Just a bit of activity North of the border....
Things are moving, gaining momentum, more pips when I thought I was done counting...anyway, threw in a couple of non hosta pics too...thanks for looking!
Lancifolia in south/east exposure
Here is the same cultivar in a north/west location!
Hellebore from the Jewel series
Some ephemerals
The first June to unfurl....out front in all day sun...all others still unfurled but at the maximum elongation of pip before unfurling...I can see colour!
Yikes! iPhone photo gone sideways! Sorry!
Another photo of June, right side up.
Remember Me...Taken straight down into pips but macro shots don't turn out well with an iPad and I am not an accomplished photographer! Lol
Recent New additions in the "hardening-off" area, a north/west exposure with an hour or so of late afternoon sun.
Northern Exposure and Patriot in leafing out stage.
Gotta run so I'll stop there. As things speed up around here, there will be more pics...of course there will be! He he he ;-)
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Comments (15)You always have a vision and you are always working toward fulfilling it. How wonderful it would be to have "seedlings" the size of those you show us. Especially all those big GOLD HOSTA. ....sigh.... And I think you are right that Dark Shadows gets to be quite large. I bought two of them. The older one is getting some size on it since it arrived in 2012. It is on the Fragrant Flowered Hosta list, so of course I had to get it. I also like dark greens, and this one has nothing but green tones. I'm also looking at lighting up major pathways by a gradation of golds. I think the colors persist until real nightfall, and the reflection of a lighter leaf makes it nice to walk out of the garden without stumbling. I truly do not want to interfere with the night pollinators and fireflies, and thus keep my solar lights to a minimum. But in deep shade areas the batteries don't recharge all that dependably anyway. When I expect a visitor to walk through the garden, I have the individual lights out in the sun all day and tote them under my arm to pivotal pathway points (love alliteration, don't you?) to show what is next....or WHERE is next. I've checked those lights up in the wee hours, and they stay operable for a long time when given a good dose of sun on a clear day. Love the way you chose to take out some of the sapling trees as you developed your bed expansions. Less problems in future years because it would be overcrowded, and nature would take some out at an inconvenient time for you....See MoreKeeping an active dog inactive
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Comments (72)I'm sure there'll be a corn field just down the road. Few cobs roasted in the coals??? If temperatures continue to be cool (60s at night here) in the mountains, we just might want that fireplace!! Wouldn't that create great ambiance!...See Morejosephines167 z5 ON Canada
8 years agoDonna, you sweet woman, you just made my day! My pics are lacking these days so the encouragement comes at a good time. I'll do better! And ... Count Lancifolia? All four of them? Nope, ain't gonna do it, Dinky DONNA! I'll go cross-eyed, even with my tic-tac-toe string to assist me, lol!
For @Hosta and Sandy, this parrot tulip for you!
Sorry, very bright outside, colour way off, but it's the look of it you wanted, right?
Santa, you'll never believe it, but that lovely lump of pic one and two are pieces of my very first hosta from 1980! The 2nd piece (still in pip-form) is what's left of original Mama Lancifolia because I kept taking divisions of her. That one travelled West, by car, when I moved from Ontario to Calgary...I stayed less than a year... then around 5years later, I went back by car (love road trips) and brought her back, along with several others.
This hosta was a division that was left in a garbage bag outside for the winter. In spring I realized I forgot about it and was shocked and delighted to see all these "green tips" on it. THAT was the beginning of my love affair with hostas.
Gary, what is a Squirrel Corn? You must have some too!? I can look it up but I prefer to chat with you!:). Do you have any? If so, I'd love to see.
Denis, thank you! Now I've got something to participate with! Lol So, so glad you have one! :0) I have one in full sun, in a dry and windy location out front...the green isn't as deep but not a mark on her! A trouper! if you want it's sport, it is Chinese Sunrise. Got it last year. I have a pip pic somewhere... just a sec while I get it for you, followed by pic from last year. BTW our Phil (R.I.P.) bought one last year too..I think we bought about the same time.
Here it is leafed out.
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8 years agoDenis, this is CS in August...it goes a bit greener but the margin is still visible
A n d . . . a close-up!
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8 years agoThank you, Linda, I can accommodate you gladly!
HostaTakeover, the mileage comment is a LOL! Last year I guess the squirrels ate the yellow and red parrot tulips I had. Now that was a bright one! Too bad the pic isn't here to show you.
The name of this one (very recognizable in about three days time) broke poor Phil's heart last spring. He was so disconsolate.
Can't wait till the "fingerprint" is apparent!
Wonder what this streaker will look like this year?
Gary, you probably know this one?
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This is the first of one of four little streakers from Doug Beilstein's program to unfurl. Can't wait to see them grow and take on colour!
Keep an eye out for a "Born in the U.S.A.!" Thread in the near future! I can't believe they survived the winter! Thanks, Devon, the biotone you sent along with them built strong enough roots during the summer for them to withstand our winter!
Gary, you know your perennials! Yes, it is! E. nicaeensis. Also, my E. griffithii 'Fireglow' was really tall last year....supposedly reaching 36" at maturity but I'll bet it goes taller. I really like euphorbias.
Denis, then she will be lush and green and gorgeous in your climate. All four are in different locations - all do very, very well.
One of four Golden Scepters and still growing in a large pot since fall of 2013.
Well, I think we have had enough of the pip show..it seems like going backwards after seeing so many absolutely gorgeous, fully leafed-out plants, doesn't it?
I'll return on another thread when I've caught up a bit more. As Paula so aptly put it, spring is getting exciting in Canada...zone 5 trailing but bringing up the rear.
Rainbow's End.
My Statue of Liberty leaning a bit toward sun, lol! Gained those two pips as it was new with one shoot only last year. Need to find space somewhere else for this big 'un!
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8 years agoI went out and snipped a stem. Nicaeensis has longer leaves, after a closer look, but the piece I'm looking at has shorter, rounder leaves fitting Myrsinites? I have both tags, two plants but they look the same. Here is the stem. What say you?
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8 years agoIf you look at my second picture above, this is one day later. I can't get over how quickly everything is taking off!
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Rascal -a big boy.
Love the pink cataphylls on Undulata Univittata...I have it together with Mediovariegata.
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8 years agoNice colour on Krossa Regal. See the little tot? I thought it was a seedling last year which I posted about and nicknamed "Regal Tot". Cute, huh? (I didn't separate it after all last year...didn't want to disturb it.
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoEpimedium for Santamiller :-)
I cut off all last year's leaves which were colourful...should have left as an example.
Don't forget to click/tap on KR pic to enlarge it. Sorry, but this epimedium is a fuzzy shot...I was doing a balancing act...I lost to gravity, lol!
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8 years agoKeep those pics coming, Jon! Your "Arctic" is heating up! ;). All my peonies have gained over a foot just this past week! I'm loving it - so much going on, all at once! My streaker has unfurled so you can see colour already!
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