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Gardening => Posies => Topic started by: duh on Apr 10, 2013, 04:04:02 PM

Title: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh on Apr 10, 2013, 04:04:02 PM: Would you look at that...

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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.

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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.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour 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?
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh 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.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh on Apr 12, 2013, 12:10:18 PM: (https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv660%2FTKHooper%2F2013%2520Garden%2FApr12YellowTulips_zps60acd87f.jpg&hash=120672252690f5bd71392c5d6413c2343568f5f0) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/TKHooper/media/2013%20Garden/Apr12YellowTulips_zps60acd87f.jpg.html)

Here are my yellow tulips in the foundation bed

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Here are my yellow daffodils in the same bed

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And here is one of the peaches and cream. Not a very sturdy stem on these.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh on Apr 12, 2013, 12:28:55 PM: (https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv660%2FTKHooper%2F2013%2520Garden%2FApr09BridalSpirea_zps3154c01a.jpg&hash=9c0c74277c9b01b862a1ca3bd11a8881aa704ab1) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/TKHooper/media/2013%20Garden/Apr09BridalSpirea_zps3154c01a.jpg.html)
Here is a good picture of the spirea.

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

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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.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl on Apr 12, 2013, 10:01:02 PM: those are pretty tammy! and you did a good job with the pictures.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh on Apr 13, 2013, 02:34:10 PM: Thank you Jenn.
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Scarlet Sedum. Doesn't it look purple to you?

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Fancy Daffodil that I moved, sorry.

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Clump of yellow daffodils. I want to spread these out so they line up across the front of that bed.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh on Apr 13, 2013, 02:37:16 PM: (https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv660%2FTKHooper%2F2013%2520Garden%2FCreamDaffodils319th_zps7e5b52e9.jpg&hash=82e05d0f15c2defb7910836f85dfcbca30ec9084) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/TKHooper/media/2013%20Garden/CreamDaffodils319th_zps7e5b52e9.jpg.html)
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.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: sunsoaker on Apr 13, 2013, 04:14:52 PM: Very pretty. I especially like the peaches and cream daffodil.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl on Apr 13, 2013, 09:10:16 PM: Quote from: sunsoaker on Apr 13, 2013, 04:14:52 PM
Very pretty. I especially like the peaches and cream daffodil.
me too. i will have to look for some of those!
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on Apr 13, 2013, 10:39:21 PM: Pretty.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh 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.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on Apr 15, 2013, 08:44:06 PM: Is that a solar light laying beside the yellow daffs?
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl on Apr 15, 2013, 08:50:00 PM: Quote from: duh 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.
no hurry at all. i'll send you the pm.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh 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.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl 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.
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light pink azalea
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rose bud
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amaryllis
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Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: Tina on Apr 18, 2013, 10:27:36 PM: Lovely!
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh 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.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on Apr 21, 2013, 12:10:10 AM: pretty colors Jen.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
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Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl on May 07, 2013, 10:36:18 PM: beautiful sheri! what are the purple flowers?
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on May 08, 2013, 11:16:26 PM: Thank you. The purple flowers are iris's.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl 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
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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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Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on May 09, 2013, 09:08:27 PM: why are you moving it? It looks healthy.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl 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.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on May 10, 2013, 06:00:21 PM: Smart thinking. That's why we have everything on the driveway side of the house. Because of the sunlight I had to put the lilac bush on the other side of the house and last year it bloomed and I didn't even know it. It blooms when it's too cool to be sitting on the screened in porch. I kept an eye out this year.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl on May 10, 2013, 09:16:02 PM: here is another photo of the rose. i love the color. the color is more accurate in this picture
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Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh on May 11, 2013, 10:11:26 AM: (https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv660%2FTKHooper%2F2013%2520Garden%2FMay11VariegatedOrangeRose_zps93ddb9b2.jpg&hash=576008168b0508e5c22b958ad59fbe06f26f8a4b) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/TKHooper/media/2013%20Garden/May11VariegatedOrangeRose_zps93ddb9b2.jpg.html)

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Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh on May 11, 2013, 10:51:41 AM: That's a beautiful rose Jenn
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl on May 11, 2013, 05:19:50 PM: thanks tammy! your flowers are looking great as well.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh on May 12, 2013, 03:30:23 PM: Thank you. The lily got slaughtered by the rain right after I planted it. Isn't that just the way it goes?
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on May 13, 2013, 11:04:23 PM: Jen, that is a beautiful color. duh things are looking good.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
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This is the first peony to bloom this year. It is the white one that Penny gave me right after I moved here. Thank you Penny. I'm sorry I can't get better pictures.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on May 17, 2013, 11:13:51 AM: duh, my peonies have bloomed too. I have a red one and a white one. The red one only had 5 blooms this year and that's it. I cut them Monday and brought them in. The white one has a few more blooms but not nearly as many as years past. Guess it's the weather. Do you like the smell? I like the smell of roses much better.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh on May 17, 2013, 08:41:41 PM: I've never noticed that they had a smell. I love the flowers, they are so full and wonderful to look at.

Do you scratch in bone meal as soon as the stems break ground every year?
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on May 17, 2013, 08:48:13 PM: duh, I have never done anything to them except one year I sprayed for thrips.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
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Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl on May 19, 2013, 12:08:13 AM: pretty, both of you!
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: duh on May 21, 2013, 09:04:32 AM: Thank you. Could someone tell me how to get a picture of a white flower?
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl on Jun 12, 2013, 09:47:06 PM: ellie's weird hydrangea
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pardon the bad photography, my shaky hands.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: sunsoaker on Jun 12, 2013, 10:47:33 PM: That's cool. And it is a healthy plant.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: Tina on Jun 12, 2013, 11:19:49 PM: It is pretty normal. really. If she does not feed it with acid food like for azaleas it will revert to all pink in a year or so. It is aluminum sulphate to that helps the plant absorb the acid and stay blue. Long before it even buds.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl on Jun 13, 2013, 09:54:36 AM: i'll tell her to get it some food. i've never had to feed mine before. everywhere we've lived, due to the types of trees, they've always been blue. to get them pink, you had to feed them. it is a pretty plant though, and i liked seeing it. it was tiny when she got it.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on Jun 13, 2013, 05:50:37 PM: Mine are blue too but I like them when they're multi-color. It's like a party.
Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bayou girl on Jun 15, 2013, 09:06:26 PM: it will be summer flowers this time next week! :giggle: but here is one more spring flower, my day lily... lousy picture but pretty flower.

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Title: Re: Spring Flowers
Post by: bestofour on Jun 17, 2013, 11:22:16 AM: You know yellow is my favorite color. Love those.