A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Gardener's Chat Blooming fine 2009~~ #3

Thanks everyone!

My yellow are starting to open now too - I will take a picture when I go out in a few minutes to plant my oranges and lemons gaillardias.

Dodge - I don't do bright red flowers, but I do have yellow tulips behind some purple. And you are right... each year I keep adding more and more - it's so uplifting to the spirit to see these first blooms of the season!

Stevie - can't wait to see yours bloom when it's spring there!

Lynne: I saw this post last night---sorry I did not comment earlier----your flowers are soo beautiful indeed----they make me want to have some here--perhaps I will be able to plant some tulips in my small bed in the front this fall---

this is my white area

I think this holly bush was hurt during the drought. Do you think it will recover if we have rain?

yuck

I love the whities parade there.

Thats a cool way to keep the weeds out.

Holly Bush that tall? I used to own some and pulled them all out.
You have to have a boy and girl to get berries here..
b

Good work Diane.

Sheri I love the White area,, I always think about doing seperate colors BUT It always turns out to be a splash of colors,,
I see you have jack mandii blooming too,,


dang You let that holly Bush get HUGE I keep mine trimmed like a hedge I once let it get that big But wasps were in there,, but to answer your question the rain coming will freshen it up real nice!

do you think I need to replace that holly. I'm not sure what kind it is but the trunk of it is huge. It was there when we moved in. The ones we planted don't have such big trunks.

My white clematis is supposed to be blooming on the fence in the white area but as you know it's on the ground.

Sheri

I think I would take both Hollys out.. Too overgrown and hides the pretty house.
No road appeal..

hgtv would say.. Too tall .

b

I think that would be my approach as well. When we bought our house, there were a lot of things that had been let go. I tried pruning them right back, but they were just woody and didn't want to put out any new growth. In the end I just took them out and started again. Having said that, we had a large eucalyptus cut off right at base level, and the arborist even poisoned it. He said it wouldn't come back, but it sent out a whole lot of beautiful blue-green shoots, and now I keep it pruned as a bush (it's meant to be a huge tree). So you could try pruning it at base level and seeing if it comes back.

Steve

That is a clever idea.

If one can keep them under control like that , good idea.
Makes life easier.

Sheri--I love all of your white flowers---it make such a dramatic statement---

I Like the fence behind it,, I think it makes a statement too!

Angelb

Your so mindful of everything.. MY idea as well.
I am hunting a new one and no where to be found..

HD asked why I had that....I said I like it .LOL shows off.

You were on it right away..

Thanks all

Here are some more tulips brightening up my yard today.

Pink in front of the pond


Yellow in the driveway garden


Yellow/orange around the white birch tree in the front of the house


And up by the driveway again

And some pink hyacinths to add a bit of a different color to the yard!

Lynne: Your flowers are so bright and cheery!!! I love them---and I esp love the pink hyacinths.---

Thanks for sharing the photos of your beautiful garden, Lynne. I love the pink tulips.

Thanks Carol and Stevie!

My first batch of tulips have now lost their flower petals, but I still have 2 batches that haven't bloomed yet, and the others that are still in bloom. I'm glad the different types are blooming at slightly different times so the bloom time lasts a bit longer. It's funny but the last batch to bloom was the first one I planted a few years ago!

Very very very nice flowers..

It is raining now here at 6:47

Very Pretty,,, Lynne I love the pink hyacinths

boy Lynne, your pictures are very clear and the colors so pretty. No weeds!!!

Thanks everyone! And thanks Sheri but I do pull weeds every time I am out there. There are a LOT of seedlings about to grow bigger and I am guessing that they are all weeds unfortunately!

Here are a few more blooms in my yard today.
Ajuga along the pond waterfall


A few forget me nots - so hard to photograph the color!

simply beautiful, Lynne----if that is Ajuga it is pretty---My MIL & FIL landscaped their house & then messed it all up and planted ajuga all over in it---and it spread like wild fire and messed up the landscaping-----but in all the years I did not ever see it flower so pretty---

question: are the forget me nots really such a pretty aqua???

Yep Carol -it's absolutely ajuga. I have always seen it bloom like this, but I just planted this patch last fall. And I am actually hoping it WILL spread like wildfire because I need more plants to cover the waterfall hill so it stops erroding in the heavy rains.

That said... I, too, have seen lawns that have been taken over with it, and it's not so pretty. I will never plant it near a lawn for just that reason, but again, I am hoping it will help with my hill problem.

As for the forget me nots... they are actually more of a pale baby blue, but as I said, I can't ever seem to get a true picture of that color.

thanks about the aguga lesson---and pale blue would be nice---and I do not know anyone who gets a true blue with their camera----so not to worry---

again thanks

are the ajuga leaves varigated? Mine aren't.



do you have a side view of the forget me nots? I think they are growing at one of my schools.

Sheri - the reason I bought those ajuga was because they were variegated - the leaves turn a purple, white, green - they are just now growing out in all the warm weather we've had the past week. I have seen the solid green variety, but I thought this had more interest.

I don't have a side view of the forget me nots, but I can try to take one tomorrow if we don't get rain - it has cooled down quite a bit tonight and is very windy too.

I love the aguga.. I saw that at home depot today and didn't know what it was ,,,,, But now that I've see it,,
First time I've seen anyone grow forget me nots too And I've never seen there anywhere here is the color as blue as it looks in the pic Lynne???

Closing this one and starting a new one!!!!!!!!! You can answer me over there

Do you leave your bulbs in all the time, and do they multiply?

My red tulips yesterday..

I dont lift mine..Dont know if one should of shouldnt.

Let's take this over to the new thread ok? This one went way over 100 posts!


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