Is anyone getting spring out there yet?
Mine is bolting like crazy. I know my spring looks a lot different from you guys and many of you are still fighting the possibility of more snow. My Big boys are really making a push this year. This is a bittersweet joy since the Agave is monocarpic. All this growth since 3/10
You can practically hear it growing.
We had 4" of rain last night and thick fog this morning. It is getting lost in the fog.
Other big boys. My Yucca faxoniana and (smaller) Yucca treculeana , oh and the cross vine. That is one plant. MUCH more well behaved than the dreaded trumpet vine.
Show me your springs.
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rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
6 years agoAnd here in my part of Ontario Canada I still see mostly "leaf litter" with bulb/corm tips poking through.
After planting so many "Snowdrops" (doubles and singles) last Fall it is only now that I see evidence that some have survived. (They better "bulk up" with each subsequent spring!).
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Hi Chicago: anyone putting out 'forced' bulbs yet??
Comments (1)There are two main phases involved in forcing bulbs to bloom early: 1. Chilling and rooting the bulbs. During this phase, the bulbs are cooled below 50F (but above freezing) for some time (varies by variety). At some point during the cooling phase, the bulbs must be planted and allowed to grow roots; this takes about a month. 2. Forcing the bulbs to bloom. Once the bulbs have had sufficient cooling time and are rooted, they can be brought out into light and warmth and allowed to leaf out and bloom. What you have done so far is chill the bulbs, but they need to be planted and allowed to root at temperatures above freezing. If you can plant them in the planter and move it to the garage for a month, you may be able to get them to bloom; however, it's pretty late in the forcing cycle now, so you may not get anything. All of the bulbs I bought last fall for forcing are rooted, and quite a few are already finished blooming. Pat...See MoreAnyone in zone 6 planted out bulbs yet?
Comments (1)Dahlias, I would wait on a bit longer. Even if you get them in the ground, I don't think they will come up til later, & if the ground is soggy they might rot. As far as glads, the ones I left in the ground last year are coming up, so I would say they are safe. The ones you are mentioning are tender, so I'm assuming you are talking like cannas, pineapple lily, peacock orchids? It shouldn't hurt to put these in the ground now, but they won't do anything til it warm more consistently. I have been planting lilies & peonies the last couple of weeks....See MoreHas anyone seen Double Pink Knock Out in the nurseries yet?
Comments (9)I actually have Double Pink Knockout. I got it from White Flower Farm this spring. I like it very much! It is very pretty, prettier than regular D Knockout in my opinion. Its not, perhaps, as great as the original single Knockout - its not the same kind of non-stop bloom machine (but then of course, my plant is young, and this is just its first year). The color is very bringht, good in hot sun. No disease problems or anything like that. I do have it planted in a sort of difficult spot (pretty bad, dry soil and roasting sun for most of the day) and it seems to be holding its own quite well....See MoreAnyone Set Their Peppers Out Yet?
Comments (13)Susan, You are SO right. My internal clock is totally whacked out. I am starting to wonder what the heck is going on with our weather, and it is making me crazy. I have that overwhelming feeling of "doom" and that I simply cannot get all the planting done soon enough. (sigh) I don't worry about peppers as long as the air temps are staying above 44 or 45 degrees. It is exposure to air temps in the low 40s and lower that can adversely affect their productivity. If peppers are in the ground, I cover them up on any night the temps could drop below 40 because frost sometimes can occur at 37 or 38 degrees and they can be damaged. I have a lot of hybrid tomatoes myself, although in the second seeding episode (called "Dawn Goes Wild Planting Tomato Seeds"). I added back in a lot of heirlooms too. Hybrids in general give better overall yields particularly in hot weather, so I am growing more of them than usual because last year they outproduced most of my heirlooms. This weather is making me crazy. The above-ground cool-season crops like lettuce, spinach and snap peas are not terribly happy with this weather either. Well, the lettuce has been pretty happy but we are headed for 90 degrees on Sunday and it won't be happy then. We are already harvesting lettuce because it is growing so well, but I fear it will bolt early if we keep going up into the upper 80s and 90s. The kale and mustard are huge, and the broccoli and cabbage are alright, but I don't know how much more heat they can take. The cool-season root crops are fine though, since their most important plant parts are underground. I understand how very hard it must be to juggle your schedule because of all the time spent at Jess's house taking care of her and the kids. What else can you do, though? They need you more than your garden does right now. We had an unexpected opportunity to spend a lot of time doing county-wide (actually, firefighters from two counties are involved) fire-training in a large section of old lake cabins at a nearby state park because those cabins are about to be demolished so park improvements can be made. It is a very rare and extremely useful opportunity to be able to tear up buildings teaching various firefighting techniques so we couldn't let this chance pass. I love being with all our firefighters and have enjoyed the whole week tremendously, but it also kills me that I've missed a whole week of garden time. I feel more behind than ever before. I hope to make up a lot of lost ground today, but you know how it is...a fire pager can go off at any time and wreck the best-laid plans. I am definitely still far ahead on planting. If I reach my goals today and tomorrow, all my in-ground tomato plantings will be complete before April arrives. That's awesome! So, why do I still feel so far behind???? I have so much to do and so little time to do it. Much of tomorrow will be spent grocery shopping and cooking food for Sunday's final fire training session, but Sunday would be too hot to transplant anything anyway. We're expecting highs around 90 here and I won't transplant on a day that warm if I can avoid it. We haven't had a big hail storm yet here this year. I am sure the hail is waiting for me to get the whole garden planted so it then can arrive and do the maximum amount of damage possible. Happy planting! Dawn...See More
WoodsTea 6a MO
6 years agoI'm just a little farther along than rouge -- mostly just things emerging everywhere but only a couple of blooms-- one chionodoxa and one Virginia bluebell:
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Faith
6 years agoWe got more snow last night heee in Colorado, but this picture is from two days ago. I am loving these little mini irises! It’s so great to have a splash of color while everything is brown.
I also have some squill (Siberian and Lebanese), some chiondoxa (both blue and pink) and some crocuses blooming, but they’re all just a couple of blooms here and there—not enough to show well in a photo.
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spedigrees z4VT
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoSpring seems far away here. Snow is still 8 inches deep in places. (That's better than the over a foot of snow everywhere that we've had for the past few weeks.)
The next two days are supposed to be 50 degrees F, aka 10 C, with rain, so I'm hoping to be able to see what is sprouting soon, if anything.
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kali_deere
6 years agoWow such gorgeous photos everyone has!
yesterday the snow had all finally melted and I got some gardening done and saw the very first bloomers of the year, a couple teeny crocuses!
But today it started snowing again and crushed all my dreams lol it’s been snowing ever since 6am and it’s now almost 2 pm
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI will match you an orange for your orange, Jenn. This one surprised me with a bloom. I have waited since 2010 for a bloom of this. The big drought did them in and it has just now come back. I am so surprised. I have seen the leaves of it for years and been sad that I never got a bloom. It is a Hippeastrum puniceum. I grew these plants when I lived in Hawaii and when I moved , I gave them to a woman in '76. She then moved from her house and it became a tourist trap botanical garden/nursery. I was there and saw these phillipino women weeding the bulbs out. They said they were "weeds" . I told them to hand them over . That I had planted them there in '76 in Pulani's back yard. They all knew Pulani so they gave them to me and I brought them to there new home in Texas. I think it was 2005. I bet they wish they were still in their old digs. LOL. I love their curves. So delicate for an amaryllis. The orange has a sherbet to them too. They are not weeds in my garden.
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rouge21_gw (CDN Z5b/6a)
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