Show us your gardens - a photo thread - March 2017
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corunum z6 CT
7 years agoSped, those colored bottles add joyful whimsy. Where are the Tibetan prayer flags?
Heavy wind cracked a branch on a maple tree. It is sap-running time, but
this sap is frozen in place. I should put a pancake under it.Jane
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Comments (55)Well, I finished the rose pruning today and removed vast quantities of deadwood; enough so I could unravel most of the healthy canes and hoist them onto the shepherd's hooks. I did have to cut out some green stuff as well. This was the rose pathway on January 8, 2017. I only shoveled as far as the rose blockage. After the snow melted I was able to shove the roses up a bit so I could sidle past, but I got bitten each time. That's sweet Autumn clematis on the shelves to the right. That doesn't bite. And this is what is left today. I won't describe the state of my favorite work shirt that took the brunt of the thorny resistance (the hat and sunglasses and gloves protected most of me). I also cut back the sweet Autumn clematis that's growing on the fence and the storage shelves. The real test will be whether the roses bloom around the Fourth of July as usual. I also need to figure out how to maintain the roses so they don't get this tangled up again. Claire...See MoreShow Us Your Gardens/Landscape - a Photo Thread - November 2017
Comments (11)Yesterday I wasn't able to get photos to load, but here is our first snow of the year. It was supposed to be just rain, but we got both more precipitation than expected and colder temperatures, so some of it came down as snow late afternoon. It made a messy commute since it wasn't predicted. Like a couple of others, my Iberis/perennial candytuft is still blooming, even after a couple of nights in the lower 20's and the heavy, wet snow. Magnolia 'Leonard Messel' is a three season plant in my garden, with spring flowers, fall color, and huge silver buds on gray branches all winter. Since it's in a perennial bed with lots of more interesting flowers and foliage during late spring and summer, it is just part of the background in warm weather. Here it is last week before the high winds stripped it of foliage. Prior to this rich chestnut color, it was a beautiful clear yellow for a couple of weeks when nothing but Fothergilla, dogwood, beech, and oak still had foliage color....See MoreShow Us Your Landscape/Gardens - A Photo Thread - December 2017
Comments (9)No flowers here, but berries abound. The big old winterberry has finally lost its leaves and the fruit are more obvious. Here, as viewed from my kitchen window: Ilex opaca 'Goldie' has yellow berries. They don't show well from a distance but look good up close. The two American hollies on the left are about the same height as the winterberry.' That's a blue holly to the right that doesn't have much in the way of fruit - maybe a problem with the male pollinator elsewhere. Ilex crenata has black berries but you'd barely know it if you didn't peer at it. And this morning the sun came up with a bit of a flourish now that the oak and cherry leaves have dropped and no longer hide the bay. The bare branches still make it tricky to focus on the water so the wave motion isn't always in focus. The bay view photo and video are taken from inside the house (I wasn't about to go outside wearing nightclothes). Claire...See MoreShow Us Your Gardens - A Photo Thread - March 2018
Comments (47)Too late for that, Bill. I cleared a whole lot more of the pine branches and tried to raise up the holly but it was too heavy and there were branches in the way. The fallen holly was blocking the path so I then cut off about 4 or 5 feet of the top of the fallen holly but left 4 or 5 feet of the broken section. That gave me enough room to pass by. After more clearing of pine branches and huffing and puffing, I had my path open again. I was emboldened to try to raise the holly again now that it was lighter and not blocked, and I managed to raise it up straight and lash it to a major piece of the broken pine. I have no idea if the holly can heal that splinted portion but at least it has a chance, and maybe the intact leaves will be able to feed the roots for long enough to help root sprouting. It's a good thing I'm not a neat and tidy gardener. I have pieces of pine trees lying all over the place - maybe I can pass them off as decorative elements? Claire...See Morespedigrees z4VT
7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
claireplymouth z6b coastal MA
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThat does look hopeful, spedigrees, and water in the brook is a wonderful thing.
I second the pancake placement, Jane.
As if the cold snap wasn't enough, the NWS is talking about
"... Elevated risk for fire spread today...
Even drier air will overspread southern New England today with
minimum relative humidities only 10 to 20 percent expected across
much of the region. Northwest winds will not be as gusty as
Saturday, but still quite strong with frequent gusts around
25 mph. This combination will lead to an elevated risk for fire
spread. Winds should diminish fairly quickly early this evening,
after sunset."I do have one unexpected sign of impending spring. My clivia 'Golden Dragon' has never bloomed in the winter when it's supposed to - it always waits until it goes out on the deck (around the beginning of June) and then blooms in July.
But this year it started showing a bud on February 28 - probably earlier but I wasn't looking for one.
and today the blossom is looking serious even though it's hiding between the leaves!
And last year's flower stalk has two seed pods on it!
I think I'll wait and see if the seed pods/fruit ripen and then maybe try to germinate the seeds (if there are any in there).
Claireclaireplymouth z6b coastal MA
7 years agoYesterday the temperature was in the upper 50's and more crocuses were blooming; these in the front yard.
I guess those crocuses are still here under the snow that's coming down with about 5 inches forecast by the end of the day. I'm trying not to bang my head on the table.
I've already been out shoveling to feed the birds and I'll clear off and start the car later.
I was joking a few days ago about a Saint Patrick's Day Blizzard with green snow. That was probably a mistake with another, bigger storm looming next week.
Enough of the Winter Wonderland - I want Spring!
Claire
NHBabs z4b-5a NH
7 years agoclaireplymouth z6b coastal MA
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoWell, the snow is gone (again!) and the garden is making another try at spring (again!).
Snowdrops:
Crocuses:
and the witch hazel 'Arnold Promise' has a few remaining blossoms:
The clivia 'Golden Dragon' is putting out more blooms on the one stalk:
It's supposed to be warm again today and then an Arctic chill crashes in (again!) for a few days. I don't have the heart to go across the street this afternoon and listen for peepers (again!). But I probably will...
Claire
moliep
7 years ago
spedigrees z4VTOriginal Author