This is just a foot or so away from the iris above. Have never seen a jonquil like this before.
Christi
Spring has Sprung: Part 2!!
that one is a realy beauty! you are one lucky gardener to have gotten so many great new plants. i just started with bearded iris last fall and was so excited when some of them started to bloom. like you, didnt really expect blooms this year. i have a couple more about to bloom that i have not seen before. i will get some phots to show you guys!
tracie
here is a fun picture of one of our cats, Fluffy (i know, how original (lol) the kids named her)
This is the picture of the Japanese Maple with the lime leaves that are outlined in red.
This is the Japanese Maple that has red leaves for the first time this year. It is sooo beautiful.
Christi, love both of them and your irises! This is my bronze one - maybe I'm getting my metals confused. Whatever! The youngster is red like your red one although maybe not as dark.
Whatever you choose to call it that is another beautiful J. Maple. I could easily get hooked and want several varieties. I concerned about this year. Mine have always been grown as they should be, understory trees. We were forced to cut down a 40 year old tree right in the middle of the yard this winter. No way to protect them this year. May have to put a canopy over it to keep it from being cooked.
I have really enjoyed this entire thread. Gives me hope that this 50 degree weather is not forever.
Christi
LouC - that first one is Indian Chief, gathered from the graveyard in Ovilia at a grave from the early 1900s.
Just for your info :-) Glad you love them and they found a good home.
Aggiegrl, love all your photos, they look Easter postcards. Just stunning.
I'm jealous of the JMs. I have been looking for one I saw last year at the Tyler Rose Garden. I didn't get the name ,but haven't been able to forget it had pink, green and cream foliage. Some plant are just flat out amazing.
I must thank Mitch right here in front of God and everybody. He has gifted me with so many plants I can't even count. Of course, I am a novice and don't really know half of what I have. This will be a truly glorious spring as they each begin to bloom. None of us "owns" a plant. We are only caretakers. I am so humbled that I have been left in care of what took Mitch years to acquire. Whenever and wherever he may light in his own garden, I pray I will have at least kept the majority of this blessing still alive so he may retrieve any or all to once again to thrill his soul. Will continue to post pictures as this garden matures.
Christi
cocoa, thank you very much for the compliment. i have really enjoyed taking photos this year. i have been "borrowing" my dads digital camera and it makes it soooo much easier. i just cant wait to walk around the garden every morning, afternoon, evening, etc. lol, to see whats new and budding or blooming. pretty much every day there is something else. i am especially excited about all the bulbs that i planted this last winter. i have never had tulips, iris, daffodils in my garden before and i have been watching and waiting for months. there will be more photos tomorrow, i saw some new tulips and daffs starting to bloom today.
tracie
here is a picture of one of my flower beds that i just redid. pulled out all the pansies and planted marguerite daisies, zinnias, periwinkles, petunias, mexican heather. the plants that were already there are: lots of daylilies, iris, daffs, byzantine glads, snapdragons. i subscribe to the "more is more" school of gardening!
Tracie, it's not just that your photos are beautiful. I have found my digital camera to be very helpful remembering what I planted where, what it should look like when, etc. If I'm wondering why my wisteria isn't blooming yet and I think it should be, I can look back at last year's photos and find out if my memory is all wet (which it usually is!). Also, it's really fun to see how much things have grown from year to year.
I am enjoying these beautiful photos too. I agree with the advantages of digital cameras. I 'd like to learn how to take better photos of flowers. You would think it wouldn't be so hard....it's not like you have to wait for a smile!
The columbine just "exploded" in the last couple of days.
It's bad though when you look back at your photos and realize that a plant doesn't look as good as it used to! Here's the blue and white walking iris that we talked about in the early thread.
Tracie, this is the one that I needed help identifying. I think it had 'eggs' in the name like 'eggs and butter' or 'cream and eggs' or 'egg yolks.'
There is one called Butter and Eggs, but it looks a little different and isn't supposed to grow in my zone. Hmmm. There's also Double Roman which sounds familiar and does grow in zone 9, but it looks a little different too. I'm not sure what I planted. I should have taken a picture of the wrapping and where I planted it!
