Anybody enjoy gardening?

[Five_Inch_Heels]

The Lil Miss is shaking off Winter and recovering from being Bunny food.

Some months back before all the hot and dry set in, I moved a small tea rose that was in the way and needed a new home. Then I sort of forgot about it.

Figured it was long dead.

Today among several new growth shoots, it has two buds about to bust open into bloom.

In mid October.

Cozy Miss Rosy, all tucked in to her new bedding.

Kind of have to squint to see the two buds.

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Neat.

Sweet.

Petite.


And not at all kooky, spooky or ookey.

Lil Girl was nipped down to almost nothing when I checked on her one morning not too long after those posts. Put her in a chastity cage of steel mesh to save her from being ravaged by demonic bunnies descending on her plot.

Some good growth again this morning and with the warm moist weather this week, she should get more bold by the day.


Forsythia, Iris and Quince are all getting into Exhibitionism too.

 

[SimonDoom]

This camellia bush has yielded many great flowers so far. Here's another one.

 

[SimonDoom]

The coral bells (Huechera) are blooming too, now.

 

[Dodola]

My tomato seeds are sprouting over the last 24 hours. I can't wait to get them in pots and set out on the deck, in a few weeks. So excited by silly tomato plants!
I'm growing early girls and beefsteaks, hoping for perfect spring weather to set plenty of fruit before the heat sets in.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Not gardening as such but ....

Ornamental Apricot is blooming.

Cleveland Pears are blooming.

Forsythia is blooming.

Quince are about to bloom.

 

[NotWise]

Ornamental trees here have been blooming all week. I even realized that my (indoor) potted Ficus benjamina (weeping fig) was flowering. I didn't know they would do that in a pot.

The flower is no big deal. It's a fig, so the flower is enclosed. What you see is smooth, green to yellow and spherical or obloid. It took me a while to realize what the were.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Ornamental Apricot is blooming.

I'd been wondering why only half it seemed to be in bloom. Figured the rest was just a bit slow since it's a split trunker.

Looked at it closer today and it just didn't look like it was even trying to set buds. Grabbed a pole pruner and snipped a couple of sections off.

Dead. Dead Dead. Dry, brown, no green under the bark at all.

Bummer, because that's the bigger half.

Odd shaped and spread out some, so will be fun to deal with.

Leafed and bloomed fine last year. No idea what happened.

 

[MetaBob]

That's... counterintuitive.

The entire U.S. West Coast west of the Sierra and Cascades is considered to be a Mediterranean climate. So is parts of Arizona.

Such climates typically have dry summers and wet winters, with summer conditions being hot and winter conditions typically being mild. These weather conditions are typically experienced in the majority of Mediterranean-climate regions and countries, but remain highly dependent on proximity to the ocean, elevation, and geographical location.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean_climate

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

What happens when the bees mix the yellow Forsythia and pink Quince?

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Need ideas for a fruiting plant. Not a shrub or bush ... plant ... no more than a foot tall. Grow will be in a raised bed with a cover for bird deterrent. Planning on strawberries for one. Blueberries don't do well here.

Should be self pollinating due to the limited space.

I have acres, but this bed is only about 2-3' by 10-12' and that's all I want to deal with.

 

[Jackie.Hikaru]

Need ideas for a fruiting plant. Not a shrub or bush ... plant ... no more than a foot tall. Grow will be in a raised bed with a cover for bird deterrent. Planning on strawberries for one. Blueberries don't do well here.

Should be self pollinating due to the limited space.

I have acres, but this bed is only about 2-3' by 10-12' and that's all I want to deal with.

creeping raspberries are very lovely, sturdy and self pollinate.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Nope. Plant, or very low growing bush. No vines.

 

[ishtat]

I do not enjoy gardening myself, but frequently enjoy other people's gardens; and every year in Spring (which is September here) somebody congratulates me on the beautiful self sown pink Bauhinia in the front yard.

 

[txblush]

My garden is filled with Texas's native plants, because they're drought resistant. But, when I noticed a mum in its planter had survived, out of the two plants I bought, I started giving the plant drinks of water and it is thriving. I'll post pictures of my garden when the plants are full of blooms. But for now. I hope everyone has a wonderful day.

 

[SimonDoom]

Iris in the garden.

 

[AG31]

Iris in the garden.


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Wo! What lattitude are you at? (Name recognizable locations, not numbers)
Our first crocuses are just peeking out.

 

[SimonDoom]

Wo! What lattitude are you at? (Name recognizable locations, not numbers)
Our first crocuses are just peeking out.

I live in a part of the US that has what's called a Mediterranean climate. I'll just say that.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I have the common violet Iris and a pale yellow one.

I had a deep rust-brown one, but I haven't seen it in quite a while.

 

[ShelbyDawn57]

That's... counterintuitive.

Not really. Most of the US is at or about the same latitude as the Mediterranean basin. The weather differences are do to ocean proximity. Austin is at the same latitude as Sicily, we're just a lot more arid because we're not an island.