Bloodroot and Trillium are both wildflowers, last year I bought some Bloodroot from Lowe's - so will see if it comes up soon, and the Trillium I bought a few years ago. Trillium reminds me of my mom, and when we lived in a house near the woods full of it in the spring.
Spring Blooms - Part 3
I have it all along the woodline of our property and love it along with the Jack-in-the-pulpits and dog-tooth violets. We used to have Lady Slippers too, but I rarely find them these days.
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Wild flowers are extreemy sensative to environment. Juat cutting down a tree or planting a bush changes things for them and they won't propagate or grow.
The cultivated ones from Lowes are hardier. I love them and am greatfull that someone cultivated them to grow in any shady place.
Goldflame will pop up elsewhere, like many spireas, though it's not as bad as others.
My bloodroot is there by nature not by me. Trout lily & dutchmen's britches too. Oh, and violet's and dandelion's!
I don't live in the woods. One acre, suburban lot. But there is about a hundred feet of woods between me & the people behind me. And lots of mature trees on my acre. I'm always picking up branches.
I picked up a 'Valley Rose' Pieris yesterday. I didn't know there were pink ones! I like it much better than the white.
Very nice. Yes, there are a few pink ones.
That is a beauty Sue. I only have white ones, so far at least. Here is a pink helleborus that is blooming for the second year. It took about five years to get going and only one bloom last year, maybe two. This year there are about four or five. I am very happy to see it at last with flowers every year.
All the photos are spectacular! I'm very interested in what you grow. We are in zone 7a up here and 7b in Atlanta. You folks are ahead of us bloom-wise on a number of plants. That surprised me. I am ahead of you on others. The helebores are nodding down, dafs and jonquils were done a month ago, likewise forsythia. Crocus, hyacinths and muscari bloom in February here.
It is difficult to maintain tulips here and in Atlanta. They don't get adequate chill hours to be true perennials and are planted for seasonal, late winter color. Used mostly massed with pansies in commercial landscape, it takes away the mystique. They are usually tossed when folks bed out for summer. BTW, our pansies generally winter over and, if weather is not too severe, will bloom away in window boxes and flower beds all winter long.
Physocarpus 'Coppertina'.
Daff.
Viburnum rhytidophyllum.
V. mariesii.
Oakleaf hydrangea.
V. acerifolium.
Sedum 'Xenox'.
Dawn redwood.
Neighbor's magnolia.
Weeping katsura.
Viburnum 'Erie'.
This one is gross! It's some type of pest on my peach blossoms. Any idea what they are or what to do?? I sprayed with insecticidal soap, but I doubt that's enough. Yuck!
yuck is right
Possibly peach twig borer larvae? Spinosad spray or BT pronto. They'll eat everything. You have peaches there?
Posted it on the Fruit forum. Hope you liked the other photos!
I actually have some stuff bloomng!!
more stuff
Daffy stuff
Nice Weeze!
real pretty Venu..... the deer got to my tulips.... well one patch anyway ... figures it's the one I just planted last year.. guess I waited too long to spray... sigh
My daffs haven't opened yet. Even the ones on the south side, which are usually ahead of the north side aren't blooming. Strange.
great close ups Victor. The lighting on the Oakleaf is very professional.Sorry about your peaches.Jo Ann
I'm looking for a bulb company that sells mini daffs.
I'll check Brent andBs just to see.
Thanks. I'm sure the peach will be okay.
Beautiful!
Did a walk through this am...it's beautiful out.
Anyone good at Butterfly id? I think this is a Little Yellow
Ferns are waking up
Arlene - one of your lupine seeds is sprouting. I hope more do.
I never mark my bulbs, although sometimes I wish I did..
Forget me Nots are ready to explode!
Just transplanted the "monkey grass" divides,3 of them, and saw the stonoferous roots maypoplaurel spoke about.