I have roses blooming, both the climbing and the shrub. The azaleas are still hanging in there, but are almost finished, and my daylilies have had two bright yellow blossoms,but have lots of buds! The purple varigated iris are really pretty, and a yellow rose bush in bloom, make a nice combination. There is one lone salvia plant blooming in a container, re-emerging from last year, but no sign of other salvia that are planted in the garden.

Regina,
In my yard:
Nicotiana Apple Blossom
Guara, Whirling Butterflies
California Poppies
Verbascum, Southern Charm
Dianthus, Brilliant
Pink Ruffles Azaela
Copperman Azaela
Happy Returns Daylily
Don Juan Climbing Rose,
Outta the Blue Rose
Champion of Roses
Tournament of Roses
Pink Echinacea
Carrots ready,
broccoli ready
lettuce ready (and ready, and ready!!)
who wants salad!!??

It's mostly what is about to bloom....but here is what is in bloom.
Campanula 'Joan Elliott'
Aquilegia blue bonnet
Aquilegia Nora Barlow 'black'
Globemaster Allium
A bunch of different alliums are about to just burst
Ajuga 'Chocolate Chip'
Some of my Heuchera are blooming
Different sedums are in bloom
a Few bearded Iris, but most are just budding
Pulmonaria saccharata 'Mrs. Moon'
Lily of the Valley
Allium "neapolitanum"
One of my bright red peonies is blooming, and the other peonies are ready to burst.

Cheryl

Great thread!
I have lots that are done blooming, and some that are about to bloom. Still in bloom include:
The Virginia Fringe Tree is nearly done blooming
Lavender & Blue bearded iris
Dutch Irises
Creeping phlox still hanging in there
The 2 miniature roses that the previous homeowner left
Pansies from last October (!!)
Fuschia hanging basket
Verbena

I don't have too many annuals. Mostly biennials & perennials, and small shrubs (Caryopteris) that haven't bloomed yet. I was hoping the dahlias I started from seed would be doing better, but the cool weather has sort of stunted their growth.

Mine is a new garden, so there is not a lot of bloomin goin on yet. I did get 3 of the 18 daffodils I purchased from Michigan Bulb to bloom - don't know why the others did not.

What's in bloom now:

white iris and purple iris
beautiful rose flowered Weigeila (spelling?)
lots of buds on my Stella D'Oro daylillies

most everything has leaves on it, but I KNOW that there are a bunch of things, especially daylillies, that I planted this spring that are not doing a thing yet. Shouldn't they all at least have their leaves? Do hardy gladiolas start coming up yet?

Thanks, Sharon

Oh baby -- here is the yard this morning --

A bunch o' roses -- Abraham Darby, Mutabilis, Dark Lady, Paul Bocuse, Mrs. Keays' Pink, Mary Day, Cl. Joseph's Coat, Leonie Lamesch, Margo's Baby, Heinrich Karsch, Yolande d'Aragon, The Prince, Fortune's Five Color, Huntington Pink Tea, Pat Austin, Cornelia, Cl. Devoniensis, Mme. Pierre Oger, Cramoisi Superieur, probably several others I'm forgetting at the moment.

Several clematis -- Gillian Blades, HF Young, I think Asao still has a bloom, Nelly Moser, Polish Spirit, Daniel Deronda, Rouge Cardinal, Little Duckling, probably one or two others I'm forgetting.

Several hardy geraniums -- Brookside, Johnson's Blue, Samobor, Mourning Widow, sanguineum, Splish Splash, maculatum, maccrorhizum, others I'm forgetting.

assorted stuff -- Amsonia montana (not the other amsonias yet), mayapple, brunneras (Langtrees and Dawson's White), Penstemon hirsutus, impatiens, scented geraniums, violas all the heck all over the place, one or two daffodils still hanging in there, Oxalis vulcanicola 'Zinfandel', an unnamed coral bells, Marguerite daisies, African daisies, Lewisia, a coral honeysuckle whose name I can't remember at the moment, Earl of Essex and unnamed iris, I think the roof iris is already gone, verbena 'Homestead Purple' and 'Lanai', just starting to get blooms on salvias, lily of the valley, several varieties of columbine including canadensis and Black Barlow, one or two azaleas still hanging on, "Alexandria" alpine strawberries, probably lots of other stuff that I'm missing!

Sharon -- my hardy glads are quite tall already, and things are usually late in my yard (too much shade!).

Sissy -- I'm jealous of your poppies. I LOVE poppies, but I can't ever get them to do anything useful in my yard!

Gosh, I just pulled most of 'em out...are you coming to this Swap? I could pot one up for ya-they say you only need one poppy and you have 'em for life!!
Let me know!

Naw, but thanks for the thought! I've tried several types of poppies here, but I just don't have any real luck. I did get some decent blooms from Shirley poppies in a container one year, but basically I've got too much clay, too much shade, too much humidity, and too much rain. I did manage to get one oriental poppy through the winter this year -- then it rotted during the spring rains. Boo hiss! And I did seed some annual poppies late this winter in two containers, but they're not growing very well. I'm still crossing my fingers, but I suspect that poppy success is just not in the cards for me. One of the few reasons I would consider moving back to Utah -- being able to grow poppies and penstemons!

Amazondoc -

You are depressing me with that wonderful list of what is blooming in your garden. What part of TN are you in?

I am just starting my garden. I notice the mention of David Austin roses - I have planted 5 (2 Graham Thomas, a Shakespeare, Abraham Darby, and Elegantyne); they are leafed out but don't seem to be putting on a lot of growth or any buds. They were planted when David Austin Roses in TX shipped them to me in mid April and were planted and babied right away. Do roses grow much the first year? All but one is on it's own roots - I have heard that you can just cut off part of a cane and stick it in potting soil and it will root. Since they are on their own roots and not grafted to Dr. Huey - will I be able to multiply my roses and give some for trading when they get big enough (hopefully next year)?

A question for all you bulb planters - can you plant a hardy gladiola bulb upside down? I had a hard time telling how to plant them - could this be why they are a no show.

Only stuff blooming its heart out are my beautiful iris - white and blue/purple and white, but there are buds on my Stella!

Heck, don't be depressed -- just pack in more plants! LOL. The worst thing is, I do all my gardening in the FRONT yard -- a very SMALL front yard -- and the dogs get the whole back yard -- so all that junk is blooming in a space about 20 x 50, give or take. Not much room to walk between the plants!

Oh, and I'm in Knoxville. Lovely climate IMHO. Not too hot, not too cold!

And have patience with your roses. There's an old rose truism: the first year they sleep, the second year they creep, and the third year they leap. So you need to take a long term view. :-) And yes, you can take cuttings and root them! But if you want to be legal about it, make sure that you only trade NON-patented varieties. It's illegal to propagate varieties that have a plant patent on them.

Patented plants is the silliest thing I've ever heard of. I don't get upset about much, but trying to stake a claim on another living thing really galls me. I'm off the soapbox again.

I will start this thread again on Saturday if I think of it. I suspect we will have a whole different crop of plants blooming! I'm printing these threads and putting them in my gardening journal so I can begin to plan beds with color throughout the year. It would be nice if we would also mention if the plant is full sun, part sun, or shade where we are growing it.

-Regina

Gee. I have lots of buds on my roses.. my pink painted daisies are blooming, hardy geraniums, daisies, ajuga,
some day lilies some irises, but my garden is coming on slow. lots of greens on colors yet..