I gave up, buddy. I'll go out and cut the dang things when they bloom, hee hee!
I'll try your methods next year, though. What about a magnolia tree branch? Can you force that?
Yup, stick it in a bucket and force it to bloom
Thank you for the info about how to propagate the Viburnum. I will try them soon.
Donna
Donna, you are so welcome. I will put a link to propagating the woodies in here as soon as I start some.. It will be awhile.. right now, just messing with forced bloomers! I need to gather materials for that!
Indy_v, don't know anything on magnolias, but if you get some started let me know as I always wanted a couple!
Well today one appleblossom opened up, but it is not worthy of a pic. Maybe tomorrow there will be a few more blooms to behold.
The viburnum is doing pretty nice. Cant wait to see them in white.
Well, here is the apple blossoms... just not quite popped but nearly!
So much for todays bucket report!
Well here is todays update on the blooming bucketeers!
Here is what the snowballs are looking like!
Update on the lilac... leafy, but no flowers yet...
And here is theaussie willows again!
And todays update on the appleblossom progress!
Ohhhhh pretty!!! I can't wait for mine to do something...anything LOL!
So you sucumbed to the force spring indoors cure for cabin fever eh? LOL!
Good for you.. show us and tell what you have!
Here are a couple of pics.
First one is Oregon grape. It always has leaves! That washed out light colored thing is a flower bud...
And some golden willow. I just love the color of the stems this time of year. I hope you can see the swollen buds. I really shouldn't have used the flash...sigh
The other things that I don't think will show up in the photos yet are cuttings of silver lace vine, blue willow shrub, and that stupid pink flowered bush that I keep forgetting the name of. The spring flowers are sweet smelling...dang it...it's on the tip of my tongue.
As usual, my mind is gone.
Oh well, I'm really excited to see the buds on these little guys LOL!
LOL!! If your like me, its not allzhiemers.. at our age we just got too much upstairs and something always has to fall out! I think they call it the Kelly Bundy syndrone!! LOL! (or some also refer to it as "dumb blonds"!)
Well I cant help you on the "stupid pink flower!!" I am in a quandry right now trying to think of that fellas name that captured crocadiles or gators in Australlia.. His wife was Terry, they got a daughter.. Bindy, but Lordy if I can remember that mans name right now.. I remember he got killed by a stingray.. they had a dog named SUEY, sheesh..what the heck was that Crocadile mans name?? The man always wore shorts....was curator of the Austraillian zoo.. gads the things I can remember.. but not his name! I can hear his voice saying, by crocky! or another sayign of his was aww the little blighter.. or your a naughty....
Well tell ya what you think on mine and I will think on yours! Its driving me nuts!!
Ummm hows crab apple, or flowering almond or magnolia? Ummm
Oh forgive me, it was STEVE ERWIN!! How could we forget that name!! WHAT A GUY!
The hubby just jabbed me in the ribs and jarred my memory!
So ok, pink flower what are you??? We are dying to know!
Hi Blossom,
His name is Steve Irwin - not that I remembered, but my daughter was summing up our trip to the east coast in 2006 in an email recently to my brother, and she mentioned that we found out that he died from that stingray bite while we were having dinner in Atlantic City.
Plant - sorry I am not able to help you on that stupid pink flower. My daphne is blooming though. It smells wonderful
Blossom - guess I was too slow in typing. LoL
HONEYSUCKLE!!! Geeze, that almost hurt! LOL!
I went to the PlantFiles and put in all the characteristics...and honeysuckle was first on the list that came back. Don't you love DG?
Well I am sorry I was off on such a tangent thats what happens when you catch me in old geezer mode!! LOL! Just she happened to catch me and the hubby here in a off line conversation about trying to remember the name of that nice feller and and well we got off and my fingers just ran my moth here! And well that "stupid pink flower" just dun and did it!! LOL!
So ok, what is that stupid pink thing.. no no its not pink.. its PANK!
Oh oooh......Here we go again!! PANK! Its PANK I tell you! Its a PANK FLOWER.. there ya go! Ya jist got ta gits the spellering right! That plant file thing here on Daves will bite ya if ye dont!
So ok, process of limination.. Its a shrub or tree rrrright, otherwise you would not be putting it in a bucket here to force the stooopid thing to bloom! But it aint this un mate!
OUCH!! LOL! She beat me to it!
Honeysuckle!! LOL!
LOL! Soils...you must have dial up!
Ok, its high tide time here... Well, anyway the snowball I forced is finally getting blossoms that are getting out of that green stage and turning white!
pretty!
Last weekend, in a moment of desperation for something spring, I cut three small branches off the purple lilac that's growing outside my kitchen window. The stems have in water in a vase on the windowsill, and all the buds are plumping up.
This morning I see chubby green buds, and just a hint of purple.
Spring, on MY terms, lol
DB...Pictures please!! LOL!! My lilac has leafed but still no buds.
will do, this weekend!
Lovely snowball Vibernum Blossom!
My forsythia is flowering in the garden! guess I missed the boat with forcing the buds early LoL!
Why Terry!! Youuuu dirty rat!! LOL! Who siad You could have spring before me!! LOL Glad you got it.. Spring is here, but we are just not tooo terribly sure winter is over. We are still having temps drop below freezing both day and night.. My daffs however are sneaking up!
Well, Today I am bidding my bucket o' bloomers good bye!
They did all they could do. So until next January when I get cabin fever once again.. ole Blossoms bucket o blooms will be empty!
Well 'cept for them aussies.. I will be making more of them for a bit.
here's my lilacs in a vase. They're starting to leaf out and have flower buds.
I've been dropping a few sugar crystals into the water when I change it.
It will be interesting to see how much these actually bloom.
Another success story!! Nice vase BTW!
Magnolia on my seed-starting shelves (scuze the mess).
I cheated. Cut it only a couple of days before they started blooming outside. Looks pretty in the house, though.
Oh man, always wanted one of those mags Indy!
Ok, its time for a revival!
BUCKET FORCINGS 2010.. will start the link on someones reminder!
On your mark get set.. man your buckets!!!!!!
January 15th is cutting day!
This message was edited Jan 12, 2010 2:58 PM
OK! On your mark get set go!
Well that is go here for 2010! Its time for the new forced bucket bloomer link!
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1070615/