Not sure I’ll make a bloom day post with my current schedule, so here’s the enumerated state of the flower gardens in the late spring.
Main: Parking Strip garden
Photos 1&2: North & South Flower Beds
Photo 3: Telephone Pole garden (West)
Photo 4: Telephone Pole garden (East)
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Day 119
Sweet Pea 'Old Spice Mix' 2012 Lathyrus odoratus
Showing True Leaves
Terrible germination! South bed did not germinate at all. |
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Day 119
Sweet Pea 'Old Spice Mix' 2012 Lathyrus odoratus
Showing True Leaves
Terrible germination! South bed did not germinate at all. |
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Day 119
Sweet Pea 'Electric Blue' 2012 Lathyrus odoratus
Growing
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Day 334
Stock 'Ten Week Bouquet' 2011-6/28 Matthiola incana
Blooming
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Day 386
Stock 'Dwarf Ten Week Mix' 2011-5/7 Matthiola incana
Blooming
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Day 427
Stock 'Dwarf Ten Week Mix' 2011-3/27 Matthiola incana
Blooming
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Day 217
Galanthus nivalis
Dying Down
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Day 217
Hermodactylus tuberosa
Dying Down
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Day 323
Rudbeckia fulgida
Growing
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Day 323
Roscoea tibetica
Blooming
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Day 323
Primula capitata ssp. mooreana Primula capitata subsp. mooreana
Budding
Just beginning to show flower head |
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Day 323
Glaucium flavum
Breaking Dormancy
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Day 112
Poppy 'Lavender Breadseed' 2012-2/5 Papaver somniferum
Growing
Great germination! |
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Day 392
Monarda didyma
Growing
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Iris pumila
Moved
Y Parking Strip garden > Y Parking Strip garden Not blooming any more |
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Day 217
Iris, Dwarf Yellow 'Danfordiae' 2011 Iris danfordiae
Dying Down
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Day 217
Iris reticulata
Dying Down
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Day 323
Iberis sempervirens
Growing
Finished blooming |
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Day 217
Hyacinthus orientalis
Growing
Finished blooming, about to die down |
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Day 106
Schizostylis coccinea
Growing
Established, growing nicely now |
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Day 73
Helleborus
Blooming
Blooms really fade in the too-sunny spot. Move to a shadier one soon! |
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Day 682
Gladiolus, Landscape 'Florida' 2010
Sprouting
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Day 217
Fothergilla gardenii
Budding
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Day 323
Darmera peltata
Growing
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Day 217
Crocus sativus
Dying Down
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Day 512
Crocus vernus
Dying Down
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Crocus vernus
Dying Down
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Day 1242
Codonopsis clematidea
Dying
Hasn’t returned since last year [[Archived]] |
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Day 323
Canna x hybrida
Dying
Still hasn’t returned from winter dormancy – likely dead [[Archived]] |
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Day 386
Calendula 'Pacific Beauty Mix' 2011-5/7 Calendula officinalis
Germinating
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Day 323
Astrantia
Blooming
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Day 323
Agapanthus 'Headbourne Hybrids' 2011 Agapanthus
Growing
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Day 265
Tricyrtis formosana
Growing
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Day 323
Primula denticulata
Growing
Just finished blooming |
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Day 392
meconopsis
Growing
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Day 323
Helianthemum 'St. Mary's' 2011 Helianthemum
Blooming
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Day 323
Hakonechloa
Growing
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Day 323
Dahlia pinnata
Breaking Dormancy
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Day 323
Allium ursinum
Blooming
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Day 323
Poppy 'Champagne Bubbles Orange' Papaver nudicaule
Breaking Dormancy
We have returned! |
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Day 265
Eucomis vandermerwei 'Freckles' Eucomis vandermerwei
Breaking Dormancy
Yay! It didn’t die! |
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The new ‘digs’ here |
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The transplanting cloche |
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The carrot section |
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The back section that used to house the pole beans |
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North Chain Link Line - Front garden |
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Day 112
Papaver somniferum
Growing
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Day 323
Silene 'Druett's Variegated' 2011 Silene uniflora
Blooming
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Day 323
Sisyrinchium striatum
Blooming
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Day 323
Zauschneria - California Fuschia Epilobium canum
Growing
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Day 688
Heuchera
Blooming
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Day 386
Calendula 'Pacific Beauty Mix' 2011-5/7 Calendula officinalis
Blooming
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Day 353
Eryngium
Growing
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Day 490
Cynara cardunculus
Budding
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Three cardoons are too many! |
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Day 217
Cryptotaenia japonica
Blooming
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Day 323
Salpiglossis
Growing
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Day 353
Lupinus
Under Attack
OMFG, the biggest aphids EVAR! |
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Day 323
African Daisy 'Summertime Kardinal' 2011 Osteospermum
Blooming
Overwintered and blooming! |
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Day 323
African Daisy 'Summertime Kardinal' 2011 Osteospermum
Blooming
Overwintered and blooming! |
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Day 112
Larkspur 'Singing the Blues Mix' 2011 Consolida ajacis
Growing
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Day 323
Roscoea scillifolia 'dark form' Roscoea tibetica
Growing
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Day 323
Hedychium forrestii var. forrestii
Breaking Dormancy
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Day 265
Dahlia
Breaking Dormancy
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Day 323
Geum chiloense var. flora plena
Blooming
Goes amazingly well with the hardy geraniums! |
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Day 323
Geranium
Blooming
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Day 217
Tulip 'Queen of the Night' 2011 Tulipa
Blooming
At the end of their bloom season |
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Day 217
Tulipa
Dying Down
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Day 217
Cape Fuschia 'Yellow Sovereign' 2011 Phygelius aequalis
Budding
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Day 87
Freesia
Blooming
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Previous Journals
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Parsley 'Favorit' 2012 Hardening Off, Eggplant 'Millionaire F1' 2011 Hardening Off, Chile 'Prik C...
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Leek 'King Richard' 2011 Planting Out, Leek 'Large American Flag' 2011 Moved, Green Onion 'Shimon...
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Datura 2012 , Daikon 'All Season' 2011 Harvesting, Chile 'Holland' 2011-3/27 Dying, Broccoli 'Ump...
Later Journals
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Lupine 'Red Flame' Damaged, Y South Flower Bed garden , Y North Flower Bed garden , Iris suaveole...
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Tazetta Narcissus 'Minnow' 2011 Sprouting, Daffodil 'Pheasant's Edge' 2011 Sprouting, Jonquil Nar...
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Y Parking Strip garden , Y Telephone Pole garden , Y South Flower Bed garden , Y North Flower Bed...
Comments
redloon wrote:
Your Delphinium is gorgeous!!
Posted on 28 May 12 (12 months ago)
Tralamander wrote:
Oooooooooh!
Posted on 28 May 12 (12 months ago)
evergreengirl wrote:
:D Thank you! I thought it was done, to be entirely honest – it was looking pretty tired last year, I assumed it wouldn’t come back. Who knew it would emerge with 8-10 flowering spikes?? I’m in shock, really – but glad!
Posted on 29 May 12 (12 months ago)
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