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Post by Tig on Mar 21, 2010 11:03:35 GMT
If, like me, you have a habit of forgetting where you put things, and have no idea what plants look like when they are just starting into growth perhaps we can help one another by sharing photos of what we know starting to grow  You may think a plant is 'common' but to others it could be the first time they have grown it, so all contributions are welcome. Starting with my earliest from February Dicentra Spectabilis  and one of them taken today (flowers forming?)  Astrantia Rubra  Peony (the red blob  )  Agastache Liquorice Blue  Meconopsis betonicifolia (baby and wet)  A small geranium Splish Splash  and a bigger one ;D  Oh and I'll throw in some lilies - I doubt anyone knows what they look like when they start to come up   x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Mar 21, 2010 20:08:54 GMT
You're ahead of me in the garden Tig. I'm hoping to see some over the next couple of weeks. Fingers crossed What a good idea for a thread. |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 21, 2010 21:38:09 GMT
I've got something coming up - I think it's phlox...but the leaves are tiny  |
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Post by Tig on Mar 25, 2010 18:38:22 GMT
I've taken a photo of some of my phlox Auricula, if it helps ...  These are echinacea coming along nicely  and this is gypsophila  x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Mar 26, 2010 9:27:04 GMT
My Echinacea is coming up too, I thought I'd lost it after leaving it outside all winter. Hope it continues to come on for me.
My Splish Splash is definately on its way. ;D
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Post by Auricula on Mar 26, 2010 9:36:42 GMT
Thanks Tig....ooh, mine don't look like that  |
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Post by Dutchy on Mar 27, 2010 19:14:03 GMT
;D Uh oh Auricula, what else did you plant in there? Lovely mice feet and indeed forming buds isn't that great? Lovely thread Tig I'll try and ad some later on. Have to get my cam on the go and not forget to bring it  |
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Post by Dutchy on Mar 30, 2010 8:51:01 GMT
 Amsonia. The dark purple startled me as I was expecting light green for some reason.  Polygonatum x hybridum Easy to miss this one, I have a surround so I do not hoe it's poor head off.  Acanthus spinosus. Lovely frilly with edges.  Forget me not looking rather bedraggled.  Helianthus not the annual one but the regular little thug ( at least 2 m high )  You are bound to notice all the red Aurac which is annual and the weeds but in between see those minute green leaves coming up in single form they are Allium ursinum. A lovely edible early spring plant. |
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Post by Tig on Mar 30, 2010 10:53:25 GMT
Great additions Dutchy - love the acanthus leaves |
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Post by Auricula on Mar 30, 2010 11:45:03 GMT
I love acanthus too - looks like a great specimen |
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Post by Chuckles on Mar 30, 2010 12:55:29 GMT
Great additions Dutchy - love the acanthus leaves I had 2 pots at the back of the GH with a label that said Di x 2 and some shoots just uncurling. They were plants that I'd scrounged from a friends garden and I'd forgot the name so just labelled them with her name Guess what they are, Acanthus ;D thanks Dutchy |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 5, 2010 17:23:46 GMT
;D Just read that chuckles thanks for making me honour your name ;D
Auricula the Acanthus is quite a tough thug it loves the half shade I gave it. I hope it will be slightly less thug-ish this year.
Acanthus grow real big real hard. And they do very well from root cuttings. No need to explain that digging them out will give you the same plant in the same position real fast unless you are good at perfected digging.
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Post by Tig on Apr 7, 2010 15:07:08 GMT
These are asters - they seem to have shot up in a matter of days!  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 15, 2010 11:14:26 GMT
This is the Geranium Midnight Blue today.  |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 19, 2010 20:09:07 GMT
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 20, 2010 17:59:23 GMT
My Geranium is more like yours now Jilly, amazing what a couple of days will do. That really does look like an aquiligea. |
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Post by Tig on Apr 21, 2010 9:15:28 GMT
Interesting to see the colour difference in the geranium ladies, and that thalictrum does a wonderful impression of an aquilegia Jilly - it would easily confuse me! One of the later perennials to appear has been 'spotted' today - tricyirtis hirta  x Tig |
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Post by purplejulia on Apr 21, 2010 22:56:44 GMT
Interesting to see the colour difference in the geranium ladies, and that thalictrum does a wonderful impression of an aquilegia Jilly - it would easily confuse me! One of the later perennials to appear has been 'spotted' today - tricyirtis hirta x Tig  You are so lucky Tig. I bought one from T & M last year and nothing ever appeared. It was a tuber I think and I marked the spot. I will have a little delve and see if I can see anything. Where did you get yours from? |
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Post by Tig on Apr 21, 2010 23:25:55 GMT
PJ you know me - I got two pieces of root for 99p from my favourite greengrocers in April last year! I would like the blue one too, very tempted to order it from Parkers catalogue earlier in the year, but who knows, I may find one going cheap Hope you find yours, they are late to emerge. Don't think they like being planted too deep, quite a tricky job getting them at the right depth, bit like peonies x Tig |
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Post by Tig on Apr 26, 2010 23:49:09 GMT
I thought after OH had dug out the front garden and re-arranged the borders I'd lost all of these, but no lychnis vesuvius has erupted again ;D  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 28, 2010 17:50:29 GMT
Excellent Tig, I've got some little Lychnis (the cerise ones) seedlings just transplanted which I'm growing for the 1st time but the leaves on yours are lovely. |
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Post by Tig on Feb 16, 2011 14:31:43 GMT
I knew this thread was lurking somewhere Interesting to see when I posted last year, and despite the wicked winter it seems that things are in a hurry to burst into life ... here are a few thing pushing up taken today The dicentra spectabilis  Some phlox (with new shoots just visible on the sambucas nigra - stick in the foreground ;D)  Euphorbia  A very enthusiatic Splish Splash  Monarda (recently relocated)  Pyrethrum from seed last year  Crazy Daisy also grown from seed last year  and finally the gypsophilla which I spotted yesterday  Add anything you find sprouting in your patch, it helps those of us who forget what we've planted and where x Tig |
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 16, 2011 15:08:48 GMT
You've inspired me to look again and yes my Splish Splash has tiny little shoots. ;D Not green like yours, mine are just poking the soil. Also peeping up is the Nepetia Six Hills Giant. Some of it stayed all winter but new shoots are now up as well. Lots of Monarda seedlings are below the main roots I planted last year from Tig. I'm delighted. ;D
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Post by Ladygardener on Feb 16, 2011 16:22:51 GMT
I've been out and taken a few pics. Aquilegia  Pulmonaria, there are quite a few of these big fat leaf bulbs.  Lots of new growth on the Clematis, I'm delighted to see the Sieboldii are coming back too although I'm pretty sure one of them is a gonner.  |
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Post by Tig on Mar 1, 2011 15:07:38 GMT
We are doing quite well despite the harsh winter!!! Think my echinacea magnus have come through OK, by the look of the new shoots  and a peony I moved is sprouting  x Tig |
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Post by isabella on Mar 1, 2011 15:26:15 GMT
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Post by Jilly on Mar 3, 2011 10:25:09 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Mar 3, 2011 11:06:05 GMT
How exciting Jilly |
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