of the various Pussytoes we seem to have.
Beautiful columbine.
Thanks Holly.
Yeah that's a cool columbine for sure. Perhaps that azalea is a Girard's Fuchsia?
Muddy, very interesting color variation on that columbine. And I love your pussytoes! The flowers are different than the ones I have.
Gita, what a wonderful deep color on that iris.