Spring Blooms - Part 2

Isn't it disgusting that they make an appearance before the flowers?!

They were nestled in amongst the daylily foliage at the tops and down around the old dead leaves. They are so repulsive.

raked in the garden for 4 hours- great to be outside-

David- something chews my crocuses too- here and there- I was imagining puting up some kind of camera, so i could see who it was- i hope you don't have a groundhog... you know- it might just be squirrels, but i just haven't seen them do it! sarah

Hey there, Sarah
You are my 'neighbor'! Just look about 15 miles to your northeast and you'll see me waving at you.

My Bonsai are awakening. ☺

cool bonsai!

hi neighbor candyce!

Watercan...nice.....buds coming out here on a Heptacodium.

Snowdrops:

I love the way the birds are so busy singing in the morning! Someone had posted pics of a larger snow drop. I might have to get some of those too. How sad is this...I already ordered a bunch of crocus for next fall already. I happened to notice a few 'bare' spots...

Nice WC and David.

Good morning Bonsai!

Hurray for Anita. This is the precise time to see our bare spots and start fall ordering.

Happy looking snowdrops there, David.

Thanks all

Cool Snowdrop!

(Bonsai says good morning pirl!) ☺

( back latr ...☺)

Nice bonsai WC. I hope the big trees look like that soon, they have looked dead for so long it seems this year.

David love your pic and I am with Anita, definitely need some snow drops. Pirl is right and a lot of places giving discounts if you order now. I have been making a list too. :)

I was thinking the same thing about ordering more bulbs now- I mean, this time of year the bulbs mean soooo much- i visit them every chance I have and cherish each one! So obviously, I need many many more! Here's the problem: How to remember where it is they should be planted. Anyone have a fool-proof method?? I

hmm- how did that happen-- ?

Well since I have soooo many rocks the size of baseballs that is what I use to save a spot for planting. A rock in the garden stands out like a sore thumb to me so I know its there for a reason. Any marker would do I expect. You could even use a waterproof marker to write on it what you want to put there. I change my mind too much that I don't mark them, so I just know there is enough room for an average plant or a group of bulbs.

I like the rock pile idea- Most of my blank spaces in the fall already have bulbs under them. I hate that crunch sound as i stick in the shovel and slice into a nice patch of daffodils! I've tried plastic tags, but they seem to move around on their own, or get buried.. I have a lot of small baseball sized rocks too!

Another way to plan is with colored golf tees, which can be purchased at any sports store. Red for tulips, White for snowdrops, etc. Just make sure you make your own notes or it can get confusing. The tees last for a year.

A double post results from hitting the send feature twice. I've done it often enough.

Rocks are another good way to mark the spots! I use both rocks and small pieces of slate to mark where roots are so I don't mistake the areas for bare spots to be filled.

Wow- look at your beautiful handwriting and marking system! that never occurred to me- to write on a rock...

Great idea pirl. I have also used opaque plastic spoons sunk as deep as you can. Mark with Sharpie permanent marker.

All the Frits are out in flower now............

Those sharpie markers are useless.................... you should use aerospace markers they last years!!!

Lovely photo, Mr. C.

Pictures, along with rocks, knives or golf tees, will also help you remember the spots you want to plant.

Thanks for the compliment, sjms. Adult Education paid off!

another Frit.........

Paint pens work best of all for me. They're available at hobby shops and paint stores.

OOPS an illustration

Very nice, all. Grease pens are good too. This year I have an advantage. I will transplant the bulbs I planted last fall in my raised bed wherever I need them. Don't need to remember anything.

Yes, David, that is a pink tinge in the crocus. I don't remember what kind it was though, lost the tag. Congratulations on the desktop in the Mojave!

ge, I LOVE your painting!

Beautiful bonsai WC!

Anita, I spent all afternoon browsing the bulb websites for more spring bulbs. It's definitely bare here. You're not alone!

sorry to change the subject, just want to jump in with a question.
Does anyone in zone 5-6 have luck with canna starting with bulbs in May. I did this once and it was nearly frost time before I saw a flower.

Finally have a Spring bloom! Hellebore. . . .not much of a bloom, but then, I'm not much of a photographer!

. . . and Solomon's Seal. . .

I just posted everything on the wrong thread.

I have a spring bloom - one single crocus!! Eleanor
p.s. - I'll go back and copy everything - duh - you think i could read as the post above me sent us to the new thread!!

The back yard on the south side of the house is making progress with regard to the snow melting. In the garden near the house I have a Stella d'Oro day lily that is poking through the ground. There is no sign of life in the back garden of any of the day lilies that I planted last year. Someone please tell me it is way too early for them to be poking through the ground. Eleanor

CapeCodGardener, your second picture is a hellebore too. Helleborus foetidus. And a lovely one, at that.

This is the north side of the house. Spring will never arrive on this side of the house - it's solid ice - all of it!! :-( Heard we were supposed to get 1-2 inches more in the next 24 hours!! :-( (that's more pouting!!) Eleanor

Hi Polly from the other thread!!

Congrats to all with blooms! Emily, that second shot looks like stinking hellebore (foetidus) to me.

ge, I had the same problem with my cannas last year. I should've dug them up, but didn't.

Ha ha - Polly beat me!

Ha, ha!

Guess the Cannas will be a dissapointment.
Container gardening works best for me.
Solves a load of problems in a small space.
Not that this was the subject but.
This is container gardening at the old house.