Re: Spring fever- blooming...

Thanks Lynda - they tell me at work I have a way w/ words. Imagine that.
You know that purple coneflower blooming, 1st time ever before May 1st!
Also a couple baby peppers, about thumbnail size. Also a first for
April. Cannas and gourds growing about 6 to 12" a day now and 4 buds on
the redbirds in a tree in Tony's garden! Coreopsis is going bonkers over
there too. Love it!


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynda Young
Sent: 4/20/2004 7:49:35 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: RE: RE: [CHAT] Spring fever- blooming...

> Oh, Pam - What a picture you paint.  Sounds wonderful.  
> 
> Lynda
> Zone 7 - West Tn
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of gardenqueen@academicplanet.com
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 9:21 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: RE: [CHAT] Spring fever- blooming...
> 
> 
> Well, all the roses are blooming. Alyssum, pansies and viola still
> blooming from winter. The scabiosa, oxalis, ipheions, Spanish bluebells,
> a few leucojums hanging on. The first purple coneflower is blooming WAY
> early. Bluebonnets, day flowers, a few early morning glories, perennial
> geraniums, all the salvias, the purple baptisia, sweet peas, Spanish
> lavender, French lavender, the Indian Pink (spigela marilandica?) is
> blooming now and most of the sweet peppers. I should have fruit in a
> month. Can't wait!
> 
> 
> Pam Evans
> Kemp, TX
> zone 8A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tchessie
> Sent: 4/18/2004 8:33:04 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Spring fever- blooming...
> 
> > Ok- let's see how many things are blooming here.
> > Anemones
> > Columbine -4 varieties (can't recall the names)
> > Foxglove
> > Roses (blooming like crazy this year!) Even my one year old climbers 
> > (Gloire de Dijon, Sombruiel, etc.) Pink Jasmine
> > Heurcara
> > Flowering dogwood,
> > Gerbera daisy,
> > Yarrow,
> > Guara (just starting),
> > Sticky monkey flower (can't recall its real name- but the hummers just
> love
> > this)
> > Scabiosa
> > Buckwheat
> > Kangaroo paws
> > Salvias (pineapple, another purple one, and buds on "black & blue")
> > Cyclamen
> > Bearded iris
> > Jupiter's beard
> > Coreopsis- flying saucer
> > several sedums
> > French lavender
> > A few stragglers- daffodils and freesia
> > 
> > Happy to see my peony made it throught he winter, and several 
> > ephemerals made it back this spring too even if they haven't bloomed 
> > yet(trillium, dog-toothed violet, jack-in-the-pulpit).
> > 
> > Oh- and my pot of red orchid cactus on the back porch is blooming!  
> > I've had the plant for years- and it finally decided to bloom.  I left
> 
> > it out all winter this year- so I'm assuming that did the trick.  It 
> > has 16 bud, and 3 fully open flowers.  I also learned that unlike the 
> > night-blooming cereus I
> > have- this orchid cactus' flowers stay for days (so far 5 days)!  I'll
> try
> > to get a picture and post for you all.
> > 
> > Today was damp, chilly (60) and rainy off and on- so took care of 
> > inside stuff (you know, the usual laundry, house cleaning, cutting and
> 
> > gluing the transition pieces to the laminate flooring we installed in 
> > fall....)
> > 
> > Theresa
> > Sac, CA
> > zone 8-9
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
> > Behalf Of Chris@widom-assoc.com
> > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 6:14 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Spring fever
> > 
> > 
> > Auralie,
> > 
> > You have Pulmonarias and Epimediums blooming? Columbine already?!!! 
> > Even my anemones aren't blooming yet!  My lamb's ears (Stachys lanata)
> 
> > look pretty beat up still!  I spent my first day in the garden doing 
> > spring clean-up today.  The hostas are just barely showing,  Most 
> > daylilies are up 4" - 6".  I see that some of my favorites are over 
> > running parts of the garden (i.e.: Rudbeckia laciniata and LYSIMACHIA 
> > CILATA PURPUREA),  If only I had more time, this would be the 
> > absolutely perfect time to divide the hostas, grasses and other 
> > perennials as they are just starting to come up!
> > 
> > All this talk about plant sales has got me thinking about buying a 
