I see I need to get some serious attention to my "spring gardens" seeing as I have but two tulips blooming.
Everyone has such nice shots to share of their outdoor gardens, but alas, I have few things from outside to show. So, I'll show you some of what is waking up in the greenhouse!
Shall we start with the Epiphyllum Feuerzauber?
This is the first time blooming for this now three year old cutting
Here's another shot of the Epiphyllum Feuerzauber after the morning misting.
This one also has the color profile adjusted to Wide Gamut RGB to bring up the florescence of the colors, as the first shot is kind of muted with just the standard RGB color profile.
The actual color is somewhere in between these two photos.
Some more Basil Mammoth just itching to be planted!
Queen Boudicca waves Her Royal Wave.
A cactus about to flower. You can see her cousins in the back to the left about to flower, as well!
Here are two photos "PhotoMerged" in PhotoShop to make one tall / panoramic picture.
I did not crop the picture so you can get and idea of how the program takes the two photos and manipulates them to fit together at common points. It's an amazing feature.
This is how the catci tables are looking
Here is a shot of the Variegated Jade Cuttings that have been set aside for those here who wanted them. They are probably a good 8 inches tall??
Crown of Thorns
A view peeking into the kitchen window. Some of the orchid flowers.
The same shot from the inside over the kitchen sink.
Two of the orchids closer.
Close up of the orange epidendrum
Here is the flower stem of one of my Echis
I think this is the last one ......
Another blossom on the Amaryllis Philadelphia opened up
Great picks Willi
Patti! I woke up at 3AM and got up at 3:30.
Cant figure it out ,I worked like a mule yesterday.
Thanks Grampapa!
Willie.... you have far more patience than I to delve into all those kinds of plants! But, it looks great.
Jo Ann, Spring Delight is looking good. So is Hosta nana!! They haven't seemed to skip even one beat!
BIll...I'm jealous!
Thanks for all the gorgeous Spring blooms, folks & the cactus are great, Willie---I needed to look at something cheerful on this dreary day!
I posted this pic on weather, but I figured it should be here. Candytuft.
This azalea was original to the house. So is the JM who's trunk you see.
Bill what a wonderful yard!
Willie, great pics, you have the right idea.... if nothing is blooming outside make sure your inside is.
Wow! I just had a great time viewing all these pics! Thanks everyone!
Willie, is there anything you don't grow? you're like me, only better at it LOL
phoebe, that one's sweet!
Bill, lovely!
I grew these violas from seed I got from weezingreens in Alaska last year. never got them planted so I shoved them in a planter hoping they'd make it thru the winter...I have the tags, but didn't take note.
here's another one
and another
and one more
This is the creeping phlox that the voles didn't get (well, there is one trail)
here's the one next to it. the pity is they don't even eat it, they just tunnel thru the roots. it's not dead, so I might coax it back.
The first of the 'Strawberries and Cream' tulips
the last of some un-named daffs
It's a good thing a took a pic of this PJM rhodie yesterday. We've had awful winds today and it has about 2 petals left.
I have 2 little hellebores that were a gift from a DG member. They are blooming for the first time, but I dont see any color at all on this one. Maybe it's green.
I have 3 of these spaced out nicely in a row in the middle of a rose bed. I'm hoping they are something I planted. Can anybody identify? If they are a weed I want to get them out of there before they go to seed. I put in so many perennial seedlings last year that I have no idea what I planted or where. My granddaughters planted some stuff for me and forget to put in tags, and a lot of the tags disappeared, or the writing on the tags disappeared. So I'll be guessing a lot this spring.
edit to add: sorry it's sidewise...but HELP! LOL
This message was edited May 10, 2009 7:29 AM
Here's the 1st bloom for my 2009 garden (not counting the trees)
A pretty blue Columbine.
Thanks, all!!
Nice shots, Jan. I really like the Violas from Weezin' ..... plant a lot of marigolds, the voles hate them, I hear!
I was lucky enough to get a coin baggie FULL of Carol's seeds, literally 1,000s of seeds. I have planted about 1/2 of them, and see everything in there: from marigold and calendula seeds to poppy to squash to pea to sage seeds and everything in between, I bet!
I try to grow everything, but alas ..... Unless they thrive on neglect!! I seem to have trouble with ferns, though I have 4 now (3 Boston, 1 Kimberly Queen) that seem to have made it past "that point." Also, I have had the dickens of a time growing Jasmines and those Violets. If they make it one full year, chances are, they will make it years.
Nice Blue Columbine!! Awesome color, Nancy!!!
I need to work some more on my spring garden.
Not really much going on yet, looks bare until the fence gets covered.
These tulips were supposed to be pale pink...
you think that's bare???
Pheasant Berry Golden Lanterns, newly planted
Heehee, it's getting there Allison.
