A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat Blooming Fine #16........................

I finally have blooms from my garden! I picked a small bunch for my room last night:



The bright red tulips and the yellow tulip were from my uncle's garden when he divided his bulbs. The dark red tulips are supposed to be 'Ile de France' tulips, and the daff, King Alfred. Pussy willow branches behind.

And my calla:



I can't remember what I bought, but I was pretty sure it was a pink/purple/white blend. But I don't really mind the colour, I really like callas! This one bloomed really fast, only ever grew one leaf and then a bud. I have another calla outside with a bud but it hasn't started to show colour or open yet.

that is so awesome kenny!

Very nice, Kenny - you definitley have the touch!

(could you please make your second picture smaller so it doesn't go off the page? thanks!)

I know I keep posting tulips, but I can't get enough of them!
Plus, they are the only thing blooming here right now, aside from daffodils, and the osteospermum that I bought in bloom.

"Lean to the right, lean to the left..."


And deep inside the yellows! Gotta love 'em!

AHA! Thanks for the "heads-up", Lynne! I didn't know you'd been posting lovely pictures here!

You always have such a nice touch with your flowers, too.


Kenny ~ great pictures!


Merme

My orange tree is flowering.There are even some tiny oranges already.

Thanks Lynne! I didn't realize it was that big, just resized it...

Enrique, little oranges already? wow, do you eat the oranges or are they just like ornamental to look at?

those tulips are such pretty colors.

Pretty pictures Kenny and Lynne!

I too love tulips Lynne.

Kenny--Lynne--great pictures!!

Kenny--I wish I either knew how to polinate my orange tree or that it would wait unitl I could put it out to flower.---by the time I can place it out all the flowers will be spent.--

They look so different all closed up in the rain!





And some cheerful little forget-me-nots on the rainy day!

I've never had to hand pollenate stuff for fruit/seeds but I have tried with success. Have you tried maybe fanning the tree so it disperses the pollen? I think oranges are single sexed trees, so you may need more than one tree. I'm guessing since it flower's it's probably a female. Most male trees that I know of don't put on flowers, they put on catkins or the like, but I seriously have no clue about oranges. sorry I couldn't help

Moms paperwhites--that just happen to be yellow. It's a little blurry, I think I was too close.

Lynne--once again, some nice flowers--I esp.like the forget me nots.

Kenny thanks anyway---it is a nice tree no matter what---

and Loz, tell your mom those are some nice flowers--she did right by them--

I love those purple tulips!!! So pretty.

I need to get some yellow paper whites since yellow IS my favorite color.

...it is?? Here r some yellow flowers for u then...



...n this one is very invasive...but i do love invasive plants...we don't have to worry abt losing it....n if we need to get it under control...we can just cut it or pull it out anytime...emm yes i do love invasive plants....

this is Telosma cordata...n itz frgrant..



..it hangs from my pergola...

Hi kenny, Lynne n Loz....

ahhh such beeauutiful flowers...!! d likes of which i can never hope to see in my own garden...sighh

...but ohh well...i do have these tho...



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...n my Hosta lily...emm think this is what it is...is it??




Have a nice day evryone...!

beautiful flowers. I don't pink mine unless the dogs knock them over. then I bring inside and put in a vase

I got tons of irises finally blooming

blooming now

peonies



clematis

OMG those are so pretty

did I forget to resize? Those pictures look big to me.

Sheri--I don't know about the size of the picture--but golly those sure are beautiful!!!

Picture size is fine for me!

Gosh that Peony is stunningly beautiful!

wow.........flowers are in the know everywhere..........
Love the yellows and pinks nml,bestofour, the peony is out of this world

What is the name of it ....And your clematis.....Yours are much larger than the ones we get.

suzy, love the little white guys an purple iris.

We had snow in the am......about 40º right now.

Good job everyone......Oh how we love flowers.

Thanks for sharing........... :ding:

dodge are your flowers snowed under?

No thank heavens.......It was just fat flakes most of the morning and in the thirties.. Afternoon was sunny at times and 40ies.. DIdnt hurt the flowers.

I am so tickled seeing all my work in bloom.....

I'm tickled for you.

I went shoppin today and did something funny.....I cant say on here I will pm you ..........

can't wait to hear.

My orange tree stopped blooming.Most of the flowers dried up only a few tiny oranges are left. Probably poor bee pollination.

well most of my orange tree blossoms have dried up too--and mine has not had the chance to be outside yet this year---

apparently I cannot put mine out in this area until the nights get to be a constant 50*F outside--and that has not happened yet.

well I will hope that teh few oranges you do have will thrive & grow up 'big & strong' for you. (laughing is for the big & strong part)

the promised amaryllis

beautiful, Jiffy--thanks for sharing.

O.k. I don't have any pics because I can't scoot myself way out there but I have white and yellow crocus's blooming where the snow has melted...a most wonderful sight.

that sounds pretty tamara, and pics or not, we are just glad to see YOU! you are a great addition to our blooms.

Yeaaaaaaaaaa!

Pretty picture Jif.

That's very nice Jiffy!

Here are a few from my yard today.

Allium



Some of my tulips



My white bleeding heart is HUGE



My Valley Fire Pieris is flowering and has it pretty red leaves right now! It's also called the lily of the Valley bush.

Wow, beautiful.

wine cup(Callirhoe involucrata (Malvaceae))



Snap dragons back from last year

My fav new one this year,, Osteospermum ecklonis 'Nasinga Purple'



the white is planted next to it,,