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Post by Jasmine on Apr 21, 2013 15:50:43 GMT
Feu de Joie is a bit of a mad scramble of petals when you look closely isn't it Tig - it'll be interesting to see what the other ones look like when they open but of the 3 bulbs I think one looks like it might be blind. |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 24, 2013 6:41:36 GMT
Yesterday's sun kindly opened my 'Little Beauty' tulips. Here are some of them growing though the aubrieta outside the front door.  I love the blue centres.  |
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Post by prodigal gardener on Apr 24, 2013 7:33:13 GMT
Snakes head fritillary  This one is just curling open.  Very pleased with myself. This is the first time I've managed to get any to grow :-) |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 24, 2013 8:33:19 GMT
Well done prodigal gardener I've never had any luck with them. Geranium the tulips are lovely, I think some of mine are like that but they won't be opening today to let me see. |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 24, 2013 8:57:23 GMT
No, mine are tightly closed today.  Well done, prodigal gardener. I don't find them easy either. |
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Post by Tig on Apr 24, 2013 18:56:14 GMT
Some of my tulips were open today, most of them are still in bud though! Took these to share today ... More fritilliaries - but a bit bigger, last year the yellow ones just had leaves, but I've got a flower this year  And the 'red' one has performed again, must remember to feed it   This is the little variegated phlox I bought a while back, love the blue in the flowers  and the variegated erysimum 'peach'  |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 25, 2013 6:21:23 GMT
I used to have that little Phlox - I hope it's still there! It's lovely. I do admire your fritillaries, Tig. I suppose they're lily-beetle prone, are they? My fritillaries are up and doing.  I got really confused with my tulips this year. I still think Parker's sent the wrong ones... However, this is 'Abba' - I planted 25 in the village sign box and they're looking bright and cheerful there. I had some left over, so I planted some in pots and gave my daughter the rest.  This is the real 'Joanne Woodward' which I like! The pansies are really deep purple, a much nicer colour than in my photo.  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 25, 2013 6:33:00 GMT
![]()  It's worth putting up with the red devils to have such a smasher Tig Auricula I love your little trough with the tulips and pansies. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 25, 2013 7:22:13 GMT
![]() It's worth putting up with the red devils to have such a smasher Tig Auricula I love your little trough with the tulips and pansies. That really is a beauty Tig RF |
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Post by Pip on Apr 27, 2013 5:54:12 GMT
   It's worth putting up with the red devils to have such a smasher Tig Auricula I love your little trough with the tulips and pansies. That really is a beauty Tig RF Gorgeous plants, I seem to have lost mine this year for some reason.  Pip |
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Post by Tig on Apr 27, 2013 9:38:55 GMT
Thanks for the nominations all, I must admit to a degree of relief to see them come back up this year as I too have lost them in the past PipLast year I did a bit more research and found some advice to feed them while still in flower, so I used a foliar feed and put some bfb around them. Disappointingly the aureomarginata hasn't flowered but it has a healthy set of leaves  More feeding this year! They can be targeted by the red devils Geranium, although they are easier to spot as the leaves are more open. I found one this morning on the yellow one, it was hiding on the stem above the flowers! |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 28, 2013 6:07:33 GMT
You really are suffering a red devil plague, aren't you, Tig! My 'Jingle Bells' Narcissi are in flower at the same time as the Magnolia, which is unusual, but lovely to see.  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 28, 2013 6:11:13 GMT
You really are suffering a red devil plague, aren't you, Tig! My 'Jingle Bells' Narcissi are in flower at the same time as the Magnolia, which is unusual, but lovely to see. What a lovely pic Geranium...strange what adverse winters conditions can do to the garden...in the nicest possible way !! RF |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 28, 2013 6:55:11 GMT
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Post by Tig on Apr 28, 2013 7:52:57 GMT
That is a divine sight Geranium! The red devil plague will not deter me from growing what I like, the battle may be ongoing, but I'm up for it  |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 28, 2013 8:55:50 GMT
That is just beautiful Geranium, it is wonderful how things are out together this Spring when normally one or the other would have already finished, perhaps it's our reward for putting up with all the awful weather this Winter. |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 28, 2013 13:55:17 GMT
Thank you all very much for the noms! I can see the Magnolia from the front windows - pity the wind is blowing the petals off so fast. |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 28, 2013 16:04:22 GMT
Lovely pic Geranium - we are going to see some combinations we don't usually get to see because of the weather we've had. Spring has definitely come...  This combination happened by chance as the honesty just popped up from no where. The narcissus is called Accent.  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 28, 2013 16:08:50 GMT
How lovely Jasmine the trumpets really stand out. I hope to have blooming Lunaria next year, I've got Aoife's seedlings making good sized plants already and a few self seeders of my own. |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 28, 2013 19:20:37 GMT
Thank you Ladygardener. I think you'd have to be very on top of your weeding to keep Lunaria down once you've had it wouldn't you! |
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Post by Geranium on Apr 28, 2013 20:47:54 GMT
Jasmine, do you really call it a weed?  I think it's lovely! I've got Lunaria rediviva for the first time, too, since a friend gave me a few of her babies last year. I hope to get seeds off them if anyone would like any? 
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 29, 2013 5:00:22 GMT
Geranium if you get seeds then I'd love some, I really like this plant, the leaves as well as the flowers.
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Post by Geranium on Apr 29, 2013 5:05:45 GMT
I'll save them if it does produce seed, Ladygardener. I don't see why it shouldn't - after all, the 'mother' plant in my friend's garden did!  |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 29, 2013 5:23:36 GMT
Jasmine, do you really call it a weed? I think it's lovely! I've got Lunaria rediviva for the first time, too, since a friend gave me a few of her babies last year. I hope to get seeds off them if anyone would like any? I would love to try please Geranium...is this the member of the Lunaria family that forms clumps?? RF |
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Post by isabella on Apr 29, 2013 5:26:01 GMT
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Post by Geranium on Apr 29, 2013 6:48:08 GMT
Gorgeous photos! Rosefriend, yes, that's the one. I'll save seeds (I hope!) and post a message about them later in the year. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 29, 2013 6:56:11 GMT
Gorgeous photos! Rosefriend, yes, that's the one. I'll save seeds (I hope!) and post a message about them later in the year. Wonderful Geranium, thanks !! RF |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 29, 2013 7:11:04 GMT
isabella it's all looking great, well worth waiting for. I'm sure all the folk who pass by your garden stop to admire.
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Post by Tig on Apr 29, 2013 8:55:26 GMT
Beautiful to see so many flowers after what seemed like an eternal winter! I am now going off to check my akebias!  |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 29, 2013 11:37:58 GMT
It's all looking lovely Isabella, this one is really beautiful. |
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More feeding this year! 
I think it's lovely! I've got Lunaria rediviva for the first time, too, since a friend gave me a few of her babies last year. I hope to get seeds off them if anyone would like any?
