What's happening in your spring garden #4

Okay guys. Can anyone give me a proper spelling for this. I know it sounds like DIE-EE--DES

I'm relatively certain it's " Dye-ET-teez".

It used to be called Moraea iridioides.

However you say it, it sure is pretty!

I have the pronunciation, I just don't know how to spell it. Can anyone help with that?

Also, I'll have some of these for the RU in October.

Dietes is the spelling of the genus, not sure what species you have.

Really pretty flower.
WIB!
SW

Thank you soils.

Let me know if you want any of these SW. I can bring as many as anyone at the roundup may want. Have lots that will meed to be removed for dividing by fall. That goes for anyone that's going to our RU in Oct.

My Aloe is blooming.

more of the same.

Love those aloes. They are such great plants.

Very pretty !

My white azalea blooms later than my other reddish ones

My one and only deciduous azalea - not sure which variety of exbury it is.

SK, I just saw the picture of your granddaughter, what a beauty and I love that shot you got, oblivious to the world.
I love the name Hannah.
Everyone's blooms are wonderful, they're sure winding down here except the irises, almost peak bloom! Yea!
SW, when you're up to it, we can meet at the garden, anyone else?!?!!?!??

My front yard is exploding in color! I love Spring!!

Derwentia perfoliata AKA Digger's Speedwell

Gypsy Dancer rose with Bill Wallis geranium intermingling. I like plants that intermingle!

Sue, what a beautiful combination!
I'll have to look that last plant up---I love the blues!!!

A blue ajuga with golden Angelina sedum intermingling! A self seeded silver euphorbia and a deep red Brown Velvet rose included in the picture.

I did a large trade with another DGer last fall, daylilies for iris. Here's the first one, Spirit Mountain. It's actually an even deeper purple than shown here as this was with a flash. It's in the center if the bed shown above so you can see how dark it really is.

Digger's Speedwell is absolutely one of my favorite plants, I picked up a second for the other end of this bed and am looking for another one now. The leaves look like small grayish eucalyptus leaves, drought tolerant plant too but looks better with a bit of supplemental water.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/190109/

I cropped one of the bed shots, you can see the plant to the left side here.

Aquilegia yabeana

That columbine is gorgeous! I've never seen one that color before.

Here's some yellow to contrast that deep purple columbine.

Oh well that columbine pic didn't turn out very well. Maybe the Gazania will be better.

That yellow one is nice, too!

The fountain grass is poking it's hair back up after the winter shearing.

I'll have a red Canna in a few days.

And the ever abundant Bird of Paradise.

What's the name of this 'moth' (i think).

The perennial sweet pea will just about bowl you over with fragrance. With the right breeze, you can smell them from 50 ft. away.

What a great time of year for photenia.(sp) The blossoms and the red 'new' growth.

One more Gazania and I'm outa here.

Great pics, love the gazanias, almost as much as Arctotis and Osteoporums

I love the fact that they're evergreen and incredibly hearty even in poor soil conditions.

Sue the osteoporums of yours, the black-eyed ones are just dazzling. I absolutely love them. I have a white one with variegated foliage. A friend gave it to me, first one I'd seen.

I guess I should have included the picture.

This message was edited Apr 20, 2009 2:01 PM

OK, that speedwell's on my list. Thanks!
DP, my cannas are still just barely showing leaves; I'm amazed you're getting buds already!

Here it is.

imapigeon: That's only on the Red ones. My Tropicannas aren't even close. My yellows are a little ahead of the Tropies but still not close to the reds.