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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 23, 2010 9:20:23 GMT
They're lovely pics RF, isn't it amazing that we were all posting Spring flowers when you were still covered in snow & now your Crocuses are out already. Love the bottom one with the bees, I expect they were desperate for some flowers to come out after the big freeze. The sunshine last week has brought out my Iris Reticulatas & the baby Daffs.  Jillyx Wonderful spring flowers Jilly they certainly made me smile.    A  for the Iris - I planted some 2 years ago and they still haven't flowered. RF |
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Post by snowowl on Mar 23, 2010 9:50:23 GMT
All these spring flowers are so pretty i love the irises Jilly they are a fab colour.
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Post by Tig on Mar 23, 2010 10:06:19 GMT
Beautiful, just beautiful everyone! You are catching us all up RF - you'll soon have passed us in the race for Spring / Summer  Thanks for the noms on my pale stripey crocus  x Tig |
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Post by Tig on Mar 23, 2010 10:26:25 GMT
I've finally made it - never thought I would get here...not much but it is so lovely to have some colour in the garden...  RF Goodness me it does'nt take you long to catch up once you get going Rf. It's amazing to think all those were busy growing away underneath all that snow. They are just lovely. Love these RF x Tig |
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Post by Sunnygardener on Mar 23, 2010 11:33:02 GMT
Goodness me it does'nt take you long to catch up once you get going Rf. It's amazing to think all those were busy growing away underneath all that snow. They are just lovely. Love these RF x Tig and me I love crocuses |
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Post by Plocket on Mar 23, 2010 14:24:04 GMT
Ooo those two photos get my nomination too - not that it's needed! ;D
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Post by torontotrini on Mar 23, 2010 15:10:17 GMT
Thanks for the info on penestemons in the shade folks. I think I'm going to give one a try; maybe a root cutting from one of the ones I have instead of buying a new plant so it doesn't cost me anything if it doesn't work out. Tig i have a couple of brunneras there, one is jack frost I think, as well as a dicentra - which I have to keep cutting back each spring - but the thing is the flowering perennials I have there all bloom in spring, except for the ligularia. I want to get a few others that spread the colour a bit more through the season. Once the spring bloom is over, all my colour there is foliage from some hostas and a heuchera "palace purple". Other than that I sometimes put in a few shade annuals. Things are looking up for us here too RF. No blooms yet other than a couple of "almost open" hellebores, but daffs and tulips are showing about 2-3 inches of growth. |
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Post by snowowl on Mar 24, 2010 16:01:12 GMT
Your getting there TT. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 25, 2010 14:03:51 GMT
That's great TT - I only have some crocuses and my daffs are really small still but amazingly enough the first tulips are out....and very nice they are too. What a difference a bit of colour makes in the garden.  RF |
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Post by Missredhead on Mar 25, 2010 14:46:32 GMT
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Post by Tig on Mar 25, 2010 16:53:28 GMT
That's great TT - I only have some crocuses and my daffs are really small still but amazingly enough the first tulips are out....and very nice they are too. What a difference a bit of colour makes in the garden. RF How vibrant are they!!! Mine are in bud, just starting to open i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif x Tig |
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Post by purplejulia on Mar 25, 2010 18:13:24 GMT
That's great TT - I only have some crocuses and my daffs are really small still but amazingly enough the first tulips are out....and very nice they are too. What a difference a bit of colour makes in the garden. RF How vibrant are they!!! Mine are in bud, just starting to open x Tig Gorgeous orange tulips RF - mine are nowhere near open yet |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 25, 2010 18:18:55 GMT
Ooo thanks for the noms - I am so surprised that they are out already.
RF
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Post by Tig on Mar 25, 2010 18:34:45 GMT
I've been on the wonder with the camera - just a few bits & bobs ... Puschkinia scilloides  These are bergenia flowers  A bright clump of prims  and this is a rescue plant from last year - it seems quite happy now Pieris Japonica 'Katsura' and friend   x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Mar 26, 2010 9:15:05 GMT
I'm too late with a nomination Rf but those tulips are stunning. Tig you always manage to get some wildlife in your pics, those Puschkinia are lovely little flowers are'nt they. I should have some somewhere too  |
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Post by owdboggy on Mar 26, 2010 17:10:43 GMT
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Post by Dutchy on Mar 26, 2010 19:05:17 GMT
Gosh OB how many alpines do you have there? Lovely.
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Post by Tig on Apr 5, 2010 12:39:00 GMT
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Post by scarecrow on Apr 5, 2010 13:39:16 GMT
  2 of the spring flowers in my wife's garden |
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Post by Tig on Apr 8, 2010 12:08:17 GMT
More pretties, thanks for those Scarecrow. Just a couple more from today ... First of the bigger tulips  and brunnera Jack Frost  x Tig |
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Post by scarecrow on Apr 9, 2010 17:28:07 GMT
 [glow=red,2,300] Almond blossom[/glow] |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2010 18:07:51 GMT
[glow=red,2,300] Almond blossom[/glow] What a delightful picture scarecrow you get my vote. |
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Post by purplejulia on Apr 10, 2010 0:57:25 GMT
[glow=red,2,300] Almond blossom[/glow] What a delightful picture scarecrow you get my vote. A fantastic photo scarecrow - I feel I could touch and smell the blossom! |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 10, 2010 7:46:07 GMT
[glow=red,2,300] Almond blossom[/glow] Great pic Scarecrow, beautiful blossom. |
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Post by Tig on Apr 10, 2010 22:53:32 GMT
Do you grow almonds Scarecrow, or did you see the blossom on a visit? Sooo pretty Here are my new arrivals ..     and my first big anemone  x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 11, 2010 3:51:42 GMT
Those are a lovely colour those tulips. Love the colour of the anemone too. |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 11, 2010 17:35:37 GMT
Tig what a mouthwatering tulip there. Almost like vanilla ice cream and sauce of forest berries ;D Dashing almond blossom too Scarecrow |
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Post by Tig on Apr 12, 2010 19:06:22 GMT
What a divine description of the tulip Dutchy, my mouth will water every time I look at it now ;D Thought I would share these, talk about adding a splash of colour  and these are the dark leaved ones I bought last year   x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 12, 2010 19:27:08 GMT
Those are really vibrant, I love the look of the dark leaved pink one in the middle. Very different Tig. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 13, 2010 6:10:14 GMT
What a divine description of the tulip Dutchy, my mouth will water every time I look at it now ;D Thought I would share these, talk about adding a splash of colour x Tig Really, really lovely Tig... RF |
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