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Gardening => Posies => Topic started by: duh on Mar 22, 2014, 11:41:20 AM

Title: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: duh on Mar 22, 2014, 11:41:20 AM

so far the winter jasmine has bloomed, the daffodils and today the bridal spirea.   i'm so happy to see color.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on Mar 25, 2014, 11:14:41 AM

is the bridal spirea white?  My white spirea has bloomed and so has the forsythia.  Sad to say my daffodils are just about over and it's been mostly too cold to enjoy them.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: duh on Mar 26, 2014, 11:00:55 AM

Yes it is, it's the spirea you sent me a couple of years ago.  It is starting to get large enough to really look good.  It's to bad everything is covered in snow right now.  The 12 inches has ruined all the spring stuff.  I won't even get any plums because of this.  The plum tree had just bloomed out really well.  my little forsythia had just bloomed too.  I hate these late snows.  They mess up everything.  Not to mention the two new roses I had just put in. 

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on Mar 26, 2014, 12:46:07 PM

Oh gosh, I haven't even checked the plum trees but they were n full bloom before the sleet night before last.  Oh crud!!!

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on Mar 30, 2014, 08:45:58 AM

(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL145%2F2152270%2F23823082%2F409109189.jpg&hash=442df511de7d72f4e130d1f292215c29a729490d)


(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL145%2F2152270%2F24323803%2F406042656.jpg&hash=68c6824bbf56181ac65913c1cfadfa81feafd12c)

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: Tina on Mar 30, 2014, 08:58:53 AM

Lovely! Does it smell nice too?

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on Mar 30, 2014, 10:21:25 AM

The tree smells wonderful.  I can't figure out what kind it is because I don't think bradford pears smell that good.  The spirea doesn't have a fragrance.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: Dianna on Mar 31, 2014, 09:03:42 AM

Beautiful!

Wondering if the tree is a dogwood? :ScratchHead:

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bayou girl on Apr 01, 2014, 09:38:56 PM

very nice.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on Apr 01, 2014, 11:07:19 PM

It's not a dogwood.  The flowers resemble honeysuckle and smell good.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bayou girl on Apr 13, 2014, 12:31:05 PM

tea olive.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on Apr 15, 2014, 11:36:33 PM

possibly

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on Apr 28, 2014, 02:29:20 PM

No idea what that tree is.  Just looks like a green tree now.

This is my yard today.

(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL145%2F2152270%2F24516842%2F409313430.jpg&hash=2b57fe825ed5a71b64e0f4666b8c4cc9bd51f627)

more of the front of the house

(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL145%2F2152270%2F24516842%2F409313426.jpg&hash=4d15f17a567f4e36a89b65cb908a4e867bea75f1)


blackberries

(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL145%2F2152270%2F24516842%2F409313429.jpg&hash=2e3726e3607758469f4f23e88d6f636711047329)


in the back yard

(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fpic20.picturetrail.com%2FVOL145%2F2152270%2F24516842%2F409313425.jpg&hash=f534ff2f308af8e82faa49fde306dc695d484784)

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: Tina on Apr 28, 2014, 04:03:39 PM

Beautiful and delicious.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bayou girl on Apr 30, 2014, 04:58:41 AM

Quote from: Tina on Apr 28, 2014, 04:03:39 PM

Beautiful and delicious.

and I am jealous.  Very nice.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: duh on Apr 30, 2014, 11:16:13 AM

Your place is looking great!  Now I'm motivated, I think.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on Apr 30, 2014, 09:45:52 PM

Thank you.  I'm not sure if it really is that pretty or if we just forget what spring looks like.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: sunsoaker on Apr 30, 2014, 09:54:31 PM

No Sheri, it is pretty.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bayou girl on Apr 30, 2014, 10:59:27 PM

Quote from: sunsoaker on Apr 30, 2014, 09:54:31 PM

No Sheri, it is pretty.

it is very pretty.

here is a little slice of my bits and pieces
(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv322%2FJiffymouse%2F2014%2FIMG_20140426_162643_994.jpg&hash=9be30f851348659d7dd5f99fee9a5070b5e7892a) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Jiffymouse/media/2014/IMG_20140426_162643_994.jpg.html)

they are coming in like gang busters.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bayou girl on May 02, 2014, 09:53:01 PM

and here is my volunteer rose.  the plant came up last year, and here is the rose that showed up a few days ago. it is staying pretty.(https://www.southernspirithunters.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv322%2FJiffymouse%2F2014%2FIMG_20140502_175912_701-1.jpg&hash=e2c0a9985291ee28fc30a59ca3c4bc9b46af84f5) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/Jiffymouse/media/2014/IMG_20140502_175912_701-1.jpg.html)
the surveyors flag was there to mark where i was going to put a different bush.  i left it to mark where the volunteer is.  it makes a good size marker.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on May 02, 2014, 09:58:19 PM

very pretty.  They look the same color. 

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bayou girl on May 03, 2014, 09:38:33 PM

Quote from: bestofour on May 02, 2014, 09:58:19 PM

very pretty.  They look the same color. 

i believe you are right sheri.

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on May 04, 2014, 11:38:39 PM

it's a pretty color. 

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: duh on May 14, 2014, 10:16:04 AM

Well I don't have pictures but...The climbing roses (red) are blooming and the white peony that penny sent me is blooming.  One one flower but it is a start. 

Title: Re: Spring Blooms 2014
Post by: bestofour on May 14, 2014, 02:10:10 PM

My peonies are blooming too.  The red only had 2 flowers this year but the white has more.  Sometimes more sometimes less.  I think they're very much influenced by winter weather.