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What's blooming in your garden now?

16 years ago

Here's mine...

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hetalp
16 years ago
dianthus, coreposis, gazanias, knock-out rose, gillarda, salvias and irises.
xeriscaper
16 years ago
Dallas area---only thing that I have blooming right now is my autumn sage, daffodils, johnny jump ups. My coreopsis is getting buds and the mexican heather/lantana/purple cone flower are just now breaking ground and greening up, and sweet pea is starting to climb.... We had 2 snows in March that set everything back. What area are you in?
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Hi Michelle Sorry for the delay in responding - just got back from holiday in Turkey. As I feared, there had been a few frosts during my absence but damage to my Salvias has been limited to a minimal number of plants and the garden is still looking pretty good. This is in contrast to a garden about 2 miles away (a pub garden where I also plant lots of Salvias) where just about everything has been blackened. It just goes to show what differences there can be in mesoclimates. Even within my own garden which has the advantage of being on a slight slope, there are microclimates where the flow of cold air is restricted and a specific Salvia can be badly frosted whereas equivalent plants, only a few yards away, can completely escape damage. My soil has a large proportion of clay but, over the 25 or so years I have been here, I have mulched with various products such as mushroom compost and composted manure to help build up a top layer of better tilth. I root lots of cuttings and the old soil from all the pots also gets thrown onto the garden. Surprising how this all adds up to improve the soil. Most years, in early summer, I try to give the garden a 2" mulch of some sort to help keep it in good heart. I know many Salvias don't need this but I plant very closely and the mulch helps with moisture retention and weed supression. If I go back 10 years or more, I always got a hard frost about mid-September which knocked off my Salvias (except most microphylla types). Since then, although the thermometer always dips around this time, temperatures are not so low and then we seem to then often survive for at least another month. Last year was even better and the Salvias were not really hit until early December when we became blanketed by snow. Ignoring any general global warming trend, I read that we may now be moving into a short term cooler period (there seems to be a cycle of about 25 years or so between highs and lows) and so I may have to get used to September frosts once again. Of course, by then, I may be just pushing up daisies and not bothering with Salvias. Naturally you are most welcome to visit although from the above you can guess that timing can be crucial if you want to see the display at its best. You must also take in Robin's garden as he always has gems that we others drool over. I'm thinking about your request of naming the plants in my pics. It's a bit of a task but probably worth the effort. Give me some time on this. Finally, I was pleased to see Robin include Salvia 'Imelda' on his site. This was a seedling I found near S. greggii 'Peach' in late 2008 and which flowered for me in 2009. I named it after my wife's middle name. It is proving to be much sturdier than Peach - which I love but seem to lose after a couple years or so. Here is a pic of the very first flower of Imelda: Jim
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brenda_in_tx
16 years ago
I have brand new beds and planted seeds and bulbs 2 weeks ago, so not much of anything except for this lone Indian Hawthorne that was planted 2 years ago. I hope to have more to share in a few months.
gnabonnand
16 years ago
I live in the Dallas area, and I have the following blooming now:

Roses: Valentine, Reine des Violettes, & Pink Gruss an Aachen
Iris: Intermediate bearded varities: HellCat & Bluebird in Flight
Gaura: Passionate Blush
Alyssum: The came up from seed on their own from last year's plants.
Salvia nemorosa: 'East Friesland' & 'Marcus'

Randy
seamommy
16 years ago
My Dainty Bess, Stairway to Heaven, Zepherine Droughin, Climbing America, and Souvenir de la Malmaison roses are in full bloom. My shasta daisies and scabiosa,(she doesn't really count, since she bloomed all winter) are blooming. I also have larkspur starting to pop, a few iris's and of course the oxalis. Cheryl
Taralyn
16 years ago
I need two more weeks, darn it, for a big show. Blackfoot Daisy, scabiosa, Indian Hawthorne, the Encore Azaleas, Pink Salvia Greggii and Tangerine Beauty crossvine are going all out. I added some dianthus this year to help with the spring show. The loropetalum are winding down. Some gaura is blooming, but I cheated, they are new plantings.:) Coneflowers are greened out, but have a month yet, along with the butterfly bushes. The irises all have buds, the roses all have buds, the spirea has buds, mid-April I should have the neighbors stopping to look again.....

terry
x3ro
16 years ago
Currently blooming in my garden is my beautiful indian blanket plants. Also, my variegated liriope are sprouting new growth, and are starting to look wonderful. Up front, my mondo grass is growing longer after being trimmed back beginning of spring. I need to put down some new mulch! Haven't had much of a chance. This weekend I hope to do that and pull the tarp off my fountain and get it ready for the spring/summer/fall season! Lots of work ahead! Let's hope for no rain this weekend! Here's some crappy cell phone pics of my stuff in the back (fountain is under the blue tarp, obviously):

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sam_mocotx
16 years ago
Geraniums, impatiens, begonias, iris, oxalis, amaryllis
lagsforlisa
16 years ago
South of Dallas: I have roses red Knockout, Zepherine Drouhin, salvia greggi 'Diane', and ground orchids (bletilla). The shasta daisies and iris are thinking about doing something. That is it, so far. I have a few seedlings from my s. greggis that I am anxious to see, though.
olgaflowers
16 years ago
Randy,
I sure would like to have hellcat, Bluebird in flight
to my Iris collection perhaps You can share where I can
find them. or e-mail me the Info.
Thank's olgaflowers,
runjbells
16 years ago
In Austin, Iris, Knock out Rose, Bulbine, African Sun Daisy, Creeping Phlox, Oxalis, Coral Honeysuckle and a few remaining Carolina Jessamine flowers.
Staci
16 years ago
Most of these just started this week. I am north of Dallas.

Roses - Ducher, Peggy Martin, Hwy 290 Pink Buttons
Autumn Sage - Red & 'Teresa'
Daffodil's - Cheerfulness, Yellow Cheerfulness, & N. jonquilla simplex;
Four Nerve Daisy, IB Iris 'Bottled Sunshine, 'Nana' Coreopsis, Brazos Penstemon, Pink Oxalis, Coral Honeysuckle, Texas Betony and Scabiosa and in the front Geranium, Alyssum, and Pansies

Opening within the week - 3 kinds of Clematis, Hill Country Penstemon, unknown penstemon, and SDLM, Tropicana & Don Juan Roses.
bossjim1
16 years ago
Here's a link to my bloomers in the Gallery section.
Jim

Here is a link that might be useful: Bloomers and new beds
mikeandbarb
16 years ago
Clematis

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Salvia greggi and verbane

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Hot Lips Salvia

Not a bloomer but love the foilage

Iris

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Snap dragons and Iris

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Hosta Honey Bells

Hosta

Clematis President

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Cosmos

The Hosta patch

Autumn sage salvia greggi

Geranium strawberry

unknown Sedum

Irises

Wave petunia

White greggi salvia

I still have so much that has not flowered and can't wait for everything to bloom :)

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