> > table at my chorale's flea market and selling plants!  I think that I 
> > could make some money to use towards spring purchases!  And, I would 
> > feel good finding homes for all of my divisions!  I think printing 
> > photos and labels with plant info would be a must and I don't know if 
> > I'd have time to get everything ready.
> > 
> > Chris
> > Long Island, NY
> > Zone 7
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> > Behalf Of Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 7:57 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: [CHAT] Spring fever
> > 
> > 
> > Why, oh why did I think last fall that it would be a good idea to have
> 
> > a
> > 
> > spring horticulture show in the middle of April?  And why did the good
> 
> > members of my club agree to this folly?  Of course we didn't expect an
> 
> > extra cold long
> > winter and late spring, but we're all experienced growers and showers
> > and should
> > have known better.  Oh well, at least there will be a small show
> > tomorrow,
> > even though spring has barely begun to show its face.  In fact, I
> think
> > we are
> > missing it altogether - going right straight into summer.  It was in
> the
> > upper
> > 70s today after a cold, rain week in the 40s with threats of frost.
> > 
> > Anyway, I have spent the past two days trying to organize some 
> > horticulture to enter in this show.  I have lots of daffodils - they 
> > are fairly bursting
> > today - but of course can't identify them.  I have spent hours with
> > catalogs and
> > past order lists trying to make sure they are correctly named.  I have
> > one
> > tulip - one of the Kaufmanias.  I know it was a named variety when I
> > planted it,
> > but it doesn't look like anything in the catalogs.
> > 
> > Our club is only twelve members, with an average age of about 70.  One
> 
> > member broke a hip a couple of weeks ago.  Two others are not in good 
> > health, and
> > one of the younger members has a speaking engagement.  However, I
> expect
> > there
> > will be some sort of show.  I will have the following entries: Section
> I
> > - Bulbs, Corms, Tubers Class 1 - Tulipa Kaufmania Class 2 - Narcissus
> -
> >        a. Trumpet  -'Spellbinder'
> >        b. Trumpet - Miniature - 'Little Gem' ; 'Topolino'
> >        c. Large Cup - 'Ice Follies'; 'Sweet Harmony'; 'Ipi Tombi'
> >        d. Multiple blooms - 'Tete-a-Tete'
> >        e. Double - Constitution Island heirloom
> >         f. Cyclamineus - 'Jenny' ;'Jack Snipe'; 'Peeping Tom' ;
> 'Itzim''
> > 'Jet
> > Fire'
> >        g. Jonquilla - can't find the name but it's a beautiful bloom
> >        h. Split Corolla - 'Split'
> > Class 3 - Any other bulbous flower
> >        a. Scilla siberica 'Spring Beauty'
> >        b.Anemone blanda - 'Blue Star'; 'Pink Star'
> >        c. Iphieon uniflorum
> > Section II - Perennials
> > Class 4 - Flat, round or sculptural forms
> >        a. Viola cucculiata (Marsh blue violet), Viola tricolor (Johnny
> > Jump
> > Up)
> >                 Viola papilionacea (Common blue violet)
> >        b. Helleborus abchasicus
> > Class 6 - Spray forms.
> >        a. Pulmonaria 'Mrs. Moon'; 'Coral Springs'
> >        b. Epimedium roseum; E. sulphureum
> >        c. Aquilegia canadensis
> > Class 7 - Grown for beauty of foliage
> >        a. Stachys lanata (lamb's ears)
> >        b. Alchemilla mollis (Lady's mantle)
> > Section III - Branches
> > Class 8 - Deciduous Shrub
> >        Chaenomeles speciosa (flowering quince)
> >        I have a lovely branch of curly willow, but cannot find a
> > botanical
> > name for it.
> > Class 9 - Broadleaf evergreen
> >        Leucothoe Fontanesonia
> >        Pieris japonica.
> > 
> > I decided at this point not to enter any of the container-grown 
> > classes. One member is an orchid specialist, so I know he will fill up
> 
> > that section. We
> > also have good growers of Saintpaulias and cacti, among other things.
> I
> > 
> > realize that I will be competing with myself in a number of classes, 
> > unless there are enough more entries to subdivide further - which 
> > could happen.  But at least
> > there will be something to  look at.  But crazy - that's me. Auralie
> > 
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