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Post by Tig on Apr 1, 2012 18:32:52 GMT
Thought I'd share todays trauma - looked out the window this morning and saw the blanket of frost across the garden and also spotted the sad state of my crown fritilliaries  Despondent I went to take a 'parting' shot of them   As the morning sun got going I was able to take this unusual view of the inside of the flowers on the red one  Better than nothing I thought, at least they've tried to do their thing. Just before lunchtime I was amazed to see that they had both almost 'righted' themselves   I don't know how many freezing nights they can cope with, but at least I have them back for now   Tig |
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Post by bobbiek on Apr 1, 2012 20:53:03 GMT
Thunderous applause at their recovery!
I'm so grateful you took the pictures and documented it all!
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 2, 2012 15:24:27 GMT
Hurray Tig! Some spring piccies from today... N. Quail and M. Valerie Finnis  |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 2, 2012 15:26:46 GMT
Lost Photobucket for a minute! Blossom on my nectarine  Carmine Parrot  Apricot Beauty  Verona  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 4, 2012 5:09:02 GMT
Lovely Tulips Jasmine, especially Verona.
Tig I'm so pleased your CF have made it through the frost, I hope there is'nt any more, they're lovely.
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 21, 2012 14:50:04 GMT
Last daffodils to come out in the garden... N. Lieke  N. Something or other  |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 21, 2012 15:22:01 GMT
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 21, 2012 16:13:29 GMT
Thanks Jilly! The heuchera is Berry Smoothie - I didn't have it last spring so I didn't realise what colour the leaves started off. It's certainly eye catching! ;D
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Post by Auricula on Apr 21, 2012 17:22:47 GMT
I don't much like heucheras, but that one is a smashing colour Jas
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 21, 2012 17:29:54 GMT
Thanks Auricula! I could try some cuttings or whatever it is you do to make more heucheras!
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 21, 2012 18:11:36 GMT
This is the best time of year for Heucheras Jasmine, they seem to take on a new brightness. |
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Post by Tig on Apr 21, 2012 18:15:22 GMT
I love my Berry Smoothie this spring, it goes really well with Lime Marmalade ;D Think you have to split them Jas, I've been pondering on it, not sure what the best time is though, now or autumn  Lovely something or others - I still have a few in bud, they'll have the same name as yourn  x Tig |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 22, 2012 11:58:34 GMT
;D I've got several something or others round the garden...rosa something or other, geranium something or other etc..... ;D
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Post by Auricula on Apr 22, 2012 17:57:40 GMT
Ooh, and I thought you were a compulsive labeller |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 22, 2012 19:24:32 GMT
I am! ;D But then the label goes AWOL or the sun bleaches the name off! ;D
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Post by Auricula on Apr 22, 2012 22:35:27 GMT
That's why I don't bother......I rely on my memory Anyway, the genus "something or other" is a very wide one ;D |
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Post by Auricula on Apr 24, 2012 12:42:05 GMT
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Post by bagpuss on Apr 24, 2012 13:05:17 GMT
Popped into Trengwainton, our local NT Garden this morning. I love their tulip display It is one bed, surrounded by low box hedging and it is within a walled garden.  Wow, those are stunning. I especially like this picture  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 24, 2012 13:36:07 GMT
Popped into Trengwainton, our local NT Garden this morning. I love their tulip display It is one bed, surrounded by low box hedging and it is within a walled garden. What a fabulous show those colours make.  |
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Post by carolann on Apr 24, 2012 14:41:01 GMT
And a  I love the banana tree in the second pic looks a bit worse for wear. Nice shot A. |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 24, 2012 17:32:16 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Apr 24, 2012 18:04:24 GMT
Ooh, thank you girls  it is a gorgeous display ( even with the scruffy banana ;D ) |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 24, 2012 18:09:43 GMT
We were talking in Jasmine's garden thread about replanted Tulips that have been used in pot displays coming back if you plant them out instead of throwing them away. Here's a few of the ones that I've got popping up around the garden, some of them taken a couple of years or so to flower properly again, the first year they usually just make leaves & I only expect about 50% or so to make it. White Parrot  Shirley & Hamilton, both of these have done really well, they are only last years. The Hamilton especially, I planted out 10 & 10 have flowered i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/cool.gif   And then I get odd ones coming up that I don't even remember planting.  This group is getting bigger & I was worried at first that the new ones had a virus due to the stripy petals, but they look as healthy as last year so perhaps it just a colour break i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/undecided.gif very pretty though.  Jillyx |
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Post by Auricula on Apr 24, 2012 18:18:56 GMT
Jillyx Beautiful Jilly, I especially love the yellow one  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Apr 25, 2012 4:48:08 GMT
We were talking in Jasmine's garden thread about replanted Tulips that have been used in pot displays coming back if you plant them out instead of throwing them away. Here's a few of the ones that I've got popping up around the garden, some of them taken a couple of years or so to flower properly again, the first year they usually just make leaves & I only expect about 50% or so to make it. And then I get odd ones coming up that I don't even remember planting. Jillyx Your Tulips are smashing Jilly and it's heartening to know that they can be saved and don't have to be thrown away. I think I'll plant mine out in a bed at the allotment and see what happens. I don't have room in the garden for them. |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 25, 2012 7:22:10 GMT
We were talking in Jasmine's garden thread about replanted Tulips that have been used in pot displays coming back if you plant them out instead of throwing them away. Here's a few of the ones that I've got popping up around the garden, some of them taken a couple of years or so to flower properly again, the first year they usually just make leaves & I only expect about 50% or so to make it. And then I get odd ones coming up that I don't even remember planting. Jillyx Your Tulips are smashing Jilly and it's heartening to know that they can be saved and don't have to be thrown away. I think I'll plant mine out in a bed at the allotment and see what happens. I don't have room in the garden for them. That is a gorgeous colour combination Jilly and it's great to see your tulips doing so well. I threw all mine (except the Apricot Parrot) over the fence last year and I could kick myself now! i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/rolleyes.gif Auricula - love the tulip pics you posted. I'd have done a POTM 5 for the one that got the noms - it was beautiful! |
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Post by Jilly on Apr 25, 2012 7:27:07 GMT
Thanks for the noms i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif , Jasmine, that colour combination was a pure accident, can't remember planting that Tulip & it's just the one that's that colour. LG, I think planting your's at the allotment is a great idea, I'd probably have more success if I had a dedicated bit of space to plant the old bulbs, instead of them taking their chances straight away. Jillyx |
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Post by Jasmine on Apr 25, 2012 7:31:17 GMT
It was my allotment tulips (I planted them last year to cut for the house) that also got me thinking about not chucking out tulips - they have come up this year really strong and at least double the amount I had last year!
I think this annual tulip thing is put about my the bulb companies!!! ;D
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Post by Jilly on Apr 25, 2012 8:23:19 GMT
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Post by Auricula on Apr 25, 2012 8:40:10 GMT
Thanks Jas, and thanks Jilly for the tip about keeping tulips, I'll try it this year although mine tend to rot over our wet winters  |
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Tig
it is a gorgeous display ( even with the scruffy banana ;D )