What says SPRING to you? CONTEST

OK, contest time. March 12th to March 27th. 2 weeks.

Post your spring pictures, any subject goes from baby birds to a crocus breaking thru the snow! Post as many as you want. WE LOVE PICTURES!!! Rule: you must take all the pictures you post.

The winner will be the one that gets the most votes. I will start a vote thread when contest is over in 2 weeks. I will start another contest later for those of you that will not have spring till April. If you fall in between, take your pictures when you can and hold them. You can only enter one contest.

The prize is yet to be decided. It could be a L'A, or RK or even trialing Sexy Lady for me. I took a bunch of Susanne cuttings today so I will root them for this event!!! I believe Susanne was just released!! LOL!! It may even be Red seeds. I will determine it when I see what I have growing well at the time I return from a trip I am taking. Warning: You will have to wait for your prize till I get back from this trip.

edited to add Susanne to prize list.
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This message was edited Mar 12, 2005 11:38 PM

when I see a sight like this in my yard I know it won't be long befor I am planting flowers

Spring means bunnies !
charlotte

Okay let me try again.

Spring here brings the coffee blossoms...called 'Kona Snow'. The fragrance is heavenly (related to the Gardenia)... Even Mother Nature uses coffee to Wake Up...

Oh coffee and I do not mix Carol! Do you believe I have never had even 1 cup?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhb baby bunnies. How did you get so close? They look like wild ones. I thought they made their homes in deep warrens. Remember that great book Watership Down. I loved that book!!

I love that picture Doris!!

I loved that book too. These bunnies were in a slight depression under some tall grass under my grape vine. I used the weedeater over them and then noticed fur. Dug in the fur and there were the bunnies thankfully unharmed.

I added Susanne to prize list. She is the maybe the best real pink I saw all last year. I took a bunch of cuttings today, so unless she is hard to root, she would be a great prize!!!

She is much darker where she is more humid!

how about a Wisconsin Springtime snow angel ???

boo-hoo

Spring in Bloom!
Evergreen Clematis armandii

Spring into Bloom.
Unknown Camellia

Forsythia in bloom.

HOT DOG! A SUZANNE! Here goes with some Tenn. spring pictures!

The tree peonies......

Can you smell the wisteria blooms?

How did he get on my kitchen table?

AHHH, the Iris!

Thanks kell, and I LOVE your Susanne. I keep looking outside to see if anything is popping up yet, but no luck.


Doris

View from my kitchen window

Even the hurricanes couldn't stop her!

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WHEEEE, you all can laugh at this one BUT it is blooming, in my yard with dead leaves, snow, and temp. at 35
SPRING IS CLOSE


Doris

She takes my breath away.

Early spring in Florida

Well y'all are about to get reeeeeaaaallll sick of me. I know, you're thinking "get" sick of you? We got there a long time ago! Ha! Anyway, here is my first one. Sometimes tulips are a late winter thing here, but mine actually waited until spring. I guess technically it is still winter, but anyway... here is some salmon ones I have in a container.

Of course a sure sign of spring is when the redbuds are blooming. I think we have the biggest one I have ever seen, if I do say so myself! :) In addition, the grape hyacinth and daffodils underneath add to the "springy" feel. And the remaining blooms on my winter blooming camellias... may not be able to see that too well in this picture.

But maybe you can from this shot- same tree but from the front of the house. I think the dark shadows from the house in this picture really show off the blooms from the trees. Not that I did that intentionally... I'm not the best picture taker, as you have now seen.

This was pretty cool- yesterday I laid under the tree and took a shot straight up. Like looking up her skirt? Ha! Just kidding.

But, the sure sign it's about to warm up is when those pink flowers start turning into those big heart-shaped green leaves this tree will have all summer. So here is a shot of that happening... won't be long now until she is all leaves and no more flowers.

Ok, I know you are probably sick of redbud pics by now, so this is my fig tree. Another sure sign of spring is when it starts getting little buds and leaves.

Upclose of the fig buds.

But the surest sign it's spring? Those seedlings and cuttings that spent all winter indoors are now hardening off on the front porch. Yeah!!!!! BTW- that hammock swing will get a lot of use by me this spring/summer. So when Kell does a "where's your favorite place?" contest, that will be my entry. :)

Beautiful pics! My pink wisteria is just about to bloom so I'll post of picture of that one when she does!

Here are some flowers which say spring to me -- in other words, what's blooming now:

Brunfelsia:

White wisteria:

Cala Lilies and Bougainvillea:

Calliandra:

Alyogyne huegelii:

Roses in bloom:

Ceanothus:

Australian Tea Shrub in bloom and a freshly filled hummingbird feeder: