Blooming in May

My only sun bed. Getting started. :) Hopefully there will be alot more filling in shortly.

well Debin no wonder I like ya so much! LOL We are Algonquin in our neck of the woods of upstate NY....

I figured French would come into play with you up at the edge of Cannada.

well, since we're getting into everyone's genes...

Liasion in the dark

Liasion in the morning...

that's it I promise with that. working on a new bed so there's dirt and stuff everywhere

Night Ruler

I don't have that many TB irises but most of them seem to be blooming now

Gypsy Romance

hopefully I'm not repeating this one, but 'Snow Queen ' hibiscus

lol, sorry

not sure which arisema this is, I'm just starting to learn more about them. This one came from my friend's house in western NC. sorry for the fuzziness

Trop: The Liaisons are beautiful! I love the color of the Night Ruler, too.

not exactly a bloom but...

Thanks Deb! Iris are one of the things that grow easily here in problem, dry severely sunny spots, lol. So I have decided to grow a few and I like them.

Incarvillea Delavayi, I have shown this but the blooms keep coming. one of my new favorites

Anometheca laxa, courtesy of Tom (thanks again)

close up

my friend suggested chemical burn when seeing the freckles ....I thought they were cute, bbut now I wonder what I'm doing wrong since I don't do chemicals. looks cool but if you have any ideas

if that's blackberry lily, it is supposed to have spots i think.

anometheca is freesia, but thanks for your help, diehrd :) I do have blackberry lilies, I like them

oh i didnt see that lol

I don't do chemicals..why does that sound so funny?

lol....I didn't think about it....ahem, wasn't trying to sound like an organic snob

haha organic snob! lol

Some of those "organics" are a little snobby.

As my grandmother who lived on a farm from the 20's on would say, "why on earth would you want to do that?." LOL. Granny is a big fan of new labor saving stuff. My favorite was her comments on using cloth diapers. LOL. Well she had 7 kids and saw a cloth diaper or two, big fan of modern throw away diapers.

Granny is a not a tree hugger. D*** fox is eating my ducks, someone go kill that thing.

A few bloomers in the yard...

#2 peony

#3 amyrillis

#4 Ice plant

#5 Iris

#6

#7

lol...snobs...sorry I'm too good for a coaster...

so did you chemical folks see anything on the anometheca that looks familiar? I think the spots look cool, but if it's indicating a problem, I'd like to fix it.

#8

great pics, Iris!

Thanks tropicanna!

Trop, it doesn't have to be a chemical burn; I noticed a water droplet on the petals. Some flowers and leaves will burn if the plant gets splashed at just the right time, like midday when it is hot, hot, hot. The droplets act like little magnifying glasses and fry anything underneath.

thank you ardesia, I was looking for that answer. ;) That was what I was hoping since I do mist when it's really hot now..not quite time to put the shade on the GH yet but it does get hot.

looks cool though, wonder if I could do that again....

IRIS: Nice photos! You have some great stuff blooming!

Iris you a pro? Those pictures look great more pro quality.

DebinSC~Thankyou! I got some others that I'd like to add when I have time, Busy making a tier garden and just haven't had much time for photos.

CoreHHI, Thankyou! No, No pro here, But it makes me feel good for you to say it looks pro quality, Thanks so much!

iris #7 is just awesome! I love a rain or dew dropped pic.....

ardesia, when do your pinecone gingers come up???