Homestead Verbena and Pincushion Plants.
I *love* that Guara. I definitely have to add that to my flowerbeds.
Carla
Spring has Sprung: Part 2!!
a pic of one of my mixed beds. the large daff in the front is Gentle Giant
tracie
a field of tickseed!
tracie
New bloomers. First is Yellow Cheerfullness Narcissus
(just) Cheerfullness Narcissus
Bottled Sunshine IB Iris. This is the first time this has bloomed for me since I received it as an extra in a daylily trade a few years ago. It is such a pretty little thing.
'Teresa' Salvia Greggii
Red Salvia just started to bloom too, but we all know it well. :)
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Brazos Penstemon bud opened today. :)
I love penstemon and that is such a pretty color. The daffodils and iris are fantastic looking. I am jealous.
In my yard yesterday.
Dwarf Iris
first rose blooming.
The Fairy
Clamatis
white columbine
variegated soloman's seal
noid
indian hawthorn
next door
Thanks Gessiegail. I highly recommend the cheerfulness and yellow cheerfulness daffodils. They were part of a Fall 2006 Co-op and I was worried that I would loose some to rot last year during all that rain. Instead they multiplied. I would say that I have an extra 60%. And they are just too cute.
Two other penstemons also have big fat stalks and are getting ready to bloom. Hill Country Penstemon has a few, and my unknown that I bought as "Gulf Coast Penstemon", but has leaves that are oval instead of strappy, is super dooper thick with bloom stalks.
Everyone, love your spring flowers! Sweezel, your narcissus really are cheerful!
AJNTEXAS, I'm so jealous of your beautiful hibiscus plants! I just can't grow them. I have one now that I've had for two years and it's not dead. That's such an accomplishment for me, but it's not happy and it's not blooming. Any special tips you can offer?
Placeinciarita, what a nice neighbor you have! Also, I saw the Fairy at a nursery yesterday and it was so full and gorgeous but not blooming like yours. I was so tempted. No place for it though. Thanks for sharing!
Placeinciarita, i think your NOID yellow is Coreopsis "Nana". i have a few and it looks like them to me.
tracie
I agree with Tracie. It looks just like 'Nana'
Thank you, Tracie and broncbuster.
variegated rose of sharon
My dwarf tickseed 'Nana'
Blue-Eyed Grass 'Lucern' that I got in Oct. from Pbtxlady.
First bloom of the year from Gaillardia aristata
Blooming onion
Columbine I got from Mitch
Forsythia I also got from Mitch
Couple more Johnny Jump Ups. I like em!
A cottage pink
Another cottage pink
....And another....
...and these last two.
Finally, this was not taken outside but this is the first bloom from my morning glory 'Sunrise Serenade' that I got from ByndeweedBeth. I just transplanted it outside yesterday.
Broncbuster, your photos are so artistic! I especially like Gaillardia and the onion! Wow!
My Hardy Amaryllis or St. Joseph's Lily is blooming.
It's not as big and pretty as last year though. It's been so dry at my house. Even when it's rained in other parts of Houston, it hasn't rained here. I haven't had more than a trace of rain in weeks. I haven't been watering b/c they keep saying that it's going to rain, so I'm ending up with smaller flowers on everything. Oh well.
This one has been in the pond, so it's OK. Although the pond has nearly dried up a couple of times! I believe that this is Pickerel Rush.
AJNTEXAS,
Have you ever propigated a hibiscus, cause I wanna know how to reproduce a lovely pastel peach Tropical Hibiscus that's taking off in a container. I read somewhere (shoulda tagged it...) about how to make a cut in the woody stem, apply some soil in a baggie? wrap it up and wait for that part to produce roots. Then you cut the rooted branch off right below the roots.
Anyone familiar with this EASY process, please log in. Thanks!
Linda
TJ, your Dianthus are beautiful.
Carla
Thanks Elphaba! The close ups look better than my form shots. Your Amaryllis is gorgeous!
And thanks Carla! I was reading about the Cottage Pinks online, and I learned that they have been cultivated since the colonization of America in the 1600's and the term "pinks" comes from the word "pinct" which refers to the jagged edges of the petals. I think it's strange how there are all those different color variations.
TJ--which allium is that you have blooming there? I have 4 native Tx alliums (A canadense var fraseri, A texanum, A drummondi, and A canadense--a very nice non-weedy pink form) and none of them are showing any inclination to start blooming yet.
Elphaba---we must be on the same side of Houston. It hasn't done more than drizzle-pissed out this way in weeks either.
Gymgirl--I've rooted tropical hibiscus just by putting growing tips in potting soil with added vermiculite and perlite and keeping them really, really wet. My daughter's favorite flower is the tropical hibiscus--so I have to grow them. But at least I can put bulbs under them, keep them limbed up, and they surely do suck the moisture out of the soil in the summer, which the summer dormant bulbs need. I have to root new cuttings every winter and early spring--they freeze to death every winter out this way. I'm able to keep her content with about 5: Chads, Electric blue, Hot Bikini, Cloud Nine, and Lady Bug. If she forces me to get more, I usually just get slips from Exotic Hibiscus. They grow really fast here in the summer. Sorry--this is probably more info than you wanted--lol
Debbie
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