Gardening, anyone?
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Gorgeous, Jazzy!
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Zazzy: Enjoy a virtual roll around.
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You can see the by the bright beautiful blue sky we are having good weather finally, tho still a bit chilly. This year, April temps have been about six degrees cooler than average. We're in for a terrific weekend, tho, sunny and 70s. Dh has some days off work, so he lucked out. I love the way the leaves look just sprouting on the weeping Japanese maple.
Also, a photo of my little gnome I bought. With his little shovel. That's me, always with a shovel with a short handle, moving perennials round and round.
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When we lived in Texas, the highway dept would hand out bluebonnet seeds to anyone whose land was next to the highway. Spectacular!
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I have never been but the Bluebonnet Festival is this weekend in Ennis TX - a suburb of Dallas. Bluebonnet Festival
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LOVE the bluebonnets.... in fact, I love any kind of blue flower.
DMM - you remind me of my friend in Idaho. I don't think she's bought any new plants for years. She just keeps dividing her perennials and moving them around each season.
My FIL had given us a small iris plant years ago (not my favorite) and over the years I have divided it many times, and now it blooms in several places all over the front and back yards.
Free is good!
If anyone has pics of their succulent gardens, I'd love to see them! Never liked them before, but the nurseries are showing such cute arrangements these days, I'd like to try.
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Not everyone likes iris, but I love them. My mom and dad always grew them, I'm sure that's why they have a place in my heart. My SIL gave me some small yellow iris and I wish all my perennials would multiply as well as this variety does. Like you, I've tucked them into numerous spots in the yard.
The fields of blue bonnets make me think of that song, Wide Open Spaces. Such a glorious sight indeed.
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Raining cherry blossoms today, and my murderous cat has taken up door to door solicitation:
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DMM - There are plants in my garden that I love because of where they came from. Before we sold my mom's house (when she was in the nursing home) I pulled up a few wild violets, and what we called a four-leaf clover plant, and put them in my yard. Now the violets are spread all over the gardens and when their little purple flowers bloom, I think of Mom.
I also feel the same way about the Iris. It came from my MIL and FIL's house. She has passed, and he is getting ready to go into Assisted Living at the age of 94. Every time I see those purple Iris blooms I think of them.
Jackbirdie - love the pic of your murderous cat.... just hope the birdies outsmart him! (Beautiful kitty!)
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Katy.. Naughty Kitty.!! :-)
Blessing.. I love that you have the violets and Iris to remember loved ones !
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Blessings, I have wild violets growing in our yard. My neighbor told me that they were intrusive and would go everywhere. I said, "Yea!!!"
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I've always loved violets and don't mind the ones in the grass. Some have hopped into the flowerbeds and that's fine, too.
Regarding another perennial I was given: in the early 1990's, when I was married just a few short years and a new mom, I was at a family Labor Day picnic when my grandmother, in her late 90s, gave me two pots of perennials, starts from her small garden. Didn't say anything else about them. She was a Pollack from the old country, wore a babushka, spoke broken English.
In my wonderfully full and busy life, I forgot about the perennials. They sat in the pots till November when my husband finally asked one cold day, "hey, what do you want to do with those plants your grandma gave you?" Wanting to stay warm in the house, I told him "just dig a couple holes back there by the fence and stick them in it." Forgot about them again.
The next summer, husband says, "Those flowers your grandma gave you are blooming!" Sure enough, purplish-pink phlox were sprouted where husband had stuck them in the ground. I was thrilled. (The other plant turned out to be peppermint, also thriving). I've since divided the phlox for several years and they line one section of the fence. I love them as they come in bloom after that initial summer rush of flowers is fading, and stay in bloom for a long time. Grandma lived to be 102. I feel like her dna is helping me with the cancer stuff. Think of her every summer, too.
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Lucy - I love it too. I always introduce them by saying "These are Mom's wild violets from her house", or "These are Mom and Dad's irisis from their house...."
ananda8 - I once warned a landscaper to not touch a single one of the violets as he was redoing the garden. Of course, he ripped them all out, and I was in tears. I could have saved myself the heartache.... they all came back even stronger and in more places the following spring!
DMM - those phlox and peppermint were made from strong stock! Have you ever wondered what their story was? Like, when did your grandmother get them... how old was she, where did she have them planted, etc. Love the idea of her dna getting you through the cancer stuff.
