Sliding into Spring Seasonal Thread
It's a little early where I live to say Spring is coming...but for many of you, it's getting closer.
Leopard's Bane from a previous spring's June. It usually blooms alone as it's such an early bloomer. Any other signs of spring to share?
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DDinSB (Z10b Coastal CA)
29 days agoConnie’s Sandstorm, Princesse Charlene de Monaco, Our Lady of Guadalupe, and the Heuchera Wendy with Distant Drums foliage.
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Winter Madness, "seasonal thread" Part 2
Comments (218)Diane, I hope all goes well with your surgery. I was wondering when it was scheduled, I remember you saying “after the new year”. I bet you’ll be glad to have it behind you. There’s not a lot going on here. I’m slowly pruning roses, and trying to catch up. I’m definitely over the flu, but still tire out easily. I feel behind on everything! It’s been chilly out, 50’s during the day. I’m not used to being cold. My snaps still haven’t been planted in the ground, because I keep stalling. I feel like Summers. I have so much to do that I don’t know where to begin. Yesterday, I pulled a trash bags worth of yellow oxalis, and hardly made a dent in it. My entire slope is covered, and I can’t see anything but oxalis. I do get it every year, but all the rain really got it going this year. Plus, I’ve normally pulled it out by now. I hope your eye is better by now, Deborah. Winter sure seems to be the season for illnesses! It seems like everyone I know has something. Trish, what a job cleaning all that mold must be! I hope you wear a mask, so you’re not breathing it in. I know mold can be dangerous. How nice for you to have your daughter coming home for a bit. I’m envious right along with you, over those peonies Summers has at her Costco. Dianela, I’m jealous that you can grow them, too. I bet they’ll be gorgeous, although I hear it takes time for them to settle in. The only peonies I see around here are sold as cut flowers at Trader Joe’s. I think they usually have them in May or June. I always look at each kind, and dream of growing them. I guess every climate has its perks and challenges. I can’t imagine living in the kind of weather Jim gets. It sounds like the majority of you are getting lots of rain and snow. Vap and Ikaye, you must both be MORE than ready for Spring! Mud makes such a mess, and there’s no digging until it dries out sufficiently. I guess you get used to it. I grew up in So CA, so it’s hard for me to imagine anything different. I’m sure you all appreciate Spring’s arrival more than those of us in warmer climates. The changing seasons are much more subtle here. Kristine, I found a picture of my Meadow Rue, for you. I just know you’re going to love it! I just spent my gift card from Annie’s the other day. My order should be here on the 13th. I just realized that’s only two days from today. I better get some stuff done, before they arrive. It blooms from June to August in my garden. It makes a great cut flower with roses. Have a great day, everyone! Lisa...See MoreSPRING is here... Seasonal thread part 1
Comments (213)Hello Everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve posted, or even read anything on the rose forums. I first want to say something to Sheila. A couple of days ago I read your sweet thank you post for recommending “The Gopher Hawk”. I decided your post was the perfect opportunity to get back into posting again. I wrote one of the longest comments I’ve ever written, full of personal gopher stories, Gopher Hawk experiences, Millie‘s thrill every time she hears that spring go “POP”, and lots of (what I thought were), interesting facts about gophers and their habit. It took me so long to finish that my phone battery was almost dead. I went to plug it in to recharge while I wrapped it up and submitted it. As soon as I plugged it into the charger, the page refreshed. I lost everything I’d written! I don’t think it was Houzz this time, just my own foolishness. I was so discouraged that I had to walk away and forget about it for a little while. A few days went by, and I forgot about it TOO well:-) In case I forget to go back to it AGAIN, I do want to say that someone here on this forum deserves the real thanks. I wish I could remember exactly who it was that recommended The Gopher Hawk to me! It might possibly have been Deborah. I remember posting that The Gopher Hawk wasn’t working for me at all. That’s all changed now that I know how to set it properly myself. If she’s reading this, please speak up. I’m ever so glad you recommended this trap. It sat in the garage for many months until I discovered that one of my sons hadn’t used it properly and bent one of the claws. No wonder it never caught anything! I’ve had great