Is this spring slow, or was last spring early?
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Comments (10)Think spring??? It's think babies, what a bunch of little beauties & parents arn't bad either!!!Each one is little ball of sunshine tho! Do they stick around & raise them at your place or were they just passing through!! How lucky you are to have such majestic birds visit you! My favorite toy was made by my dad, It was a swan glider that I sat in & loved to go back & forth, we lived in Glendale until I was about 4 ,well from 3 mos until 4 yrs as I was born in S.D. I guess we left it for some other child to enjoy. I have pics but guess no way to get on Internet!! How is the snow at your house, still stacked high? Enjoyed the pic! Jan...See MoreIs Sedum Matrona slow to emerge in spring?
Comments (16)I'm bumping this thread because I just bought Sedum Matrona and have a question. This specimen is gorgeous -- not flowering but quite tall and bright green with some budding...no sign of distress at all. Soil doesn't look at rocky as some of the other found in the containers of the succulents I bought today but it's dry to the touch on the top. I bought it for a location under my 15 ft tall deck. The deck is south sun facing and the soil underneath is INCREDIBLY rocky. Like so rocky my husband had a use a jack hammer to get into the soil to build our deck. We're also on a bit of a slope. Anyway, I've been wanting to get some sedums for down there since I know some of them do well in partial shade...I can plant them next to the posts so they'll be slightly shaded/protected from excess moisture but mostly in a sunny location. Question is: How do I know if my soil is well draining? I'm assuming it is since it's so darn rocky but what do I know? The answer is: next to nothing. This is a new hobby of mine. Anyway, do I want to try and dig a hole for this sedum or should I just keep it in the pot (or get a larger one) and prop it up next to one of the outermost deck posts?...See MoreEarly Spring Garden Shots
Comments (16)Rita - I don't know about "magic touch".....I think maybe it's just luck?! HA! Marg - Yes spring bulbs do give some colour to a garden in early spring when everything else is looking rather shabby. We have a free compost centre where I live. I go out there a lot and have found so many things there that people just discard. Last year someone threw out a bunch of hyacinth and tulip bulbs along with some grape hyacinth bulbs so I brought them home and planted them and that is where these hyacinths came from. The tulips also have buds. I will get some pictures of them when they bloom. It'll be a total surprise as to what colour they are but I won't complain as it doesn't get much better than free! ngraham - Yes that hydrangea is new. I got it half off at Home Depot. It is HUGE and for 8 dollars it was a bargain. I had one the same at my last house and it came back faithfully every year and always had the bright pink blooms. I have two other hydrangeas already, an Annabelle and a Summer Lace. Jason...See MoreIs Rozanne slow to appear in Spring?
Comments (8)My Rozanne is just starting to emerge - I had to do some poking into the centre of the plant to see it (I didn't clean up at the end of last season, thought I'd leave the plant alone to give it a bit of a blanket for winter). I just noticed it emerging last night, but it is emerging at about the same pace as my Johnson's Blues, they are just starting as well. Definitley slow when compared to the other varieties I have (magnificum, onaxium, sanguineum, biokova). tess...See Moredigit (ID/WA, border)
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