A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat Blooming Fine #18......

Beats the alternitive ..LOL
ours are late also.....

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You know a while back I was complaining that the double daffodils I bought turned out to be all single, well three out of 20 turned out to be doubles and have just bloomed, boy am I disappointed (they were prepackaged bulbs) I have some allium blooming, and not much, except for the annuals I bought: fuchsia, impatiens, lobelia, pinks, petunias, marigolds, snapdragons and my mini rose. Some perennials, I have have pink columbine and the wild Canadian columbine (Aqualegia canadensis), a blue salvia, white star of Bethlehem, and I see buds on the Hollyhocks. I also found some Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine) making it back, and I moved 2, and hope they survive

On my way to school (I walk, a good 20 mins of excercise ) I saw a white clematis in bloom, stonecress (I think), tree peony, bleeding hearts, pulmonia (lungwort), bellis perennis 9english daisy), anemone, and a few more I can't remember.

That does make one mad, when you dont get what you paid for .
Sounds like all those flowers are pretty much what I have here.
My Helleboros still didnt bloom? When do they bloom.

Bet you love the walk and looking at the flowers ? You can see how the rest of the neighbors live.
Glad your getting exercise....It helpe ole toposh.. He got skinnier.. He is a card to talk to.

My blue rose bush commit suicide....Didnt show up at all.

Columbine 4 feet tall? Gorgeous! What do you call them? A must have to find!

The Bleeding Heart is beautiful. I had one from my mom's garden and she was always jealous because mine was bigger than hers. It was looking kinda sad the other day and I think they really should be in shade - correct?

awwwwwwwwwww thank you Tamara I think it's a combination of the heat and not having enough shade in my yard for them it was in the 90's all last week and this week is the same, high 90's and dry very dry we need rain,, first spring in a long time it hasn't rained alot

Patty, that bleeding heart get part sun in the morning....my one with late afternoon sun hasn't even bloomed yet.

that answers that one--no bleeding heart plant for carol---

I've got a fern leaf one in full sun Carol and my aunt has a regular one in full sun...it just blooms and fades quicker than normal.

thanks for telling me, tamara---perhaps I WILL add one to my new bed then.

Love that! I love bleeding hearts...Have a gigantic white one and a pink one!

Here's a few from moms that I took yesterday! It was such a beautiful day!

Such pretty flowers in Faye's garden - thanks for sharing them, loz!

I have a feather leaf bleeding heart that is in my shade garden - it gets early morning sun. It's the first time one has actually come back for me, but it's also the second summer for that garden. The other areas I had them in were too sunny, sorry to say, Carol. I'm wondering if Tamara has better luck in her full sun because it doesn't get quite as hot up there?

Wow! Pretty roses and snaps that big already!?!!! That's awesome!

Mom has the most awesome roses ever....they are all over the place, all different colors and types. Now, here across the street I have no luck with roses....everyone I've ever planted has died.

my helleboros bloom in February but still has the flowers on it. They don't actually die back here until it gets really really hot.

Probably so, it's not like anything would ever get sun scorched here I have lots of shade plants in full sun.

Very beautiful pics Loz. Your mom certainly has some pretty flowers.

Hollyhocks are going crazy today
here's the pick's of what's blooming today
http://s16.photobucket.com/albums/b24/suzydaze/new%20blooms/

by the way...does anyone know what this is?
here's the flower

and here's the floage

they get about 12 inches tall

yep you are likley right---when I talked to the owner of the nursery I was at he showed me the beeding hearts and then said yes you reallly do not want to put tehm out in full sun (I had explained my yard to him).


ah, if only had a place for a shade garden---oh how I wish.--perhaps spme day I will live someoplace where there is shade--then I can plant a whole different set of flowers & plants. :list:

Carol - I had said that for 13 years living here, and then last year we took out 4 large overgrown and mostly dead bushes under our large white birch tree and voila - my shade garden - FINALLY!!! I hope you get one there sometime soon too!

Here are the only 2 yellow irises blooming for me this year.
I usually have lots - don't know why only 2 this time?



And... I planted 2 peony bushes several years ago. Between the 2 of them, I only had 1 bloom, and then one of the bushes died. The other has been hanging on very small, but this year actually has 2 blooms - I am THRILLED!!!

pretty peony bloom Lynne ,, My grandmother had those,, Seeing your reminds me of My grandmother Maybe because of all the rain your've gotten it's blooming more??

beautiful blooms, Lynne---

about the iris---don't you have to dig them up every so often?// I seem to remember mine not blooming after so long back at the farm until I moved them----

yes it will most likley take 13 more years for me to get shade here----but at 69 will I want to crawl on the ground and plant a garden???

Carol, you could always plant a little fence or such as a back drop then plant in front of it.

What direction does your house face?

barb, you think my flower might be a weed??

it's a pretty weed, and I got seeeds for it, because it came up where I spilled some seeds

one mans weed is another mans plant.

Keep it Belinda......send it to cricket.
In my land it is a weed.....

ha ha ha

One persons weed is another persons flower....ask anyone who plants dandelions for greens

Tamara
Do you eat dandelion salad there? SOme do here. Make wine with it.
It is very invasive here......Folks get the lawn sprayed 2 times a year to rid of it .......Not me .. I just mow an mow an mow.

that weed does have a pretty flower Belinda.

That peony is so pretty. I just love them.

the shadeless backyard faces west. So on top of being sun--it gets full afternoon sun to boot.---yes I have a few short trellis' perhaps I can plant something by them them to help make shade for another plant.

Add more stips to the trillis.

Like a plastic fencing ..

Over the top or sides .

I went crazy today and bought 3 black potatoe vines for my containers out in the front yard. Ashley and I had to go get tap shoes for the dance recital saturday night

Are you and Ashley both dancing?

no just her, and she's out grown her shoes again

Maybe she is walking in too much mud . Makes the feet grow??????

Hmmm, no new pics today? Something must be blooming somewhere.

hey...that might be it

what is this?



is this milkweed

the hydrangeas are blooming




and the perilla




asiatic lilly

and the butterfly bush