Gardening & Landscaping
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
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May flowers (blatant AWing)
Of course, we're still getting April showers.
Solomon's Seal (This year I noticed it has a soft, pleasant scent)
Not in flower, but I'm crazy about how Lady's Mantle looks after a rain.
Some sort of clematis. I picked it up at a Farmer's Market and I can't remember the variety.
Bleeding
heart and another clump of Solomon's Seal.
Hellebore still going strong and hosta starting to poke out.
Apple blossoms.
What's blooming for you?
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman
Re: May flowers (blatant AWing)
My vibrant purbple iris's are out and the clump exploded this year. Also just behind them my climbing roses are also out and look great this year even though I did nothing to winterize them last fall.
I had a surprise flower come back froma nursery pot (can't remember name, was a clearance buy) and I planted that next to my Columbine I thought was also dead due to trampeling from the painters last fall. So I have a purple and red bed by the front of my house. I am looking to buy some white flowering perannials to add to it this year.
I need to take pictures of our beds. Out front our hydrangeas are getting ready to bloom, columbine is nice and big and colorful, and our hostas are crazyhuge. I added some bleeding heart this year but they are tiny this year, next year I imagine they will actually get big and bloom. I added some begonias to the shade beds out front and they are doing well.
In back it's mostly annuals as I just started adding perennials this year, but a few gladiolus are coming up.
Gretchen Evie, born 7/8/2012 at 35w5d
You are just behind us Mouse. I'm loving those dark purple helleborus! Mine were a light maroon color but it's a lot more faded than yours. Those bleeding heart looks nice and happy too. I have a ton of pictures that I'll have to upload but I'm very busy this week with clients in town (ie all day meetings and evening events).
We should do a bloom day periodically, just to show off and check out other people's stuff. Thank you for the compliments, I'm very proud of the work I've put in.
NB- we do have a sizeable front yard. Luckily(?) I live in a very working class neighborhood and no one cares much if I have a jungle/farm growing in front. We also have a lot of beekeepers and urban homesteaders on our street.
I love purple and red together. My spring yard is pretty neutral, but by summer it's mostly bright contrasts.
I love hydrangea, but the one I have doesn't bloom until August. I envy the ones that go all summer.
Foxi- There are so many neat hellebore hybrids out there. I was drooling over some of the new doubles. Maybe I'll get them next year.
"The meek shall inherit the earth" isn't about children. It's about deer. We're all going to get messed the fuckup by a bunch of cloned super-deer.- samfish2bcrab
Sometimes I wonder if scientists have never seen a sci-fi movie before. "Oh yes, let's create a super species of deer. NOTHING COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG." I wonder if State Farm offers a Zombie Deer Attack policy. -CaliopeSpidrman