topic Re: Spring Flowers in Garden

Spring Flowers

KathyM23 — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 00:18:36 GMT

I am so happy to look out the front door and see color instead of snow and drab winter.

So far I have Glory of the Snow, Puschikiia, Daffodils, Hyachinth, pink, yellow, coral and purple Tulips all blooming and another early blooming purple flower i forget the name of. And lots of green shoots of other flowers coming up. So happy the flowers are back again!

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Sweetbay magnolia — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 00:29:06 GMT

Yes, my daffodils have been really pretty and the redbud and dogwood are in flower. The serviceberry is having the best year it's had since I planted it.

I've seen bees buzzing about and that makes me happy. The birds are busy and oh yes - the lawn needs to be mowed.

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QVCkitty1 — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 00:49:43 GMT

No flowers here yet, but I did see some green on my forsythia , so it won't be long.

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Spacrazy — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 02:42:16 GMT

@KathyM23 That sounds lovely. I have some hydrangeas coming out nicely with lots of buds. Haven't planted my window boxes yet due to this unstable weather. Some roses are blooming, redbud trees are beautiful. There are glorious bluebonnets and paintbrush in the front pasture and we've been taking lots of pics.

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meallen616 — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 12:24:39 GMT

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catter70 — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 13:24:42 GMT

My ground is very hard, so I never planted any bulbs, but I do have forsythia blooming and my bleeding hearts have popped up. Seems early for that, but we had a strange winter here in east central Pa.

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wagirl — Sat, 08 Apr 2023 14:15:38 GMT

I am happy to report that my fragrant lily bulbs are starting to sprout---was thinking that they were goners this year as last year they did not do well---out spring so far has been cold and wet altho mine are in big pots on my balcony---and my pot of parsley is growng crazy!!! Weird!!!

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Lilysmom1 — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:43:50 GMT

@KathyM23 You are ahead of me. We have snow in summer and crocus so far. I can see daffy and tulips coming but no flowers yet. It still goes below freezing here at night. I am in Nova Scotia. I have moved three shrubs so far.

I am in yard cleanup now. I power washed the stone patio, walkway and stairs yesterday and will apply polymeric sand today. Garden clean up is almost done. Lovely to be outside working again. LM

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Grade1Teach — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 09:42:26 GMT

Everything is sprouting all over the place here (Long Island). The Hyacinths and Daffodils have been out for a few weeks now. My Ajuga is starting to show their beautiful purple flowers and the Tulips are starting to form. My Vivid Bright Lights Dianthus are getting buds. They will pop with color any day now.

All of my perennials are either leafing out or sprouting up from the ground. The Hosta will need another month or so, but once they're out, I'll have them until November.

The next things to bloom in my garden will be some of my Nepeta. I have PW Cat's Pajamas and Cat's Meow. They are early blooming Nepeta with such beautiful color. They will bloom off and on all summer.

I took a chance last year and purchased two small containers of perennial pansies/viola from the nursery. They were incredible in my full sun location last summer (I had a few flowers left throughout our mild winter too). I loved them so much that I went out yesterday and bought 6 more containers to plant with the others around my lamp post. I think they will fill the space nicely!

I also purchased some more Ajuga for the area under my Crape Myrtle. I couldn't find the one I currently have at the nursery yesterday, so I bought a different one (Blueberry Muffin). I'm hoping they will compliment each other nicely. I also bought two Creeping Jenny to pop into that space as well. I have never used Creeping Jenny before, but the color will really pop with all of my purple Ajuga and Ice Plants.

I just love this time of year!

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KathyM23 — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 16:58:16 GMT

@Lilysmom1 Your gardens are lovely. I really like the pictures you post. I forgot about the crocus. Mine have already come and gone. I do have some Dutchmen's britches blooming too. They reseeded themselves evidently as they are on the other side of my water feature stream from where they were actually planted and came up others years.

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Lilysmom1 — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:54:18 GMT

@Grade1Teach You have a lot going on. Sounds lovely.

For me, I stay away from creeping Jenny. It got in my lawn and was a real challenge to get out. There was a little patch and I turned around it seems and there was a huge section.

Would love to see some photos. LM

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Lilysmom1 — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:55:32 GMT

@KathyM23 We have a busy Spring. We are hosting a garden tour June 2nd for our Provincial Association of Garden.Clubs so we will be busy.

We had a killing frost in Feb. Some of our garden experts tested buds on rhodos after that and many were dead. Fingers crossed as I am hoping for them to be in bloom for the gardeners.

The weather warms up significantly this week so we will be busy. LM

PS, I had to look up Dutchman's Breeches as I never heard of it. So pretty.

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Sweetbay magnolia — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 08:48:40 GMT

Personally, I love creeping jenny (lysimachia). I had an area where the garden just always looked "dark" and I plopped a pot of jenny in the middle of it, hoping it would overrun the space and the pot (clay) could just deteriorate in place.

Done! In dry seasons she is limited from spreading, the pot is fading into the ground, and I simply mow over it as it spreads a bit into the turf. Mingles nicely with a native moss that is yellow.

My old azaleas (I think they're "Karen" - unfortunate name in these times) are starting to bloom outside the picture window. They're easily 6' tall and I'm having said window replaced so I may have to cut them back. I will not relish that but it has to be done. Take me away, Calgon!

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Grade1Teach — Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:21:52 GMT

@Lilysmom1

I will definitely think about posting pictures once everything starts showing their color!

I had heard that Creeping Jenny was invasive, but I'm hoping that I will be able to stay on top of it. The area I am putting it in was a section of grass that is on one side of our walkway. The other side is our actual lawn, so I don't think it will ever get to the point where it will cross the walkway (at least I hope not!). We had that section of grass removed a few years ago and put in a beautiful Red Dynamite Crape Myrtle. The area now has large stones/rocks, Ajuga, and Ice Plants. Over the last few years I was planting all sorts of things in that open space, but it just looked like a mish-mosh to me. So, I transplanted some of the flowers and just have low growing groundcover there. My goal is to ultimately fill up that space with the Ajuga, Dianthus, Ice Plants, and maybe the Creeping Jenny if it works out. We'll see!