Late spring blooms - columbine & clematis & sundry. Photo heavy.
lothlin
9 years ago
My garden is finally starting to bloom (though I still have to finish clearing out all the spring weeds.) I thought I'd share. For the life of me, I can't remember what any of these varietals are though. I hope you enjoy!
Columbine!
And phlox.
More columbine
I can't actually recall purchasing this particular columbine - I think it might have been a happy accident volunteer from some seeds from the pink one up above. Which, I tell you what, I'm not upset about.
One of the first clematis blooms!
a couple others, not quite as nicely open.
Some of the last gasps from my magnolia.
Dianthus... about to bloom
And bonus vicia sativa which may or may get yanked out. On one hand, spreads like a bastard, but on the other hand, I kind of love the flowers & foliage, and bees like it, so meh, might be worth keeping & taming.
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woodyoak zone 5 southern Ont., Canada
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Comments (12)Chelone - yes, I use a walker all the time - outdoors at least. (I can use a quad-cane in a house and this house is set up so that I can do some walking around without support...) The main problem with the particular mulch path at that estate was the material was too loose and the base too soft so it took a lot of effort to push the walker. It wasn't quite as bad a pea gravel - impossible to push a walker through that stuff! The path also was a bit too steeply pitched to the sides in places so the walker had a tendency to want to slide sideways. The path was running along a creek, through a wetland area so the ground was quite soft. The same bark over a very firm base would probably been much easier to walk on. My paths here are about 1/3 concrete sand; 2/3 pine bark mulch. Our soil is quite heavy clay so is quite firm - as long as it is not too wet! Only the 'wet corner' area is a problem in the spring. Over time the concrete sand has migrated to the bottom and combined with the clay to make a nice base. The pine mulch - quite fine stuff, not big nuggets - breaks down reasonably fast so it needs topping up every 4-5 years. When we first laid out the paths, we put the mulch/sand mix down and then went over it with one of those water filled roller things to pack it down. Next spring we need to do another layer of the mulch/sand mix on all the paths here. The pine bark keeps the paths looking natural in the woodland areas while the concrete sand gives firmness. In the front garden the paths have been topped up with just the pine mulch so often now that the paths can be a bit too loose in texture. But the clay soil underneath is heavy enough that the path is still quite firm. On the whole, I think the firm base under the surface material is probably the important thing as long as the surface material isn't so thick and loose that the base gets 'lost'. When we put the path material down it was probably no more than 1-1 1/2" thick once it was packed down - maybe less... A couple of years ago the Sweet Woodruff under the pines was starting to spread across the path. I was able to just run the blade of one of those J-shaped crack weeder tools along between the Sweet Woodruff roots and the path surface and peel the SW up and roll it back like a carpet! The path was perfectly smooth and intact underneath - the roots hadn't penetrated beyond the loose surface layer of decomposing pine needles....See MoreAre there any clematis that will bloom well the first year?
Comments (17)PM, let me put it this way.......plants that grow naturally in temperate climates - like clematis - do not make successful long term houseplants. Indoor conditions do not provide the necessary humidity, light requirements or seasonal variations in temperatures that these plants need to thrive and normally receive out of doors. I'm sure one could keep them happy for awhile but IMO, these are just NOT houseplants, anymore than hydrangeas, azaleas or miniroses are true houseplants :-) And I've yet to hear reports from anyone who has grown these "houseplant" type clematis indoors longer than a single season. If there is no vernalization, I seriously doubt there would be any rebloom and unless one can manipulate growing conditions to the same extent they do under greenhouse condtions, it is also rather unlikely that they would bloom outside of their normal bloom season - i.e., not in the middle of winter. It is always interesting to hear of different experiences with different clems. I love my TRM (in fact, one of the few clems I moved with me). It is a big, happy, well blooming vine :-) Wish I could say the same for the multiple floridas I have tried over the years as I really like that flower form and coloring. I may try again..........See MoreWhat's Blooming in Your Garden - a Photo Thread - June 2014
Comments (74)PankajT: So where's your new thread? I think it would be very useful for a lot of people who may hesitate to post, and there's always something new to learn for the more experienced gardeners. As Steve said, you can go to the main New England Gardening page and look at the very top for a link to post a message. Or you can go to the same page and scroll all the way to the bottom past a lot of white space and get to a box that works the same. You don't even have to retype your message since you've already posted. You can use the edit post feature and copy what you wrote here, and then paste that in the new thread. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Back to the blooming thread - I'm getting dizzy with all the beautiful pictures and the succession of new flowers appearing every day! Each garden seems to be on a different schedule, and so is mine. My first daylilies! Hemerocallis 'Orangeman' I just bought a bunch of these on sale this spring from Old House Gardens, and wasn't expecting anything this year (little bitty plants). One of them is blooming already, to my amazement. I love spider-type daylilies. Another daylily, 'Black Eyed Stella', just started also: The first foxgloves/digitalis have started. These planted themselves a few years ago by the rugosa roses and peonies and they match them perfectly, so I've encouraged them to stay. Pink: And white: Viburnum 'Summer Snowflake" is taking off now, while the doublefile viburnum is fading away. The doublefile blossoms are decorating the ground now. The little Calamintha grandiflora is quietly blooming. Along with the little Sedum kamtschaticum sitting next to the cotoneasters and a yucca. Two of my favorite irises: 'Rustler' and 'Beverly Sills' Claire...See MoreVisit to Uncanoonuc Mt Perennials (photo heavy)
Comments (6)You must have waited until I was out of camera shots! I didn't look to see if there was anyone I knew but I'm not sure we would remember each other after the brief visit at one of Annie's swaps. I came home with 4 new shrubs: Fragrant Abelia, Early Amethyst Beautyberry, Cool Splash Dwarf Bush Honeysuckle, and Summer Wine Common Ninebark. Absolutely loved the white heath aster ground cover in their display gardens shown in your 4th photo. Yankee Magazine said Uncanoonuc is best place for roses but I think perennials in general. It's a good idea to get on their email list. When I saw all shrubs $20 each, I made sure to get there on Friday. There wasn't much left even then. I was also happy to visit in late September to see what's in bloom. There's some beautiful asters which they don't have for sale yet since they are still working on propagating them....See More
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9 years agoAnd in the back garden... I'm actually more annoyed at the weeds back there, because they've gotten seriously bad and its second priority for me since you can't see it from the street so my HOA isn't going to get on my ass for it. Ah well, I'll get it done.
Archangel. Frankly, I'm astounded these survived, I really thought they'd died off last year (I've got a couple more plants and it looks like they're spreading a bit, so wooo)
Somehow my hellebores are still blooming? I don't even know.pam_whitbyon
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peren.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
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8 years agoI think I'm moving into early summer at this point? I don't know. I really need a better selection of perennials, but I keep banking on my roses filling in enough that I won't really need that much.
Just some assorted dianthus for now, and my wisteria, which has decided to bloom like mad.sunnyborders
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