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In my zone 5b upstate New York garden, it's been rainy. We had a thunderstorm last night with downpours and the "s" word (snow) is actually in the forecast for tonight. Spring has been playing hide and go seek with us.
There is also good news: finally, I have outdoor flowers to share with you.
But first, the indoor. This one
Phalaenopsis orchid has rebloomed again, as it does each March and April for me for several years now, and it has not disappointed again.
One of my African violets is reblooming.
Another (purchased earlier) is still blooming.
Outdoors, alas, my crocus did not last long enough for GBBD. Instead, there is bloodroot.
White Lenten Rose.
My pink Lenten Rose is finally opening up. The name of the variety is long forgotten, but its flowers face down. Still it is reliable - the white one tries to bloom as early as January and sometimes has been caught by freezes without snow cover.
I made up this basket of johnny jump-ups last weekend. It's blooming happily now.
And, oh yes, my pansies. White with a hit of a purple face.
Traditional yellow with a black face.
We are concerned, spouse and I, as we survey our front and back yards. It appears we took a hit in losing plants over the winter. Our variegated euphorbia doesn't seem to be coming back. Our
April Rose camilla, which we have been trying to grow outside its zone, looks like it is ailing. Only time will tell if it recovers. Our wormwood also seems to be among the missing. I'm not sure any of our tulips will produce buds.
We also realized, as we coped with the last days of my late mother in law, that we never dug up my beloved Dahlias (
see first picture in this post.) Barring a miracle, they would not have survived our winter. But perhaps that will clear the way for some new and better flowers.
Thanks, as always, go to
Carol at May Dreams Gardens for making Garden Bloggers Bloom Day possible.
See you next month.
Love the cheerful, smiling faces of Pansies!
ReplyDeleteIn the garden there are always a few loses, but then, sometimes there are a few surprises, too!
Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!
Love those colors! Thanks for the share.
ReplyDeleteLovely blossoms. I have an orchid reblooming for the very first time and I am very excited about it. I can only hope that it will continue to rebloom each year as your beautiful one does.
ReplyDeleteDid I miss the tunes? What am I doing wrong? Oooopppsss I see it... but love this Post too and I see I have come to the right place. Girlfriend, HELP PLEASE! I'm no good at growing anything and I've tried and they all die on me. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?????????? PLEASE SAVE MY PLANTS, CAN YA??? PLEASE HELP! My biggest worry is my jade plant. Once I grew one and it was as big as a little tree. Truly it was huge and my boss's wife she grew one as big as a tree, but hers was a huge one. It was AMAZING! It took 3 gardeners to push it outside every summer. It was huge. So I killed a plant I just bought and now I've cleaned out the dirt from the remains of the dead plant and I was thinking o putting my Jade plant in there to grow. Any pointers please????
ReplyDeletePansies (well, actually, the little ones, violas and johnny jump-ups) are my favorites. So many different colors and patterns. Their little "faces" are so perfect!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful and fragile blooms. They are amazing.
ReplyDeleteThis is the time of year I weed nothing just in case. It is so sad to loose plants. So far my catnip and my artichokes wintered over nicely! I have never had an African Vilolet bloom. EVER! Orchids, forgetaboutit!
ReplyDeleteThere a lot more flowers then I have blooming.
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Lovely shots ...those orchids are breathtaking ...little violas and pansies are star in every aspect in garden ..Have a great week ahead.
ReplyDeletePS Thanks for visiting my blog
Thank you, all, for visiting my blog. One special comment for @XmasDolly, as my heart always goes out to those struggling to grow things. I haven't had a jade plant in years but I had one given to me as a gift when I left a job in 1981..you know, I had forgotten about that plant. And guess what, I killed it in a move! Anyway, I've killed "indestructible plants" too. For the jade plant, you may want to reconsider repotting it unless it has really, really outgrown the pot. Sometimes transplanting can cause its own stress. Start with a clean pot and clean succulent soil mix. It needs to have really good drainage. Don't water right away is what I've read online; wait a week or two. Then keep moist in the spring and summer and more dry in the fall and winter. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you had a return of snow (if the snow returned--I'm not sure how many days behind I am at the moment).
ReplyDeleteYour Pansies are so pretty and such a nice welcome to spring. We are a little warmer here and some of the perennials had a late start in coming up, so I am hoping yours will be showing up soon too!
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