A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat blooming fine in 2009

ready when you are! (no, i don't have any pics to post yet )

can't wait to see pictures posted here,,,,,,,,, Thank Jiffy for starting another Blooming Fine,,,,,, spring is right around the corner YIPEEEEEEE!

I always heard it's spring when the forsythia is in bloom.




grape hyacinths are starting to bloom





my front walk

a sure sign something is wrong with the universe. Look how short this hyacinth is.

the side yard

WOW Sheri,,,,, Those look Great!!!!!!! / I have tulips coming up But no blooms yet

none iof mine are even poking thier heads out yet--not even ofr a peak----BUT--there pics made me feel so much better--It proves spring will come again

there's nothing like a daffodil to bring cheer to the world.

Nice daffodils, Sheri. I still have a ways to go before I get any blooms, although I do have my first 2 flower buds showing in my earliest blooming patch.

Virginia shouldn't be too far behind.

I'm higher though. The elevation here is about 2800 feet above sea level. This is the current status of my earliest blooming daffodil bed. It sits on a south facing slope:
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Pretty puny yet. My first blooms last year were on March 11, and the peak bloom was on April 2.

are you close to Roanoke? My sister lives there?

I'm 18 miles south of Roanoke, just off Rt. 221. I work in Roanoke. I'm getting ready to head in right now.

geranium blooms

luscious color.

One son and his family live in Rocky Mount, south of Roanoke! That's where I was for Christmas and New Years.

I could have met you!!

Diane that is so pretty and the color is pretty, but you're right; it isn't the various shades you described on the phone. But, it's still beautiful!

Diane - is that blooming now??? NO FAIR!!! :wink:

Very pretty color!

I do have some buds on my geranium that I grow inside my sliding glass doors in the familyroom though. It's been blooming on and off all winter!

short stems = not cold enough winter = global warming

eeks!

interesting kenny.


From the upstairs window today.

Spirea



It's bloomed several times because the winter has been so warm that I'm surprised it looks this good.





camellias from the same window. Still hanging in there.

Here's a couple of pics of my tulips...






I think they are so pretty! The only reason they live is because I didn't plant them. I can't grow bulbs, for some reason...

Annette

very pretty indeed. I don't know what happened to my tulips this year.

I am jealous of the blooms!! We have a good 2 months or more before we see any!! It was great to see these though!!

These are actually from LAST year...

They are up and have buds showing now though for this year. I should see blooms in about 2 weeks or so. My Yellow Bells (forsythia) is already blooming, as is my field of daffy-dills (as my 7yo calls them!). My Daphne started blooming about 2 weeks ago, and my poor camellia just doesn't know WHAT to do. It's full of blooms, but I've only had a few open this year. The button in my sig line is one that bloomed for me last year.

Annette

I moved away about 2 foot of leaves on top of my white soprano from last year and look what I found!!!!!!!
New Growth with blooms!!!!!!!!
in the background you can see where I had cut back the ones from last year before covering,. It has produced a new growth off the roots??.. the blooms aren't in the best of shape,, I suppose because they were covered with leaves,, But YEAHHHHHHHHH,, We had such a mild winter, it appears they were hardy enough to make it to spring again!

A nice surprise there!

That is so pretty. I planted a few last year but I think they're dead as a stick.

daffodils




carolina jessamine

and not from my garden, but a gift from a cowoker

Diane - that looks like one very healthy plant to me - lucky you!

Jiffy - nice flowers - I can't wait til my bulbs are in bloom already - we had another inch of snow today and it's still snowing as I type!

Jiffy--you lucky lucky lady----daffs already!!!

and that--or should I say Those roses, simply beautiful!!!!

thank y'all.
i'll try to get a better jessamine pic tomorrow.

This is My first Bulb bloom of spring!!!!!!




I guess I'd better get out there and pull the weeds out,,

is that hyacinth short like mine? They smell so good.

very pretty Diane.

Diane, that pink hyacinth is pretty. I thought the little flowers were tight together and more compact than that. Am I thinking of something else?

That looks so refreshing to me right now, Diane!

It's 15 degrees with the windchill right now - brrrrrrrrrr!

Repeat after me, Lynne--"Spring will be here in less than a month!!!"

White lavender Osteospermum

Sedum palmeri

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