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It is always nice to have a story behind the things we grow. My DIL split some of her hosta plants and gave me eight of them years ago when I was starting a new garden. Three years ago my son and his family moved to a brand new house and they had to leave their beautiful gardens behind. My DIL asked the buyer of their old house if she could split some of her plants and take them with her. The buyer said no. I surprised my DIL by splitting the hosta plants in my yard and giving them to her so she could plant them in her new garden. She was delighted to have some of her "original" plants at her new home. As a side note, my DIL drove past her former home and noticed that her old gardens had been neglected and were being taken over by weeds.
Lynne
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My garden is really taking off this year. All the rain this past winter, I guess. Someone please tell me when and how to dig up and divide my irises. Usually I only get a couple of blooms.
Scottie
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Scottie.. Great photos !! Your garden looks wonderful .!
Blessings.. HaHa.. I love that you " introduce " your violets and Iris :-)
Lynne.. I can't believe the new buyers wouldn't let your DIL split some of the plants !! Lucky you had some to share.!!
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Scottiemom, the trick with iris is supposed to be that you be certain the rhizomes are not covered with soil. That said, it is clear that bearded iris hate me. Siberian Iris flower and spread like crazy. The bearded ones produce lots of leaves and maybe one flower. Very frustrating.
My son is coming over this morning and bringing his tractor and wood chipper. So excited! I'm hoping the tractor has a digging thing that can help me divide some of those huge perennials that are way beyond me. My hybrid purple loosestrife (similar to the invasive ones we see all along the road, but infertile), after 20 years, is not blooming so well, but way too large and tough for me to do anything with.
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Scottie- my painter gave me a bunch of bulbs 2 years ago and they leafed out last year, but one is about to bloom finally this year. She thins hers out and may be giving me some more. I will ask her for you how that is done.
Teka- I heard the midwest and NE continue to get snow. Denver up to Wyoming is getting a huge dump this weekend with the storm we have around right now. Everyone is tired of snow out here in the west, maybe all around the US? We all want spring to stay now?
We are having rain here this weekend which is very much needed and going to help the spring blooms. I should have some good cactus blooms to share with you soon, along with the irises. I hope to get out in the gardens tomorrow once this storm moves on (but happy for it to stay here for awhile too?)
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Scottiemom, You might get detailed directions on Google or at your local plant nursery. I think you dig up the whole clump and cut them apart and replant. It is critical to have the leaf side above the surface.
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Good morning friends- NM has been getting some good moisture for four days (rain here where I live, snow in the mountains). It is good to see as we had a dry start to the year. We had four days of rain and now the sun is shining. Maybe some more moisture this weekend too. Moisture is back!
We got a hard freeze last night but I covered a bunch of my potted plants outside and think everything appears okay today! Woke up to temps in the upper 20s!
I saw this yesterday and thought it was great. I know lots of people with drama and think next time people get the drama going with me, I might ask "so do you have a garden?" LOL!
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Jazzy.. Glad you are getting some rain. ! I love the caption.. The garden certainly has helped me to shift my worrying mind back to it many times.. for a little while at least.!
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I had my liver US today. Results next week.
Click on the above for the post US activit
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Sorry! Posted the above to the wrong thread. I left it after all, but acknowledging this is not gardening relevant. Oopsie.
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Ta da! First iris ever in my garden!
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Jazzy.. Yay.. Congrats on a job well done :-) Your Iris look great.!
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Love love love those irises, Jazzy
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Thank you friends! I have a woman who does painting at my house (trim, indoors, etc.) and when she was here two summers ago to do a job for me, she was asking for some clippings of my various cactus. In return, she brought me all these iris bulbs. I planted them that fall and last year they had leaves but no flowers. I had some of those this year, but this one has flowers. I love the periwinkle color with the soft yellow.
Got lots more starting to bloom but will wait until I can get some better photo opps. We have had a lot of rain in the past week (which has been very needed) and it has really helped things to further come out.
It did get cold last weekend into monday. We had some snow here in the mountains as well as a frost in the valley. I kept some things covered and all is well there. We should be moving past frost potential by this weekend. I am ready to buy more flowers!
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Spring!
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TwoHobbies... Wow.. Your photos are gorgeous.. Are they from your garden? I'm envious, :-)
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