succes, now that I’ve fixed the problem. Thank you, Thank you, to the member who made the original recommendation to me!!! So much going on in this thread since I last read it! I‘ll have to read it over more closely. I love the wildflower pictures, and big congratulations to Lilyfinch! How exciting to adding to your family! I bet Lucia will be such a proud big sister! Kristine, I’m so happy that you finally have little Azalea with you. What joy she’s going to bring to each day! I know that you know from experience how quickly that sleep deprivation stage goes by. In no time, you’ll be wondering how she grew into a walking, talking, little girl so quickly. It doesn’t change that sleep deprived feeling right now, though! I’m just thrilled that she’s in your loving care. I’m getting a little tired from typing, and I don’t dare try to attempt to attach any pictures to this. I’ll try to do so separately. Things are really blooming, but not too many roses yet. The roses are coming along, though. My delayed pruning led to delayed blooming, but that’s alright. There’s plenty of other things that are proving colorful blooms right now. Hopefully, I’ll be able to share a few in a separate post. It’s great to read about everyone, and their gardens! Lisa...See MoreSPRING is here... Seasonal thread part 7
Comments (210)Oh, what a long day, and I still haven't had a decent dinner. I deadheaded til the sweat ran down my face, hand watered a bunch of stuff, and sprayed every rose in my garden with deer repellent. To top it off, Jemma and I found over 200 more pics on a second file in my memory card, so we now have organized, filed, cropped, etc, over 700 photos! Jemma will be taking my camera away from me. I plead temporary insanity. All those days I didn't post, I was taking photos--ha. And you thought I was working in my garden. Pippa, I've always wanted to grow Gruss, and your photo reminds me why. She's such a lovely rose. I love the linaria. I've become interested in wispy delicate plants to weave amongst the roses. I've been trying out anchusa for the past year or two. Thank you, Flowers. Love Song is a favorite of mine, so I guess that's why I have two of them. Yes, from now on Jim is Sir James, OBE. Sorry, Jim. Kristine, I'm glad you're getting some help because your day sounds like mine--only I don't have a baby to care for. I can't imagine how exhausting it must be, but you still grow lots of lovely roses and other plants. Did you grow delphinium this year? Deadheading is my biggest job right now, too, so I can sympathize. It gets me that we work so hard all year so the roses can bloom a while, only to have all those luscious blooms dry up and die. What a waste of beauty, it seems like. Thanks, Blondie. What a shame that some Canadian roses don't take the cold well. Your Morden Sunrise may be small, but it's quite cute, plus nice and thick. It will be lovely all covered in blooms, so be sure to post a photo. I guess MS does better in zone 7 and above--ha. I'm interested in baptisia, so would love to see more photos of Sparkling Sapphires. It should be a stunning plant in full bloom. Love the solar egg. Now I will show you our Finn on a Bike whirligig. Diane...See MoreSPRING is here... Seasonal thread part 8
Comments (155)Ikaye, I am so sorry to read about all your rain and flood warnings. All this rain has serious national repercussions, too. There is a massive die off of crab, shrimp, oysters, and other yummy stuff that live in the salty waters of Louisiana and Mississippi lower swampy areas. The water is being diluted by fresh water pouring out of the Mississippi into the salty water where the seafood live. They die if there isn't a certain amount of salt in the water. Now, back to gardening--the gazebo is my good friend and gardening mentor's. She gardens several acres--by herself. We are both 73 and still do it all except the grass. Those photos were at her place June 5. My garden and yard are small, and I don't have room for a big gazebo. What I really want is a little cottage/garden retreat, sitting amongst the roses. That's not going to happen, sadly. I hope your rain finally stops. And no floods! Blondie, what a beautiful Carding Mills. I love the colors and bloom structure. Any more roses blooming for you? I'm glad you got those new Austin roses, but thought of my not lamented PAoK that I dug out a few years back. She was a monster garden thug, and when the summer heated up, started producing little bright coral blooms with a few petals. I've never seen anything like it. I think you are in the right climate for PAoK. Your winters will keep her in check, and your milder summers won't the coral epidemic....See MoreDDinSB (Z10b Coastal CA)
29 days agoGabriel Oak (super fragrant) & what’s left of Veilchenblau after the deer got to it.
