Spring Bulbs - Pictures and Discussion: Part VII

Here is another Tulip from my neighbors yard.
Pic taken yesterday.
Andy P

I see violets there! Love them.

Okay, Andy, about how long between the time I see the pods until they ripen and open? And are the seeds very big? Might I be able to gather some from the ground if I miss them?

How about "bagging" them with a little piece of cheesecloth?

I thought of that. Except my thought was pieces of pantyhose.

Here are a few of the daffodils that have bloomed in my yard in time for our annual Daffodil Weekend.. Mine are some old favorites, tried and true I have put in a couple of early orders for some different varieties for me...Who is your favorite (price and size) bulb dealer? And anyone contemplating a bulb co-op? Thanks, patti

fabulous!

Patti, lookin' good.
I especially like the top left and bottom left ones.

Can't help with gathering seed for Chionodoxa, sorry.
By the time they are ready I'm busy at something else so nature does it's thing with them.
Andy P

OK Wallaby--to your house I come!

James--beautiful viola!

All great pics ya'll! You folks have now given me "bulb fever" for next spring....like I need another garden obsession huh vossner.....my problem is: if it grows...chances are I want it! LOL
Debbie

An oxalis can't remember the name. It has taken a long time to get established, was once several little pieces swept up with rubbish and retrieved! Hasn't flowered much but leaves are lovely.

dmj please do!

bbrook the bottom left are stunning, any name?

A funny little viola, they cross with each other and self set

wallaby - that's a lovely oxalis! I split a big bag (100) of OXALIS ADENOPHYLLA
with a friend last fall and the folliage looks like yours. (Well - not as full). It was
recommended by Todd Boland so I'm hoping its pretty in bloom too.

Tam

Yes Tam that sounds like the name! That is a lot, I bought mine ready growing in a pot. The bloom is very pretty, if it has any I will take a pic. I think it had a few last year but I had only just started using my digi and haven't got a pic.

Wallaby that oxalis is really cool - I will have to look out for that one. Do you know the zone hardiness?
After reading this thread this morning - thank you Sarahskeeper - I went out and looked at my chio's and lo and behold - there are seed heads. I was just thinking the same as you all - need to put a nylon stocking round that or I will miss it before it breaks open. I had such a good time with winter sowing I would really enjoy sowing chios next yr.

Not that anybody is necessarily interested but I had a bit of luck with hellebores this spring apparently. I killed about 11 nice plants in pots - they rotted apparently under the pine boughs I piled on them. I was sick - not to mention the expense. I hadn't weeded under my new stand of hellebores that got planted last year and was just getting back around to that bed when I looked closer the other day and realized that a few seedlings that I had thought were birdseed the chipmunks buried had made their first true leaves - and they are all hellebore babies. There have to be hundreds of them scattered through the bed, and drifting along in front of azaleas where the water hose lays. I couldn't believe it. A cash crop at last!

Well done, Alyrics! It seems to me that outdoor-sowing or self-sowing works best (Needing the harsh elements to germinate). There you have seedlings to replace your lost lot.
Kenton

Alyrics, That's great for the Hellebors, I love getting 'freebies'.
If you manage to harvest any Chio seed plant them right away.
Andy P

I think I'm just going to temporarily move the mulch away from my chionodoxa and replace it once the seeds have fallen. I do want more to come up right where they are.

I'm only going to say that this is, in fact, a Tulip, folks. I guess I will sa this too: My hands are not small by any means.

Size is relative, so let's get technical.

Is there a nuclear power plant near you, Kenton?

Kenton - its splayed out like its basking in the sun but it looks shady there. Way cool!

Alyrics - congratulations! Sounds like you have a hellobore bonanza on your hands.

Tam

Tammy, your greenhouse looks great, very clean and neat-no easy task in a greenhouse, lol.

Kenton, do you know what class that tulip is? The elongated petals look like a Fosteriana, but it's quite late for those. The only tulips I have at their prime now are late singles and some parrots.

I noticed yesterday that the wild Erythronium (?, I think that's right, Trout lily) are setting seed, and I'm going to save as many as I can get. While the wild ones are smaller that the hybrid 'Pagoda', the leaf mottling is also much showier.

