A few things are blooming in my yard now! yippee! Mini Azalea ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) I just planted these Columbines... I gotta get more! Columbine ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) Columbine ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) Columbine ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) Calla ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) Iris I got from a co-worker last year ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) This little succulent really surprised me. It's very hardy and prolific, so I have some in pots here and there. This one spent the last few months in the "winterhouse". Darn thing flowered! Succulent - do you know my name? ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) Succulent with the cutest freckled flowers ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) And my Snowball bush reminds me of the Charlie Brown Christmas tree. Not much to look at, but it's putting out lots of "balls". Virburnum Japanese Snowball ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden ) Virburnum Snowball ( photo / image / picture from cherylad's Garden )
Wow, That is refreshing. I have something to look forward to now. Everything looks so good and healthy.
Your Viburnum has the kind of snowballs I much prefer to see at this time of year. You have some beautiful Columbines. I really like the pale blue one. It's going to be a while yet before my Azaleas bloom as it's too cold and damp at the moment. Thank you for posting your flowers for us as it goes a long way to cheering us up.
Looking great Cheryl. I tried Azaleas many years ago but they don't like me. My Callas didn't like my garden either so I am not going to try them again.
Nice foto's Cheryl. I think that you ought to get more columbines too! Then you can just sit back and see what sorts of cross-bread beauties you get each year. My columbines really do surprise me each year. I know that you will be excited with them too. Those ones that you showed look smashing.
Thanks everyone for the kind words. Sjoerd... or anyone else... please tell me more about Columbines. The one's I got last year were for mostly shade and they did okay, briefly, in a container on the front porch. These said they could take full sun. But I seriously doubt they meant Texas' full 100+F blazing temps, so I have them where they will get sun for about half the day. So, they cross pollinate and produce different colors? Do they reseed easily? Or come back from the roots in the right environment?
The columbines are very pretty. Love the colors. I've never experimented with them but I think I may try and see what they do. My next door neighbor gave me the exact same succulent! I repotted and a few of the stems broke. I stuck them in one of my flowerbeds and they are appear to be surviving! No roots, I just stuck the broken pieces in the soil. Your garden is coming along nicely. Looks great as usual.
The columbines, or "Aquilegia", as we call them here are late spring bloomers. In Texas, I can well imagine that planting them in partial shade would could be a good place for them. I have some of mine under trees and they do well there. I know what you mean about the sun and heat. I honestly cannot comment on those rash tempos there and how an Aquilegia would fair where you live. Most of the ones that I have come back from the same roots. They make a root system that can go down for moisture...but you would probably need to water them even after blooming to keep them alive. I have never grown them in a container, only in the full ground. If you ever grow them in the ground, find a place and make a bed that you can leave to the Aquilegia's. They will grow and bloom, form seeds and resow themselves...right there in that bed. All you would need to do would be to remove grass or weeds to give the seedlings a chance. The little seedlings are easily recognizable by their three little mouse-ear-like leaves. Obviously you would need some shade as well. They do indeed inter-pollinate and re-seed easily, to give you new variations in colour as well as petals--single, double or 1½'s. I do wish that you could find a place for a bed of them, I do not think that you would be disappointed. I quite like these lovely plants, and let them pop up wherever they want in my garden. I dig-up and give lots away as well, as they make nice gifts.
Thanks for the info Sjoerd. I don't have a bed I can designate for them, but... I can put more in the bed by the front step where I have these planted and I'll have to put markers so I know where they are and keep an eye out for seedlings. Guess I need to go plant shopping again.
Hee hee hee....well Go on ahead plant shopping then miss. It sounds like your area will be fine. It is a good idea to get as many different ones as you can--colour-wise and blossom-wise so that they can begin mixing. Pity you don't live in Europa, I could send you seeds out the ying-yang. Tch!
