Spring Blooms - Part 2

from us its about a 5 hour drive............... over 300 miles!!

Yeppppppppp always a favourite............. along with a few hundred more plants!! LOL

bigcityal...the messed up yard shot was a small file: 128kb. 1024 x 768. Here's another...178kb.

Mr. C. Ok, I see that I was getting you mixed up with Al's town, Calne which is well south of you. I don't know your area, but it sounds like it is off the beaten path, which I love. Patti

Much better D P. Must have been reduced when resized to 800x600.

DP ~ I love that purple color. It's so deep and rich.

todays sad picture- but a true snow-drop i guess

bbrookrd

Noooooooooooooooooooooo, nowhere near there..................... LOL

www.caistor.net

we are north east and on the side of the wolds..............

sjms - that must be the ideal photo of snowdrops!

Mark - have you entered the Caistor in bloom contest? I saw it on the link you posted.

very nice everyone!
For those who won't remember where to put the bulbs when you order them. Take a picture of the spot. You can either mark the spot on a print out of the picture or, like Arlene, mark the garden with a stick or rock.

Mr. C. Yes, I looked you up and saw that you were over closer to Grimsby which I have read about in the past, because of the reduced fishing quotas for the local fisherman for North Atlantic Cod. It seems that the non British vessels get most of the fish and bring it into Grimsby, but then ship the fish back to their ports and canneries. I use to commercial long line for cod fish here. Not many left here. A couple of years ago I went to an interesting fishing port in Scotland on the west coast in the highlands, Kinlochbervie. Patti

sjms, Happy birthday to you, may the snow melt fast enough to for you see bare ground soon, but not too fast to have spring flooding like Keene did a few years ago. Patti

Arlene

The Caistor in bloom competition I entered last year and got 3rd place......... BUT the bad news was one of the judges was my ex wife, so really i was lucky to get 3rd place!!!!!

bbrookrd............. Yep, thats the one, 12 miles from Grimsby!! It used to be a very very busy fishing port until all the stupid laws came in where the cod got over fished by foreign trawlers. Mainly Spanish........
Kinlochbervie, i have not heard of.............But it probably is a lovely place. I love the highlands of Scotland.

Mark

That's great, Mark.

Happy Birthday Sarah!

Nice shot sjms! ☺

Love the crocus pics and that chilly snowdrop pic is perfect.

for pollyk and everyone. Some of you know about this garden.pollyk and I were dmailing but I couldn't figure out how to insert hyperlink.
So this is for everyone.
http://www.plantations.cornell.edu/

I love witch hazels.....................

We have a twisted witch hazel.................... we rescued it from the local garden centre.

Lovely photos, everyone!! And happy birthday, Sarah!!!

Mark, would you also like Hazel if she wasn't a witch?

ge1836. Nice site. I have been reading about them this winter for a fall order. I see that Fairweather has lots of them. I am waiting for my first order from them, mostly shrubs. I am hopeful as they have a great list and have recieved good reviews from many here that I thrust.
http://www.fairweathergardens.com/ Patti

thanks to all of you for the birthday wishes---very much... The weather doesn't look too hopeful in the predictions for the next while. Looks like the snow will hang around a bit.. I think I'm just going to get the rest of my seeds planted (help!,I ordered to many!) Sarah

I am looking for a nursery (mail order) that sells habenaria radiata .
Googled it and could only find WILD Orchid Co.(not in dg lists) and Thompson Morgan Co reviews were half pos. half neg.

PrimroseSue.......................... probably not.............. i love it because she a witch!!!

I figure in about a month it should be completely 'filled out' with new growth. ☺

Nice, WC! What tree is it?

Thanks Victor, its the same type as the one in the cream dish above, a variegated elm, but it's twice the age, 8 yrs... still in training as you can see from the 2 wires and it gets much more full than the small one above.
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Very nice. How long must it be trained with the wire? How often must you root prune?

I root prune every 2-3 yrs depending on the species, aggressive growers like these are every 2. Others like the Juniper nana & Black Pine are every 3 yrs. Wiring can take as little as 6 mos to as much as 10+ yrs , depending on the thickness of the trunk and what result I want. This one will go another 3 yrs (at least), for a total of 11 yrs. ☺

Wow. What's your oldest one?

A ficus I keep in the kitchen until it's warm enough to go out for spring break @ 21yrs and an easy Juniper nana @ 20 yrs. ☺

Wow the ficus is old enough to drink!

Hee Hee - he'd better not! I'd have to re-wire him! ☺

Yes - he might get wired.

Good one!! ☺

Thanks. Have you done flowering trees as bonsai?

I've been considering doing a plum tree but I have to find the right stock material. I stay away from the indoor bonsai, they require too much humidity and I cant provide what they need in the winter. Conversely many people in the south cant deal with evergreens because they like/require a cold period. ☺

You must love it WC - as it seems to be alot of work and patience.

Much more than I have!

Not much work but yes a lot of patience and when one fails that you spend so much (years) of your time on you really feel it. But I find if you have many you can always fall back on the ones that have and go on...
I had a beautiful cottoneaster that fell prey to white fungi, it's the deadliest of all, I had to get rid of it and disinfect the pot, in fact I let it dessicate for a year before I used it again. - but it's part of the hobby, and you have to accept it ... ☺