Spring Blooms - Part 12

Fantastic shots every one. What a great time of year, huh?

Celeste - you got the best noids in town.

RC - that hot pink flower ball is incredible.

Here's a lily getting ready.

very nice Pixie & RC

Thanks everyone.....yes I like my noids too! LOL

Love that artemisia, Shelly.

Noid plants. This rose had only one bloom when we moved in july.
DD is in charg of shrub stuff and fed it, dusted it, watered it. Same with the other bushes on the property.
First Noid bloom

The bush is loaded with blooms and verigated leaves.
DD says not a varigate just a virus.

Hooray!
Our first iris opened today. It's the Siberian Iris, I believe. I know someone will correct me if I'm totally off-base. It's the same one that I first posted on DG almost a year ago, when I was asking so many questions - especially about what had gone wrong with the Iris. Now, thanks to my DG friends, the Iris are much happier this year.

Great photo's everyone. Victor fretwell clem is a nice one. And the JM with the top hat??

Hey Bill. That JM is Tamukeyama. As I said, I don't like the way it turned out so I will probably try something else with that clematis.

You never know until you try.

Do you kow of a yellow bush to substitute for your barberry. I looked at a privet, alhtough only it's new growth was advertised a yellow.

NOW were talkin, my deck
But first Dr. Seus Hydrengea or too cold to be here on May20th

Deck in April

I have Hummers only 1 I saw but divec on twice, that makes me happy.
The deck today many views

Two more views

two

Very nice, Jo Ann! Nice deck. Bill - one of my faves is Spirea thunbergii 'Ogon'. Also, there are yellow versions of Physocarpus and Sambucus. I'm sure there are more.

Victor - thanks for the leads. I have other spirea and it is very nice, although for me it is invasive popping up everywhere.
I think the golden nine bark might be the one. I built a new bed in the backyard over the weekend (like I needed another) and it would be a good spot for a clem/ninebark host.
Jury is out on the elder's. I have blacklace and another that is similiar in my "potters field' section until proven worthy.

This spirea is definitely not invasive. The japonicas are, and I'm dealing with them too. I wish I had not planted them. But this is thunbergii. I have it for about 8 yrs now and have never seen a single volunteer. Wish I had!

I guess I must have japonicas as well, they came with the house. Worse than the wild burning bushes that line my property. Both go into the fire pit when my wife is not looking.

I'll compare both the ogon and golden ninebark. Have to do this fast got the first oil bill in a while Friday - $4.54.9 per/gallon!!!!!!!

Thanks for the advice.

When we moved into this property forty years ago two things came along. They were the rose Nearly Wild and a chunk of my wife's deceased father's favorite spirea. Both are in the same spot where I planted them at that time. The rose covers an area about 3' X 3' while the spirea is mature at 4' X 4' at the bottom and maybe 8' X 8' at the top third of the spirea. Spirea blooms on new wood. I would be better chopping the daylights out of it and forcing new growth all over the shrub every year. Now I only get bloom towards the top of this huge shrub. Nothing invasive to my eyes with either of these items in Northcentral, Pa. The rose is under a permanent wood bark mulch while the Spirea is in a fence row that gets little care.

Wow - that price is a killer, Bill. Dwaine, if you're diligent about cutting the japonicas after bloom you can get away with it. But miss just one seed head...

Viburnum 'Catskill'.

Prairie Princess - one of my favorite roses.

Busy...

One of the hanging baskets starting to fill out.

Forgot - might be another Prairie, but I doubt it.

Victor, not sure what you are better at, gardening or photography.

Here's an iris from above.

Crystal Fountain Clematis opening.

This spirea along with two others have grown much too big in one of my gardens, about 4 ' tall. Early this spring I cut them down to only 2" of the ground, All three of them came back to a managable size

Dwaine I cut mine back in the spring although I guess I'll now cut off the seed heads as well.

Unknown clem

yellow iris

another iris

Iris bed along wall. have some nice ones here although the light was wrong when I was out.

and on the other side siberian iris's

Kassia here is a Josephine clem opening up.

Thank you Deb. Beautiful iris! Bill - I like the yellow and blue one. I just planted Josephine a couple of weeks ago.

Thx Victor - I have two Josephines - one from Wayside that was so small I looked for an alternative source and found Debbie. Both plants are in there second spring here and have a huge difference in size.
I'll be getting Fretwell and plant it with the wayside josey.

who won t-ball or do they keep score.

Deb, that is a very pretty iris and Bill the yellow and blue one I would guess to be Edith Wolford just a guess. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/34821/

My bargin with the sales lady rose that had no ID but does now thanks to the rose forum.
'Fourth of July'