Bananna, your columbine is really lovely. It's fragrant too isn't it? That blue walking iris is fragrant, a nice sweet smell. My Louisiana iris that's blooming smells like pepper!
Here's the true Butter & Egg's so I don't think that's it. According to Old House Garden's, the name gets applied to lots of daffodils. http://www.oldhousegardens.com/bulb.asp?Cat=DA&page=2 It sure is a pretty one though.
Wow, I love that link. I just added it to my favorites. My plan for the bulbs was that they would either naturalize or I would just add a few more each year.
your bubl looks a lot like one that i have that just started blooming yesterday. if i remember right, it is supposed to be "Texas". i just found this link that shows a lot of bulbs:
www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/HomePage
tracie
Daffodil Texas (i think)
Butter and eggs does great in Houston, I grow it.
Narcissus x incomparibilis:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/109921/
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That's good to know dmj. It's gorgeous. I should have known to look at Dave's first! I was looking at southernbulbs.com.
Tracie, I think you may be right because I seem to remember that name too! I'm totally losing my mind!
welll tell me if you find mine when you find yours! lol i didnt mark my daffodils, but i kept a part of every bag with the photo and name. otherwise i would never remember!
tracie
a photo taken this morning of a group of Creme Upstar Tulips
Stunning! That color is amazing. Dmj, do you grow any tulips here? (not as annuals)
I may have kept the bags too, but for the life of me I don't know where on earth would I have put them!
Tulipa clusiana is perennial here--if kept in a fairly dry summer location.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/78298/
mine were done blooming in February--nothing but leaves now
Debbie
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i planted about 300 species tulips, havent had any bloom yet. this was my first year with any type of tulip, so i wanted to get some that would come back next year.
tracie
here are some more tulips, they were all supposed to be Purple Flag, but, as you can see, some other colors are blooming. i guess they got mixed up in packaging!
Here's my Texas Daffodil.
they look the same to me!
tracie
Here is another shot with Calibrachoa, Million Bells starting to bloom below it and scabiosa in the back.
i love you it! i really want to get some million bells, they are so pretty. i looked at the at lowest the other day and they were $6 a pot! thats kinda high. how do they do in our heat? the regular petunias pretty much crap out here in the summer heat. even the waves are so, so.
tracie
I am loving all of your pictures, people!
This is what I look at when I open my back door waaaay out in the country. I can't wait until fall and start blue bonnets all in the front of the house down to the gate. If I had taken a wider angle you could see where I mow and where I won't mow because of the buttercups.
ohhh, so pretty! i love texas wildflowers. here is a pic taken of my daughter when she was a baby.
tracie
How cute.......I have 3 pics just like that one of 3 of my grandchildren at about the same age or a little older......I would show them but my adult children would behead me if i showed pics of the grands on here(LOL)
why is that? its not like you would be giving out personal info. i love to see cute pics of folks kids, pets, etc. i dont know, i feel safe on this site. everyone that i have "met" seems so kind and generous!
tracie
My adult children don't want their children's pictures anywhere on line. I just have to respect their wishes. Tough for a grandma!!!!!
LOOK!!! My purple orchid tree finally has flowers! I grew it from seed about 10 years ago and this is the first time it has ever bloomed! Of course the blooms are facing my neighbor's yard, but all my plants seem to look prettier from the other side of the fence!
Oh and Gessiegail, your view is just beautiful! I'm looking forward to the time when everyone decides that mowing the grass is a waste of gas and we can all have yards of wildflowers!
I still have a orchid tree that I haven't planted. I bought it last spring a year ago and it is still in the container. Seeing yours makes me know I have to get it planted in a hurry!!
I can understand that. i am sure it is hard to not share photos, though!
tracie
Gaura 'Karalee Petite Pink'
Hibiscus 'Night Fire'
Hibiscus 'Heat Flash'
That is the prettiest gaura (sp?) I have ever seen. Those hibiscus make me want to go shopping!