First blooms of the season in zone 4 New Hampshire
celeste/NH
6 years ago
I have been patiently waiting for my first daylily blooms and it seemed like a long time coming.....but it really is only off by about 6 days from previous years. The plants got a late start coming up but in the last week or so everything really took off. Every year it's a race to see which is going to be the first to open. Today was the very first day of bloom with these 3 as this year's winners:
INCENDIARY
TUTANKHAMUN
LIL' RED WAGON
Borders are starting to fill in with color but still a ways from peak......
These have 'freckles'
Some white delphinium
That's my TEN for now....will be posting all summer.....YAY!!!
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Comments (18)wow, that first daylily is a bright one.and you lucked out with 3 at once.I like that Iris STARRING. Looks like it has a hat on it, or maybe my eyes are just shot after being on this computer until nearly 4am and back on it most of this afternoon, trying to figure out why my printer won't work with this new pc.Was trying toprint out a letter,and just couldn't get it to work.My Manual was no help either, so I went on line searching to find a answer.Found several things and both said the printer is not compatible with windows 7,so guess now,I need a new 3 in 1 printer. Jean...See MoreFirst bloom of the season!
Comments (15)Hi Linda and thanks hon. I can't wait until we can post bunches, can you? Julia, I think it opened very well. Usually ( sometimes ) a new one will have some trouble opening for me. I think it must be how my weather changes all the time.. Actually, it isn't your screen, it was my camera that made it look so pale. The next ones should have more pizazz..Hehehe!! Thanks!! Blue23rose, I was really excited about this first bloom. Then I went around and found scapes on a lot of mine from years before and some on never before bloomed seedling. I am excited, Thanks! Thank you Jan, I can hardley wait.. I have other stuff blooming but the ds are what I wait for. The Iriseswere right pretty this year and smelled divine BUT, they don't compare, do they? Michelle, I hope to post a lot and I will see some of yours, I'm sure. Thank you Jean but that isn't a true color. It was a pale yellow but not that white looking. I hope to get a truer pix soon... Thank you all for your replies...Ellie...See MoreFirst Mango Bloom of the 2009-2010 Season
Comments (138)Had the pleasure of a guest from this forum to my house today. Lycheeluva and I did an extensive walk thru the yard checking for new developments.....especially on the lychee front. It looks like the rest of the mangoes that have not bloomed, are almost all beginning to push their annual buds. Yes, even the miraculous Chou Anon is going to now bloom. There's no point in deliniating any further between the next to bloom. The late varieties such as Keitt, Neelum, Kent and even Valencia Pride haven't begun pushing bloom as of yet, but they will be shortly. I am also awaiting bloom on a couple of mango seedlings that I have never had fruit from. Mangoes survived the freeze very well here and we should have a very heavy crop (barring any more ridiculous Arctic oscillations). As trees set their crops I'll post pictures....See MoreFirst of the season blooms from my Michigan garden :)
Comments (21)Thanks so much, everyone! Prettypetals you are totally right with the garden always needing pruning and weeding! Grr is right ;) Sharlene, thanks Royal America is a surprise for me this year, the blooms and so old fashioned and enchanting. And Gene Boerner is really being a show off! I adore that shade of bubblegum pink! Thanks thorngrower, love your username btw! Thank you Sara-Ann, I love seeing all of your beautiful rose photos too :) Thanks, Beth! No way I have a rose you don't lol! Irisgal, thanks for your sweet words! Montezuma is a showstopper for me! Also thanks for your help on the iris board ;) Rosecanadian, thank you! I love sharing with my gardenweb friends because you guys really appreciate the love it takes growing roses. Towandaaz, thanks glad you enjoyed!! Jasmine, thanks I am really have fun with the close ups I can take with the phone camera, I can just get lost in the details. Hareball, I think I am just lucky with naturally good soil, I do use Miracle Gro sometimes too. I would like to experiment with fertilizers but just get so busy that they are lucky if the get a dose or two of MG throughout the season....See Moreceleste/NH
6 years ago
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6 years ago
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