spring bulbs pictures

here is a pic of an iris a friend gave me... i dont know the name.. infact i think all the iris's in this bed are from her house so i dont know what they are... thats always fun! (:

here is superstition .... i didnt think i would care for this iris.. home depot had them on sale for 1 cent ...because they were all dried out and last of the iris's... but i just love it.. its so dramatic!!!!

here it is with the flash...

beautiful!! cici

here is edith wolford... very bright and cheery iris....(:

cici--the superstition that I have is way darker and more of a wine/burgundy color than blue/purple. Is that how your iris appears and is mine wrong? I got it from the co-op last year. Anyone else get that one and what is the color?

LimeyLisa Kay

hi limeylisa... the superstition i have is darker in person then in this pic... both days i took the pic it was overcast and so the pics make it look like its all blueish purple... in person the bottom petals look black and the top ones look dark blackish purple.. but not burgandy... wonder if it depends on the amount of shade they get?

llilyfan her DH (Ted) with the biggest alliums I've ever seen!

Oh boy, just wait paybacks are so much fun! Really I'm sure I don't look like that!!!LOL

just wait until I post the bend over backwards laughing picture in the hosta forum! LOL! ( : bev : )

FOTFLMBO!!! That's a good one Bev! A real keeper!! Right Sue?? (I'm still chuckling over here...)

I think it would have been better if we had llilyfan standing closer to the alliums....Kinda like breast enhancements! LOL!

lol anahi you are too funny. what happens when your alliums get smaller and smaller each year though, like mine?

Well, I guess we all have to go to seed sometime! LOL! : ) Smaller and smaller, lower and lower! My alliums are getting alittle droopy......LOL ( : Bev : )

LOL the perrils of age....

I think I'm going to stay out of this conversation, I'm already in over my head!LOL

Here is one of my lovelies: Bountiful Harvest TB Iris

So anahi where did you post that bending over backwards pic of me? Let's see now, I finally have a digital camera so keep an eye on me!

llilyfan, here you go girl! LOL! I quess I'm gonna have to watch my back now huh...! LOL! Glad to hear that you got your digital, Iowaron says you got a real good deal! Can't wait to tour your garden via your picture posts on daves! ( : Bev : )

I think we'll all laugh along with you!! Share the joke, Sue! Looks like it was a belly roller!

yes please share the story. that is a great picture.

It started out with a picture similar to this one but from a different view point...Teresa, (gardening friend in red) after realizing that a picture had been taken of her from behind, went a little crazy...went after me demanding that the picture be deleted because "Ï don't want anyone to have a picture of my fat butt!" The rest of us were laughing so hard that we were in tears! Of course the other picture was deleated, I really didn't have a choice! The original idea was to have a picture of the hosta that the two of them were digging from Sues garden to share with her friends.. LOL ( : Bev : ) I'll never get a shot of her from behind again!! Other people in the picture are Ted (Sues DH) and Peggy (Iowarons DW)

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anahi!! Its a good thing I didn't know about this picture!!! I was laughing so hard at the antics of Teresa and Bev that I almost fell overbackwards. It WAS a GREAT day! There just are no friends like gardening friends.

LOL Absolutely - no one understands our passions but other with the same disease!!

Anahi, as you can see the other hosta finally has some elbow room and is loving it!

I know it's a little late to post this pic but this tulip was the coolest...

Aw, it's never to late for a flower picture! That's a real beauty.

I agree with Llilyfan! Do you know the name of that tulip heidi?

It's Blue Parrot

Thanks, Bert!!

If you have Black Parrot, cut one flower off with a real short stem, maybe about an inch long and float this flower in a saucer that you put on the table after you fill it with water. Very dramatic since Black Parrot will open up a lot wider and flat than the Blue Parrot will. You can also do this with Estella Rijnveldt and Flaming Parrot.

Oh.....I don't have any of these!! I'll have to add one or more to my shopping list for fall planting so I can try this.

Bleek, I've never heard of doing that before! Ive done this with roses but never even thought of doing it with tulips! Great idea! Thanks!

That's what I am here for

i have also found that tulip petals dry nicely for poutpourri