SPRING IS HERE!!!

Jkom, I went by a field of oxalis today. Is this the same as yours? It may have a different leaf.

Then again, in your picture I think I am seeing California poppy leaves. Mine has the typical oxalis leaf.

Kell, quite right, my oxalis photo also shows a CA poppy springing up around it! I'm sorry, I didn't realize you had a question for me on your rose thread, I'll go pop over now and take a look.

Japanese Maples starting to leaf out. This one is always the earliest.

I had some shots posted on the Rose Forum but since most weren't roses, I'll add some here too since it is spring in Calif, so Kell has to see them twice LOL!

First poppy this morning.

Primula polyantha 'Gold Laced'

Arctotis 'Pumpkin Pie' with Geranium 'Bill Wallis', which self seeds everywhere.

By my front door, black Aeonium 'Schwarzkopf' is finally blooming, a blue gray Euphorbia characias wulfenii compliments it, the big lime-green flowers heads are coming along as well

close-up of the Aeonium bloom, gonna be so bright when they all open!

BEautiful Sue. It's really spring in your garden.

I saw this this afternoon, my Santa Cruz hibiscus I grew from seed. I almost did a somersault and then came to my senses! I am so happy with it.

...and here's the bloom.

Hey Louise, I'm totally impressed! From seed? Beautiful flower

From seed yes. I had one growing outside my front door and I lost it. My mom had one and a friend of mine started collecting seeds from it and I took a few too, mom has since lost hers ...and look what I got! There is truly something special when you grow something from seed and when there's sentimentality attached to it, it means so much more.
When I get some seeds from it, do you want some Doss?

I am getting into succulents now, Sue. LOL. I love yours.

What a perfect shade of purple Weegy. Isn't it a fantastic feeling when one of your very own seedlings bloom for the first time?

Doss, I can see your variegated farfugium behind your so pretty hellebores. I am just recently noticing helleborees since last years SF Flower and Garden show. I bet you have the best shade garden.

Here is one I just saw. They are really beautiful in a classical way.

Yes it sure is Kell. Thanks all.

That pink one is beautiful. HEre's a double that is blooming for the second time in the garden. In Europe and England they have a lot of wonderful doubles and picotees and.... We are pretty far behind but my local nursery did mention that they had a variety this spring. Hellebores are really easy to grow and will tolerate full shade to mostly sunny.

HEre's an iris that seems to think that it's time to bloom. Go figure.

What is that one Doss? It's beautiful!

Doss, I will send you seeds when I get some off the hibiscus.

oh it's spring for you guys... wish was the same here :(

we just had snow again!!!!! ah... nothing like waking up in the morning and cleaning the car and going to school... then you came back from school early because it still snowing at 1pm and having the driveway to clean... winter wonderland... so I drove to school and no traffic (of course my college will never close!) and it was such a peaceful drive... the school is in such a gorgeous area and I tryed not to be sad...

I kept looking at my roses and all I can see are branches that will need to be pruned, and tons of snow.... and we might have more snow next saturday!

oh well, I guess you ladies will have to post tons of pictures!!!!

Weegy - The name of the iris is "It's All Good" and it is a very subtle and pretty one. Thanks for the offer of seeds but I'm seed impaired. Please send them to someone who can actually get seeds to grow!

I am seed impared unless in a garden that self sows with a sprinkler. I read the article that Jill, Critterologist wrote about winter sowing and have a lot of water and soda bottles with a bunch of seedlings. All flowers though. Still that is what I wanted the most at this point, in my lasagna garden so it was a good experiment.

Spring has sprung here, too. Finally !

These also. I love orange !

Is it too early to have a Mint Julep?

This primrose is a very cool color.

Lots of blue right now, too.

Sure is looking good at your house Jasperdale. I wish that lobelias were perennials here. I love how blue they are. And what a great echo with the blue violas. Of course you can't beat a calla that pretty either.

Jasperdale, so pretty - everything is "springing" to life. I bet you took alot of looks outside today in your garden - such a great time of year. Thanks for sharing your fantastic garden!

Great photos, JD! Everything looks so neat and so healthy.

MIKE, please take a pic of your garden too!!!! I am dying to see your roses!!!!

The hostas are making a quiet arrival right now.

Wow, what beautiful pics! Here is a fuchsia I adopted when a friend moved out of the state. Today is the first time I’ve seen it bloom.

Lucky you, sunnyg. That's a beautiful fuchsia. I have found that the Bayer 12 month tree and shrub treatment will kill fuchsia mites if you get them. I'm so sad that we have to fight mites now. :-(

doss: If you can find "Cookes Garden Spray" , try using that for Fuchsia gall mites. It has Thiodan in it, and work excellently. If you use it the minute you see mite damage, it erradicates it completely.

P.S. The lobelia in above pics. are all re-seed ones from years ago. Mine are usually pretty FRIED by the end of Sept.

oh, I love when the hosta starting springing out of the ground, haven't seen mine yet. But I did see the white bleeding hearts starting to unfurl a bit. I should put out the sluggo before the hosta show their faces.

Such pretty pictures!! I love them all!

JD, your primrose is a special color. You should see the ones Zu got the other day. They are, if I recall correctly, from the new Ocean series. They are huge! Can get 6 inches across.

Oh Doss, I just love your emerging hosta pic. I love all things green emerging in spring. Your double hellebore is fantastic too. The SF Garden Show last year had a dealer who had them for sale. Really pretty.

Look what I have, a new oxalis. And supposedly I am one of 3 people who have it in the US. LOL The leaves are very red and the bloom very PINK!

I went on line to find it and there is a report that Thiodan has been removed from the shelves. bummer. There was a suggestion that Ortho Isotox Insect Killer would work. I couldn't find any place on line to buy either one. There I was, filled with hope. :-)

Kell that oxalis is fantastic.

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I wonder why Thiodan is a goner. I used to buy that and it really works on fuchsia mites. I wonder if Neem Oil would work well. It sure gets broad mites but you have to cover every single one with it.