Last year I planted verbena "homestead Purple" I didn't get One bloom and it didn't seems to take to well where I placed it When it got cold I just covered it heavily with leaves and forgot about it until I was wanting a space to plant a brug , to my surprise when I removed leaves there were bloom buds, today I came home and found this!!




Needless to say I planted the Brugs somewhere else!

Those are nice. I like verbena.

Oohh Diane...

they r sweet...!!

i have some with da same flowers but da leaves r different... dunno what they r called... not Verbena i suppose..coz they dont have any fragrance... read that Verbenas r ... r yours fragrant??

Wow, Diane, those are beautiful.

Wow.....what a beautiful color....so vibrant!!!

Wow, what a nice suprise to have that peakin' out!

My Crocus are finally blooming , but, so far, only the yellow ones have shown their faces. I haven't seen any of the white or purple ones yet.

Okay, it took a little while, but I managed to get on Photobucket so here is a picture of some of my my yellow Crocus.



I've been moving some of my bulb plants today because I've found many of my Tulips, Daffodils, Mini-Daffodils and Narcissus are coming up in places where I haven't planted them . My squirrels like to dig up my bulbs and replant them in other places . They never seem to bother my Hyacinth bulbs, but I guess they're too big to handle.

I guess I better get in the "Back~40"
and take a peak at mine...
The bed should be at least starting to melt a
little cause it's raised...where my crocus's are..

Wow--pretty! I have lots of flowers blooming already but my verbena is just beginning to green up. I have pale yellow. Want to add purple this year.

How pretty is that!!!!!!

Pretty good to be seeing something like that come up in zone 6.

I'm zone 6a and there's not a thing out there - we've had a warm spell, but still there's a lot of ice accumulation - it will melt off soon though.

Very pretty verbena.

I agree with you Carly.....so nice to see isnt it!!

Carly & Penny, you should be seeing something coming up pretty soon. It seems one day there's nothing but some green leaves and then the next day you have color. What a GREAT feeling it is!

I have the tips of my tulips coming up by
the side of my house *the South side, that's raised, and by a cement walk and stone wall..
that I over winter dahlia's in*
so, I expect them up soon..
I just hope there's no FROZEN TEMPs' comin' soon!

Blooming today...



and...



Sure are pretty!

Weezie, I have tulips popping out of the ground, too. I thought I had moved them all to my bulb bed, but I have them out in the original tulip bed and beside my front steps...

Ohhhh how pretty Dianna!!!!!!!

Gosh Diana,
Those are simply beautiful!!!

Diana, your flowers are simply beautiful. I'm not even close to having any of my Irises blooimg for quite a while yet. They're starting to come up but still a long way from blooming. :rolleyes:

Thank you all for the nice comments!

I have been checking my bulb bed every day to find out if another treasure has popped up overnight. I planted so much out there, that I can't remember what is in there. I am afraid to weed right now because I am afraid I will be pulling up a flower!

Just keep posting Dianna...whether its a weed or flower...some of us up north would love to see a weed..since we have snow :p :p

You asked for it, Penny!



My "wish" weeds are blooming, too!

And what a lovely weed it is too ...thanks!!!

Diana,
I think that it's either Hawk's Beard or Groundsel....
*what does the leaves look like???*

Isnt it nice to see a weed right now Weezie...since our's are covered in the white stuff ...now ask me that question in about 2 months time :p

It is groundsel, Weezie.

I have always called it wish weed. I remember as a girl picking them and blowing them to make a wish. Didn't know until I was older that that was how the weeds spread...

I remeber those as a kid too!!

YOU HAD BETTER BELIEVE IT!!!!

Okay, I thought maybe I'd post something here, since I haven't in how many MONTHS?

I just wanted to post three photos of my currently blooming flowers. Flowers I may not be posting over at my Garden Journal?

My Beautiful Iris that is Final Showing Signs of LIFE!
I learned something new at school yesterday, Look at my photography!!, Using Macromedia Fireworks.




Also, My Apricot Twist is starting to show life of blooming!!


Enjoy!~

Oh Micheal I love your apricot twist!! It's exciting to see the iris isn't it??? The Purple is my Fav!!
And....,Your photography has always been splendid!!

Michael, I love your Apricot Twist, too!

Angelblossom, you're so kind! It is so exciting to see to see my Iris bloom, especially more blooms this year then last!


Patches, last year it grew 40 inches! It blooms from now to mid to late june...
I'll be sure to post more tomorrow.

Michael, although I have some Iris that get pretty tall, I don't believe any of mine have ever come close to reaching 40". :rolleyes: I'll be anxious to see more flower pictures because we are getting snow flurries again today. This may be the only place I will be seeing any flowers for now.

you all have some very pretty flowers I can't wait til mine bloom !

Loving that purple iris, here! I went outside to look today at mine to see if any of my purple were blooming yet. No such luck... :p

What kind of flower is the Apricot Twist? It is really a pretty color...

Patches, What I mean is the Apricot Twist. It grows about 40 inches high. Not that big really. I hope you recieve warm weather pretty soon!

Dixie Angel, Here are more Photos.
...And here is some Information.

Okay, here are two more photos of my Irises... I have 9 total stems with 3 flowers waiting to bloom. SO 9 times 3 equals 27 blooms I will be expecting!!

Thank you, Michael. That Apricot Twist is really a pretty plant...

I am still waiting on one of my purple iris to bloom. Looks like it is budding up, but hasn't opened yet...

Dianna

How exciting Michael!!

Well yesterday it opened! On the first day of spring!
Sadly it was an ugly day. It was very cloudy and we had thunderstorms by nightfall...
Today, wasn't any better, but sunny. It was very windy today! So sorry for the bad bad photos! I tried my best to make them the best!






I took those photos today. Not the best!
First one! Out of many that will be coming!!
They look like they will be blooming all at once!

Very nice. Blooming all at once can be nice. I wish they bloomed for a longer season though.

It's so nice to see everyone's outdoor blooms!
We are still completely covered with snow from last Friday's storm, but the warmer weather is slowly getting here - it's 50 degrees out there right now.

Here is my first geranium bloom on an overwintered plant.
This was a 99 cent seed geranium bought 2 years ago.

Wow....both great pictures!!!

Wow, beautiful Geranium, Lynne! What a gorgeous shade of pink! It's still going to be quite a while before any of my geraniumns are blooming.

Verrry Pretty Lynne!!!!!!!!!

Geezzz I hope this thread makes it over to the New forum!!

Did you post your pictures' over there Diane..
I don't believe that you can't...
So, just go post it...

Yep Blooming Fine is now Open and ready for posting Blooms in the New Forum!!


Thanks Weezie!!!