Spring Blooms - Part 7

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Last one - seems the variegated ones are first to show this year. Mason Hollow Nursery isn't far from me and I traded lots of $$ for hosta's.

last pic - rose glow barberry and alberta spruce.

Very nice, Bill! Young beds - room for more! I too love that deep lilac, as well as the almond. Shirazz looks good. Please post shots of it throughout the season. How much sun does it get there?

Really lovely shots of your garden. Everything looks so neat and way further along with the mulching than my garden. Looks like a lot of hard work has paid off in a wonderful back yard. Lilacs and hosta are looking nice and you can't beat those flowering trees in the spring. We have several of those diagonal trees around the woods here too. One very large pine is at the same angle only being held up by a few tippy small oak trees. Lots of high winds this past winter but it looks like your garden has come through wonderfully Bill.

Thanks all - my weekends are in the yard.

Victor I do not plan on any more beds - the mulch is eating into retirments savings. Just ordered my second 10 yards - $345/ delivered. And I think I'll need more. Of course I said that last year and made the large bed I posted last week.
As for the sun the Shirazz will get - behind it are 4 maples that block morning sun. At noon it will have full sun. Then around 2 - 4 partially blocked again. Then it will get full sun rest of the day. Overall it is pretty protected. I had 70 100 ft white pines taken away by a lumber yard when we moved in and I had them attempt to leave standing a couple birches and maples. As they have grow the last 9 years I've taken a couple down so the vegetable garden gets more sun. I'll probably take two more down next spring which would give both more sun.

Ngam - I have a huge white pine in th back on the other side held up by a white oak both have to be 120 ft tall. The lumber company who cleared my yard told me I could take it down by cutting out 3 ft sections and then watch out when it stands straight because there would be no telling which way it would fall. You can cut a hole and drive a VW through this tree - needless to say it is still standing and healthy. The hickory though will come down. Just this week it has dropped 4 ft with the weight of the leaves budding and the rain last weekend probably helped as well.

Looks great Bill - hostas look nice.

I have an early azalea flower open - should be Orchid Lights

Bleeding Hearts are open now

Roses are winding down - always next year ;)

Sorry about your rose, Al.

It appears that when I bought them I only got the stems and there weren't any roots - I'll know better next time.

Hope they were not a Mothers Day special!

Victor yes I was talking about the clematis

:)

and Wha I love new mulch... very pretty bed next to the driveway

No - I think they were from Valentine's Day yet.LOL

I like the look of mulch but not the expense, labor and that it floats and blows away. Great that you were able to save the clem, Allison.

Trying to drag them out to last until Mothers Day?

onewish - we love it too - look and smell when new, like a new car. I keep on saying every other year - hasn't happened yet.

Yes - I like the smell of mulch too.

Time for a new thread - please bring your pics here:

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/845750/

Victor, I like the way those trees hide the house just enough for privacy, yet some visibility from the house (to spy on the folks across the street?).

Thanks Sue - so do I. The main reason I planted the two spruces though, was as a wind break. They do that very effectively at this point. They absorb much of the north and west winds in the winter.

I bought a Mohawk viburnum last week and the leaves still haven't come out on it. It doesn't look quite right to me but I'm not familiar with viburnums at all. We've had nice weather all week , lots of sun and it has been watered well. Seems like the leaf buds should have opened up by now. I appologize cause the pic isn't the greatest but I'd like an opinion as to whether the bush is dead or alive or some where in between. Eleanor

I see some early foliage emerging, Eleanor. Try to get a closer pic when possible. Was this from a local nursery?

Yes, it was from a local nursery. There is some foliage emerging but it has looked the same for the past week and hasn't progressed. Is is normal for this shrub to take that long. For the shrubs that I'm familiar with, once the foliage starts emerging the leaves keep opening up and growing. The nursery was in Vermont, just over the border from me, and it was noticeably colder there (maybe higher elevation) and I was also wondering if the shrub wasn't as far along as the other ones in my yard. This is another pic that I tool at the same time and it isn't much better. i will try to get a better one tomorrow. Thanks Victor. Eleanor

That's why I asked. If it came from a colder place, it will be behind. Fingers crossed because it is a fantastic shrub. Heavenly fragrance.

Thanks Victor! Knew I could count on you for advice about viburnums. Eleanor

Wha- I love your stacked stone wall!(pictured on the earlier thread)

your sedum is S. kamshaticum. I have it growing in my garden now. it is a slow growing sedum. others have run amok but this keeps to it's own space.
Victor, I love the 'Vie en Rose' daff. I have been oohing and aahing over the Brent and becky's catalog. My husband wants me to get some because we got the movie La Vie en Rose and he really liked that. I love pink daffs, too.
Here are my 'Don'f Forgets' as my daughter christened them many years ago. I inadvertently planted several blue flowering spring perennials here including these. the Pulmonaria has been blooming blue flowers since the beginning of April. The 'Stairway to Heaven' Jacob's Ladder is variegated red and green and will have blue flowers eventually, but is still pretty to look at now. and Hosta 'Blue Cadet' is coming up very well and should be a handsome plant this summer. I admit that blue cadet was not a lucky chance. When I saw how many blue things were there, I got one and put it in. But it is a great little bed, just blooming its heart out.
Martha