Spring Blooms - Part 5

Here we are ...

Coming from here:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/835396/

LOOKING EAST ALONG THE EDGE

Holly we probagated ten years ago. A temporary greenhouse for the pumpkin. Cover crop of winter wheat that will be tilled under in about two weeks. Asian Pears with flowering shrubs in the background.

The water tower is for gravity feed to an underground watering system. The eyes scare only the neighbor's grand child. I've seen everything but a pink elephant sitting on the edge of those barrels. Remember that when you are about to order some firms offering of big eyes to scare critters.

Nice echo, doc!

And I simply LOVE that view. It seems so peaceful and calm. You must enjoy it very much.

In spite of the fact I have a good ladder installed up to those barrels I have never seen a pink elephant up there. I guess we can deduct that big eyes do in fact scare off pink elephants.

Yes I enjoy my gardens year around. Those Asian Pears deliver about five hundred $1.00 each as priced out at the big box grocery stores. We eat them, freeze a few and give the rest to the soup kitchen of our choice. If you have space and do not have Asian pears you are missing one of the more easy fruits to grow. You can prune the dickens out of them and they still produce never minding the cuts.

That's a fantastic testimonial for them. I wish I had the space now. I think that it's beautiful that you donate the surplus to the food kitchen. They are in dire straits now, and probably won't be any better off soon, as more and more people who used to donate are now saving for themselves against the weak economy.

Now, I really MUST get outside and enjoy my garden for a while.

Redchic, how long did it take for your ajuga to get that full??

just planted chocolate chip ajuga

Doc----hopefully you have some help for all of this!!?? It's all wonderful though and I would love Asian pears that size. However.... I'll take any.

Flowerjen---cute ajuga. Ummm. I guess it was 3 or 4 years. 3 before it had fill in thinnly and the 4th it was dense. But, it would have filled in sooner If I had spread out the rooted babies and didn't clear the few near the hellebores away. I started out with 2 container size plants that had been thrown away because somebody else thought that they had dried out beyond salvage. some water and they were off!. If you ever think that you want some, just let me know!! chocolate chip is very cute! It sort of looks as though it's one of the little really little leaved varieties that spreads a little slower and doesn't take over everything? or maybe that's just the way that i'm seeing it.

What sort of mulch is it that you have flowerjen? I like it. It would be good it the darker places in yard to brighten them since it's not dark brown.

Spring green

ooohhh beautiful spring green deb!




pic taken at work:

Encouraging sight, Deb! Remember mid-December? Here is Viburnum Mohawk. It smells heavenly.

Nice shot, redchic! Mohawk close-up.

Apple blossom.

Oh I love apple blossoms, we used to have a few apple trees in our back yard growing up. Nice picture.

Ohhhhh I can smell the viburnum now!!!! it's heavenly---even though it's all in my head.



Another one from work:

RC, that's really pretty.

I should have made the pic a little smaller. But... I'm getting it all figured out, however slowly.

I tend to not like many solid pink rhodies, but I have a very definite exception for that one.

Not to far behind the rhody is this box elder maple in bloom. I believe that it is Acer negundo Kelly's Gold. This always makes me feel like a parade or something is throwing tassles down around.

My first ever viburnum buds!

You're going to love it.

I hope I love this too as it somehow found its way into my car today :~)

Already in bloom! Sheesh. I think that you are almost a month ahead of me over there.

The first rhodie bloom opening

The lilac in my yard is not blooming yet, but close. All the lilacs at the nursery were full blown so they might have come from a warmer climate.

Hmmmm... is that Noyo? either chief or dream. It looks really familiar.

hellebore X hyrid underneath the boxelder maple.

The rhodie is mardi gras. The tag on the lilac says .......lilac. lol

RC, where do you work with such beautiful surroundings?

I have 2 jobs. One is supervising teenagers (excuse me "youth crews" :- p) on trail crews out in the woods and the other is at a plant nursery. I doubt you were wondering really about the first one, but there are some pictures taken there that are in a link that I posted in "blooms4" thread. Nobody's every accused me of being an "indoor person" :~)

Gotta love those lilacs. It's name is....white lilac then. Syringa vulgaris "venu's white" maybe lol

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This site was gagging. I was bebopping but could not get a thread to open here!

Translation??

What viburnum, Weeze? Here's my azalea.

I don't understand either.

Snowflake I believe. Can Viburnums be pruned to maintain size and if so, would it be after blooming?

Gorgeous blooms everyone! My garden is doing well after the winter, but I did lose a yellow climbing rose bush that I planted last year. It is still brown and I'm sure it's dead cause all of my other roses (4 all together) are covered with leaves. But, look and see what is blooming in my backyard now! Can you guess who it's for? LOL (For the new people, it's for my 2 year old grandson Colin!!) It started growing last Saturday and was finished tonight. Auntie Jenn did most of the building with some help from Grampy (he's not into building things so it was really DD Jenn's project) Colin already loves to "wing" and tomorrow we will try the slide! Eleanor

Your azaleas are ahead of mine Victor. Your pic makes me eager for their buds to pop.

Wow, that's one fast growing uh.....plant! It looks very good where it's at and the brown is a most unusual color for a bloom :-p

Yes, Weeze, they can. After bloom if you don't mind missing the (possible) berries. Otherwise, after the berries.

Colin is certainly going to have fun!!! Even a little picnic bench built in. Jenn did a great job.