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Spring Flowers
« on: Apr 10, 2013, 04:04:02 PM »
Would you look at that...


It was hard to believe that the forsynthia came up.  I was thinking they were goners last year.  So this year they are crowding the mums.  Go figure.


I love the fancy daffodils don't you?  I wish they would naturalize faster. 

I wasn't able to get a good shot of the spirea but it looks great this year.  No where near it's mature size but still it is nice and full with that perfect fountain shape. 

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #1 on: Apr 10, 2013, 04:38:53 PM »
I love forsythia.  It's an early sign of spring around here and it's always so fresh.  Love the daffs too.  Is  your spirea white?

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #2 on: Apr 10, 2013, 05:21:22 PM »
Yes

and it's suprising that out of the 30 pictures I took i only had to that were worth posting.  I've really got to work on that.  Most of the rest I ended up taking a picture next to where the flower was. 

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #3 on: Apr 12, 2013, 12:10:18 PM »


Here are my yellow tulips in the foundation bed



Here are my yellow daffodils in the same bed



And here is one of the peaches and cream.  Not a very sturdy stem on these.

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #4 on: Apr 12, 2013, 12:28:55 PM »

Here is a good picture of the spirea.


This is one of the miniture roses that survived from a winter buy.


Here are the last of the primroses.  I should have gotten out there earlier.  I'll have to scratch in some compost when they die back to ensure a better plant next year.

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #5 on: Apr 12, 2013, 10:01:02 PM »
those are pretty tammy!  and you did a good job with the pictures.
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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #6 on: Apr 13, 2013, 02:34:10 PM »
Thank you Jenn.

Scarlet Sedum.  Doesn't it look purple to you?


Fancy Daffodil that I moved, sorry.


Clump of yellow daffodils.  I want to spread these out so they line up across the front of that bed.




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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #7 on: Apr 13, 2013, 02:37:16 PM »

This is the peaches and cream daffodil.  These multiply fast but have weak stems so I had to hold it up to get it's picture.

And that's it for now.  the white irises are starting to bloom but against a white house it's hard to get a picture. 

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #8 on: Apr 13, 2013, 04:14:52 PM »
Very pretty. I especially like the peaches and cream daffodil.
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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #9 on: Apr 13, 2013, 09:10:16 PM »
Very pretty. I especially like the peaches and cream daffodil.
me too.  i will have to look for some of those!
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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #10 on: Apr 13, 2013, 10:39:21 PM »
Pretty.

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #11 on: Apr 14, 2013, 06:40:14 AM »
If your not in a hurry to have bunches I can send you a couple in the mail when I transplant them.  Just let me know your address in a pm. 

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #12 on: Apr 15, 2013, 08:44:06 PM »
Is that a solar light laying beside the yellow daffs?

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #13 on: Apr 15, 2013, 08:50:00 PM »
If your not in a hurry to have bunches I can send you a couple in the mail when I transplant them.  Just let me know your address in a pm. 
no hurry at all.  i'll send you the pm.
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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #14 on: Apr 16, 2013, 06:18:57 PM »
No those are not solar.  They have a wire running from underneath the house.  I'd pull up the entire set but there is weed barrier above it. 

They do have to come up at some point and get thrown away.  The light they generate isn't worth diddly.  Solar lights wouldn't work either since that area is shaded from spring through fall.  At some point I would like to put a lamp out there beside the walkway.  But as yet it's still a wishlist item.  I'd like one that is a motion detector style.  I never remember to turn them on when I leave during the day and come back at night. 

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #15 on: Apr 18, 2013, 09:31:01 PM »
some of my blooms:

full pink azalea.  half of it is finished blooming but the other half is still going strong.


light pink azalea


rose bud


amaryllis
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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #16 on: Apr 18, 2013, 10:27:36 PM »
Lovely!
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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #17 on: Apr 19, 2013, 09:12:28 AM »
My amarylis that you gave me have slips on them.  I look forward to the bloom but I was suprised by the slips.  I wasn't expecting them this year for some reason. 

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #18 on: Apr 21, 2013, 12:10:10 AM »
pretty colors Jen.

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #19 on: May 06, 2013, 11:16:05 PM »

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2013, 10:36:18 PM »
beautiful sheri!  what are the purple flowers?
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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #21 on: May 08, 2013, 11:16:26 PM »
Thank you.  The purple flowers are iris's.

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #22 on: May 09, 2013, 09:06:31 PM »
sheri, i thought they were irises but i wasn't sure.

crappy picture of the new rose


it is planted now

and a rose i need to move, but i love the color.  unfortunately, the picture does not do the color justice.  i will try again tomorrow.

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #23 on: May 09, 2013, 09:08:27 PM »
why are you moving it?  It looks healthy.

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Re: Spring Flowers
« Reply #24 on: May 09, 2013, 10:51:46 PM »
it is, but it isn't where i can really enjoy it.  when i placed it (that time, its been moved more than once) the idea was that the thorns would make a good deterrent to the dogs getting out of their yard.  then their yard got moved and i never moved the rose.  i want to put it in the front of the house by my other rose bushes.  i really like it but i forget it is there, i don't look in that direction as often as i should.
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