It's Wallaby1's Birthday!

To our Queen of Research, here is a fact for you that won't require much investigation/verification, as it is widely known fact

You are highly regarded and appreciated. With warmest regards from the colony, have a fantabulous day.

Happy Birthday, Wallaby!!!!!

:-)

Steve

Wallaby1 , I am sending a very big birthday wish to you on this special day. You are such a delight and inspiration to read on DG.
In your honor, I am going to spend part of this day searching for brown toned gladiolus and maybe a few others. Or is this just another random reason to buy more plants? No, you have really inspired me to seek new plants. I also will have lots of new spring daffodils, tulips and other spring bulbs thanks to all the great pictures that you and a fellow bulb-o-olic, Jamesco, posted last spring. My DH, with his trusty electric auger, and I, with my dibble, planted 2500 bulbs this fall. Here is a picture of Atom for you from last July in Nantucket. It was the first Glad that I ever planted. Have a wonderful day. Patti

Happy Birthday Janet! Not much blooming here, but we do offer you this bulb...

Woo hoo....Happy Birthday Janet!!

From JanetS

Here is my last Amaryllis...Queen of Hearts! You are Queen of our Hearts!!

Happy Birthday to not only our Queen of Research, but the Seed Queen of England too!

Happy Birthday - hope you had a special day!

Yay Wallaby1!

*singing* Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday dearest wallaby.... Happy Birthday to you! Wishing you the very best!

Happy birthday, Wallaby1!!

Hello there all my good friends!

I've been out and it's taken me ages to catch up, a wonderful surprise!

Nery you flatter me too much, I'm just stubborn! Thanks!

Steve, hi, great to see you back and thanks!

Patti, I love Atom, I hope the inspiration you have gained hasn't damaged your backs too much!

Deb, is that a lovely blue Ipheion? I love the colour, thanks!

Janet, my namesake, thank you for the honour!

Neal, well thank you again!

Galanth, lovely pic and thank you!

Yay claypa!

Connie, you have such a wonderful singing voice! Nice lilies too!

Thank you bonitin, what a champion bird amongst all that food!

Happy B'day!!! This is your 21st, 21st birthday isn't it? I stole some flowers for you.

Well, it's the 19th, but still would like to extend my salutations and congratulations to such a knowledgeable lady across the pond.
J

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!

Tom

dale you will get your fingers rapped! Umm, 21st, 21st, plus a bit! You steal the nicest of flowers, thanks!

thank you jmorth, it's only a big puddle of water separating us!

Thank you Tom!!

Tehehehehehehehehe, I just spent some of my birthday money on some DESIRABLE aroids! Good ol' bertramsblooms here has set up an online shop, he has some great stuff!

Happy belated Janet! I've been looking at all your crocus/snowdrop threads with envy as all of mine are under 5 feet of snow and will show no signs until late April! This will be my back lawn in early May...yours is probably like this now or within the next week or two!

Gee thanks Todd! Do you always have 5 feet of snow? Just couldn't cope with that!

You have so much gorgeous blue there! At the back, is it Mertensia virginica? The flowers to the left look sort of like a Leucocryne. The others that look like bluebells don't look like bluebells!

There's not a lot yet, the Acacia is full of flower, snowdrops behind it have filled out. I got a pic but it was dull, the flowers are open more now and they are gorgeous, if only the sun would shine the scent would be stronger, there's no scent like a wattle.

I took this yesterday, the main branch is leaning away from the conker tree but at least it didn't blow over!

Look at those lovely little fluffy pompons

Oh my goodness! Janet, that is breathtaking! Does it have a soft fragrance? That looks like the variety I used as a cut flower and I always liked that powdery scent. Just as you warned, my Acasia seedlings rotted :( But, I will try again! too gorgeous not to.

I can't liken the fragrance to anything other than itself Neal, it is unique! I'm trying to think of how, let's say the scent of honey with honeycomb wax but with a slightly less honey scent and something added, Acacia! It's something you can stand and sniff at all day and never think it's enough or too much. I wish I could bottle some!

There should be oodles of seed this year, it's the collecting that would be difficult! I'm wondering if those from last year will grow on the ground. I guess you still have a few seeds left? I think I have 3 good seedlings, a couple of early growers which are big enough to live now I think.

Happy belated birthday Janet. What variety acacia tree is that? It is really a beauty.

Janet, the blues are from Chionodoxa lochiae, Scilla siberica and Pulmonaria angustifolia. I must admit I have a thing for blue flowers!

Janet I must say I'm intrigued by the small white flowering plant in the background; Ipheions? Crocus? Cyclamens? What is it? =)

Thank you Cindy! It's A dealbata, it should do well in your climate, seeds should be making again. I took a few off last year, it's first seeds, the hot summer might have helped but I shall see. Your Schizostylis seeds are about ready, there was very few this year but I can send what I have.

Todd I think most of us have a thing for blue flowers! Your blues are doing very well! Great that they flower together too. Now I have more desirables to add to my list!

Deb, they are snowdrops, I don't think they would do well in your climate, but you could try.

Thanks Janet, I patiently await. Boy you sure have a crackerjack memory. You are right we cannot grow the snowdrops but there is one similar that we can grow Summer Snowflake, Snowbell, Dewdrop, Leucojum aestivum. I have some of these and they do pretty good in our heat.
Most of my seeds are hanging in there. The dang high winds keep tearing up my greenhouse. We are having our March winds early. Cindy

cindy, I planted leucojum for the first time and looking forward to seeing them grow.
todd, the pic of blue flowers is fantastic.

Cindy leucojum does magnificiently here--I've had it for 20 years. Some of the oldest cont. bulbs I have.

Happy Belated Birthday, Wallaby. Hope it was a good one !

Thanks betterbloom! I hope I don't have to add another year on......got enough already!