I'm with you on the hellebores and plan to start adding IR this fall. Abby, please go to the 'Hey good looking..' thread and post this. It's dedicated to cooking!
Garden photos of '09.....#8
There is a three-inch wide section of soil showing in the front garden today. In that three-inch section I can see two tulips and three crocus poking their tiny heads up!
I am shouting from the rooftop .... "Hooray! It's Spring!"
BTW, Victor. Those striped crocus are my absolute favorite. We have some in the garden, too, just not blooming yet.
This is my labor for today.
A new garden.
I ran out of newspapers 2/3rds of the way done. Its going to be flowers and vedgs. 33 feet long w/ vedgs 14 feet of it.
nice!
Wow Jo Ann, you've been busy!!!!! Looks good..wish I lived closer I have a ton of newspaper!
WOW that is ambitious! Looking forward to pics this summer.
Here are tyhe combos, just dream stage
You know how that goes.
ge- those apricot colored digitalis are one of my faves! I got some, think they call them strawberry?, at White Flower Farm a few years back and they come back stronger every year. Can't say that about most of my foxgloves.
That is going to be so prettiful! Of course need a dahlia. 'Mango Sunset' would be luvly with that group. http://www.ferncliffgardens.com/displayFlower.php?id=403
Wow, that's a lot of hard work. It's going to be gorgeous, ge1836. I can't wait to see how it develops.
I have an Amaryllis 'Red Lion' putting on a delayed performance.
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Up close and personal...
nice dayne
pretty primula too!
Crocus 'Blue Pearl'. Newly planted last fall.
Thank You, wha and dahlianut. Do you grow Primula? Does anyone have suggestions for planting them out? Shade?
Here are more Iris 'Katharine Hodgkin'
You have gotten me in trouble. The Ferncliff website was just added to my faorites.
The Amerillis are lovely, I want to find a co-op next fall.
Thanks everyone for the encouragement.
Crocus 'Yellow Mammoth'
Dyanes spring sun for my primula, but shade when the mayday tree fills in. ge1836 sorry I should have put a DANGER! DANGER! warning on that site. I'm a HUGE Ferncliff fan.
Thanks for the info, dnut.
ge1836, that is one of the co-op bulbs. I have a few that I saved for myself. The others I bought for Christmas gifts. I would definitely get in on the great deals next winter. It was well worth it. I pollinated one of mine and am trying to germinate the seeds.
Here's the Crocus 'Yellow Mammoth' picture...
DANGER! DANGER! You will shop http://www.ferncliffgardens.com/
Dyane thats so great.
I have a note to myself to look for the co-op aboutOctober?
Great job, JoAnn.
That 'Mango Sunset' is very prettiful, DN
Love the red of that amaryllis, Dyane. and pretty yellow.
I saw some Dicentra poking through today and my forsythia's buds are very fat.
Last year's started on Sept 15th.
Thanks Dyane I'll add that to my notes.
My Brunerra Jack Frost is peeking thru as well as Fritilleria Persica. also some Iris.TBI's
Very nice, Dyane. Great color.
It looks like we will have only one Katharine Hodgkin bloom this year. the others are gone (same bed). Not too surprised, it's not as hardy as the regular reticulatas.
Lovely photos---although I have no spring blooms as of yet, I bet I'm the first one to get poison ivy this year---guess it was on the dog's fur, as I was working in an area where there wasn't any. I cut down shrub roses today--one is heading for the brush dump---the other 2 to DS's house.
Wow, great JoAnn
Nice Amaryllis
Once again I'll say "I need to get some crocus"
My sweet peas I have in sandwich bags on the window sill just started sprouting. yay!
Hellebore about to open from this AM.
The only bunch that is fully open.
Bleeding Heart getting a bit washed out by the sun.
Hyacinth.
Sedum.
Last - Artemisia Silver Brocade.
were are these pics coning from? last year?
This AM. As I say, change your latitude or your attitude! Hee hee.^_^