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Echo_Texas_zone9a
28 days ago
More Like No Other. I’m obsessed. love this color. Today I’m planting zinnia seeds. I’m planting Purple Prince and Benary’s Giant Wine, Oklahoma Salmon and Benary’s Giant Salmon Rose, and Floret’s Unicorn Mix. yay! Also my experimental dahlias. I did a mix from a seller I found on Instagram last year called the ”Sunset mix”,
It was a very lovely zinnia season for me last year. First time saving seeds from some HUGE blooms.
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28 days ago
I need a zinnia breeder to make a ”coneflower zinnia mix” with giant shuttlecock centers. nearly every butterfly photo I took was on this same zinnia.
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28 days agoRoseCanadian, you are too kind! I bought Like No Other after seeing it on Instagram in someone’s garden. I had seen it in the catalog and online but I really feel the product photograph really doesn’t do it justice at all. I would have never bought it otherwise. I really love seeing people’s photos and hearing their experience. It makes a huge difference. especially with color variation, different zones and growing conditions, etc.
I bought Mister Lincoln (Still wondering if thats what this rose really is) because I saw it in person:
But the other photos I had seen for Mister Lincoln looked very high centered which is not my personal preference. Even when i searched the hashtag I didn’t see one that looked exactly like this.rosecanadian thanked Echo_Texas_zone9arosecanadian
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Diane Brakefield
28 days agoHi Carol, glad you're back and did you have a good visit with your mom and sister? You weren't gone long, but I missed you. I nominate you to start the spring thread. We need to give you some kind of thank you gift for all this thread moderating you do. I wish I could send you seeds and roses. But the blasted border. But thank you so much for your continued thread leadership.....That's definitely not Rouge Royale above that Echo shows us in her beautiful bloom photos. RR has a much different bloom structure. I don't think it's Mr Lincoln either, but I'm just guessing on that. The color is a little different than Lincoln's. What will you do when it hits 64F? What a change. We'll be in the 65-70F range then. I need to check. But then back to freezing--what a cruel trick of the weather gods. At least you've kept your good humor about the thing.....I must be missing rose photos because I see no Desiree or Masora rose anywhere above.
Echo, your Like No Other is simply luscious and the photos belong on HMF. I think it's interesting that Wild Blue Yonder and other Carruth roses are in the parentage of this rose. I have never seen such beautiful zinnias as the Giant Salmon Rose. Stunning and such a different color. Love the butterfly attracting zinnia, too. Do you grow coneflowers? They do attract pollinators, but the bees seem more attracted to coneflowers, though lavender is their favorite.
I'm going to continue this tomorrow. I'm dwindling away. Happy Easter from Wild Blue Yonder. Diane
The one rose Easter Basket, Wild Blue Yonder
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Kristine LeGault 8a pnw
27 days agoEcho, beautiful Mr Lincoln! Mine looked just like that.
House next door is getting some landscaping done. First to be yanked was a very old Crystler Imperial and a Tropicana. There sre a bunch of trees to go but right now they all have nests.
Easter Basket rose
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Soozie Q, zone 10b
27 days ago
Happy Easter from my lawn cranes! It's raining all day here & likely tomorrow, hope the rest of you have a nice sunny weekend!
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KittyNYz6
27 days agolast modified: 27 days agoHappy Easter
New flowers in my garden
Calla Lilies
Pansies
Calla lily
A pansy that bloomed all season & under snow through winter to now!
Daffs blooming
Crocus
Another pansy bloomed through winter…
Stardrift
A few daffs blooming
Blessings to Deborah and Susan in CA duting the floods.
Carol, Thank you! It’scexciting that your roses will finally go outside! Woohoo!
Kristine, Lemon cake and Turkey! Yum! You are busy! What a lovely Easter you will have! The renovations next door and landscaping still sound wonderful! More sunshine for you! Woohoo!
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