Taking mental notes of what's needed bulb-wise in the garden this fall. More single late tulips! I love those tall, elegant stems. All I have now is Queen of the Night and Maureen (together, and they've wowed me!). I'm sure I must have Sorbet and Kingsblood, but I'd love to see pics of other late singles any of you have blooming :) I'm sure there are others I must have and just don't know it yet, lol.

Hey Kenton - may I tease you a little? Nice dirt under the thumbnail!!! I am laughing sitting here - a true blue gardener you are! Thanks for the photo of your unbelievable tulip - must be quite a show in your yard.

Speaking of trout lilies...there is a small woods near us, on the banks of a creek, where we've gotten trillium before. The floor of the woods is a carpet of them. But we were back there last week and there were Dutchman's Breeches and trout lilies!!! We took some back home and I planted the wild ones next to my Pagodas.

I read where it takes seven years for a wild trout lily to bloom, which is why you'll see lots and lots of their leaves and very few blooms in relation. I found that to be true in our woods.

giganto-tulip

Neal, the Erythronium native here (E. grandiflora) has a long seed ripening time. I think they still have their pods in August. It will be interesting ot see how yours do.

I think 'Pagoda' is a cross between an Asian and an American species. What is that called; hapa-hafa or something?... So perhaps Kylee's will make some vigorous hybrids for her. (Lovely Picture, Kylee)

And you know, that dirt just doesn't come out, I swear it stains in... but that's the secret "hand-signal" of gardeners, eh?

The tulip is one of the many sports of what is the biggest tulip in the word- 'Temple of Beauty.' I don't know which sport that is (it's my friend's, only that stand of them are so large). I think 'Temple..." was a hybrid between a big darwin and a kaufmanniana, I forget now... I do know that I'm going to order a bunch of them next fall!

Perhaps my friend's property is where they put the uranium waste, with her giant Tulips, giant Narcissus, and giant Clematis.

Hi Kenton - yes the stain is the secret hand signal and something to be proud of in our circle. I do wish my hands looked better tho! I started putting a thick cream around my fingernails and cuticles before I put my favorite gloves on so the dirt will come off easier. Some dirt is more staining than others. This time of year - I just can't help it. Glad you weren't mad.

Temple of Beauty might have to get on my list which has never included a tulip before - deer-ville here.

What a Tulip, Kenton. I didn't think any got that big.

Here are some late Daffs.
Andy P

My first Pasque Flower of the season.
Andy P

Andy - do you use Pasque flower to underplant anything? Someone told me they put them around their hosta so when the pulsatilla dies back its covered by hosta foliage. I wondered if that happened on the right time schedule for the pulsatilla

No, but I guess you could. They stay green most of the season so I wouldn't shade them out too much.
This is the last one I have. I started a whole pack of mixed seed many years ago, got 5 plants. This one is in a very hot, dry location near Blanket Flowers 'Gailardias'.
Andy P

alyrics, the oxalis is very hardy, it's in PF and it says to zone 3. I can't do much tonight, my computer is frozen up, always happens on a holiday, its Labour Day. Same thing happens on most holidays but it works again the next day (hoping!).
I'm on an old one, so goodnight all!

Have you seen the red pasque flower? My neighborhood nursery had it last yr. They are both so vibrant -good stand out colors. I had a purple one at my last house on a slope that only got morning to midday sun.

I wonder what PF is - pommes frittes? permafrost? I can't think - must go outside

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The native Pulsatillas in the mountains here, I'm told, are usually the first to bloom, usually just under snow. Well photographed, Andy.
Kenton

One of my tulips (Leen vander Mark) in front of my Japanese paper light...

'Elgrado' asiatic lily...

My only 'Golden Bells' daffodil. This is the second year I've tried to grow these. Last year, NONE of them came up. This year, a few came up, but only one bloomed. I can't figure out why!

Tulip 'Deirdre'. I planted this with 'Chinatown' and I do not like 'Chinatown,' but I LOVE 'Deirdre'!!

My lily-of-the-valley is getting ready to bloom...

My 'Pink Fountain' started blooming a few days ago. At first, I thought it was mislabeled. Here is what it looks like now, and then I'll post what a new bud looks like and you'll see what I mean!

New bud..........