My first official bloom of '10!

14 years ago

Well, here's my official first bloom of the new year! I usually have a few odd ones here and there after New Year's, but... not this yr!

HIGH CLOUD mini

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And... here's one of my odd plants that blooms early in the season. It's called Chasmanthe "Duckitii." It a weird bulb I got at work one yr when we got in some bulbs from (I believe) Langeveld. It grows about 4-4.5ft tall. I need to thin it out, as it's crowding a couple of roses and irises. It's a very interesting plant. The blooms remind me of some sort of sea creature or bug!

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Yay spring!!

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mashamcl
14 years ago
Congratulations!
I still can't believe you grow so many gorgeous roses with all those huge trees. I fight tree root competition every day, and rip out tree seedlings regularly too... It is good to know you still can do such a good job!

Masha
ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9
14 years ago
Your Chasmanthe is very handsome. I'm not sure I've ever seen it before but it would be a wonderful companion plant for roses. I see you live in northern CA and I wonder how well it would do here. Thanks for posting this interesting plant. The mini is cute too, with its pale lavender coloring.

Ingrid
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@Hablu are those your beautiful guys? Definitely agree that they're the same as mine. I appreciate all of you taking the time to help me Id my guy. He came to my home in an arrangement full of succulents, and stayed in the arrangement for at least a month..due to me being a tad scared to move him. Finally I dove in and decided to repot. It was fascinating to see his whole body, he had the oddest looking roots that ended up being wrapped in mesh. It took me around a hour or more to free him safely. I accidentally dropped him at one point and found myself apologizing! (The moment I realized I am way to attached to my guys;)) He's actually a little guy, maybe 2in in diameter! I am grateful for the blooms and find it ironic the cactus I didn't want out of fear (I'm extremely clumsy) is the first to bloom and very close to being my favorite of all , because of our hour long freedom project. Again thank you all for helping me to be able to enjoy these succulents by knowledge of care, and thanks to all who have taken the time to help properly id. Have a beautiful day, Mary
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hahaha The weird plant is REALLY weird.I have never seen one like it before.The rose is very pretty, too.
BETH, do you have a ANGEL TRUMPET plant?They are gorgeous and the blooms smell so good in the evening when they bloom.My daughter gave me 12 cutting that some one gave her and she gave them to me,saying she can't root them things, but if anybody can, she knows I can do it.Well,they looked like dead sticks back in November I think it was,and I thought wow,she must think I can do miracles to root dead sticks. Well, all of them rooted except 2 and one of them has greened up,so still hope for that one.Can't wait till they grow and bloom.

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iris_gal
14 years ago
Orange Chasmanthes are blooming around here now too.

I prefer your color. It looks like it would show off purples really well.
zeffyrose
14 years ago
Love your first bloom-----we still have a few weeks to wait.

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canadian_rose
14 years ago
Wow!!

Your High Cloud rose is so sweetly beautiful! Lovely, lovely. Ahhhhh.

Your weird plant is really interesting!!!

CArol
henrikslo
14 years ago
Just beautiful ! Thats what happens at this time in your climate . Over here , I'll have to wait for over two months
to see first blooms on my roses .

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becky_rose
14 years ago
Yay, it's started. It's lovely. Can't wait to see all the spring posts.

Mashamcl, I hate tree roots too.

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phatboyrose
14 years ago
Way to go Beth, let the season begain. How did I know you would be the first to get a bloom and such a beautiful one too. I've just started to see a bud here and there but no flowers yet. The only roses that I have flowering are the ones that I bought from the nurerys this Spring. Thanks Beth for the view.
Harold
bethnorcal9
Original Author
14 years ago
Oh Masha.... I HATE the trees. I wish I could afford to cut down the pines. They're like 80ft tall tho. It's expensive and precarious to cut them without ruining the rose beds, so that makes it even more expensive!

Ingrid, I don't know how well the chasmanthe would do down there. But if you can find any bulbs or potted ones, it would be worth it to try them. They bloom early in the season, and only for a short time, but the grassy leaves remain until fall.

Jean, I don't have any angel trumpets, but I think they're pretty. I don't know how well they would do here.

Iris gal, it's funny you mention the yellow with purples. I actually have it planted in a bed at the corner of this raised area by the driveway, and it's all yellow and purple roses and irises, and yellow lilies in there too. Unfortunately, not many of the different plants seem to bloom all at the same time. And they're all beginning to crowd the roses!!

Florence, yours'll be blooming before ya know it!!

Thanks Carol.

Henrik, I'll be looking forward to seeing what you've got blooming! What I've seen so far, you certainly have a beautiful garden and beautiful roses!!

Becky, soon we will all be bombarding the gallery with our pics! It's gonna be a good spring I think!!

Harold, I usually have a pretty fair amount of blooms from Dec to March too. This yr I didn't! And I didn't even get the deadheading done. I think we just had a colder-than-normal winter. I'm all done with it tho. I am sooo ready for it to be spring and have sunshine and warmth and lots of roses blooming!!!
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
14 years ago
Congrats on your first bloom! Very nice!

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