General information and discussion about cultivating fruit-bearing plants, trees, flowers and ornamental plants.
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#226 |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Pewaukee, Wisconsin
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These are known as Straw Flowers here. They are like dried straw and last forever in dried flower arrangements.
Those are beautiful Whwoz.
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#227 |
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b
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Camellia japonica 'Berenice Beauty'. The blooms are about 4" wide.
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#228 |
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Join Date: Feb 2018
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I opened the back door this afternoon and and a sweet scent drifted in. Yep, the Winter Daphne, Daphne odora, is in bloom. Just a few days ago the buds were swelling and this warm weather has pushed them out. It is such a wonderful scent!
![]() For the last two years it has bloomed the first week of February but the two springs before that it bloomed around Jan 15. |
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#229 |
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Join Date: Feb 2018
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The first 'Replete' daffodil has bloomed. It's a pretty double daffie and fragrant to boot.
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#230 |
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Join Date: Feb 2018
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The Indian Hawthorne 'Georgia Petite' are starting to bloom and are putting a slight sweet scent into the air.
![]() ![]() The oaks are starting to pollinate and are also pushing little leaves. Shade is increasing every day and soon the ground will be covered with a thick mat of what i call dingle dangles. ![]() |
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#231 |
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Canada
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My Magnolia has just started and the heathers look great, but now the snowdrops have gone back to sleep, not much haooeninh eree in Canada
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#232 |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Vancouver Island
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Here’s one of my hellebores. Cool and damp here on the island.
Stay well everyone KarenO |
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#233 |
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b
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“Spring is bustin’ out all over”, says the old song and around here it’s true. Despite all the pollen it’s always a special time when the earth renews itself and dresses up for the occasion.
Chinese Fringe (Loropetalum chinense) sports its red fringy flowers while the green foliage begins taking on its burgundy tint. It will bloom off and on all spring and summer. ![]() ![]() Fothergilla x ‘Mt. Airy’ is a two season plant. In spring it sports bottle brush-like blooms that have a slightly sweet scent. Turning into ho hum green for the summer, the leaves will turn to flaming red in the fall before falling off and leaving the plant naked for the winter. ![]() ![]() Grancy Graybeard (Chionanthus virginicus) is a rather awkward tree whose branches grow in a rather untidy, every-which-way fashion but it’s glorious in bloom. That’s the redeeming quality that’s kept it from the chainsaw. ![]() ![]() And finally, the muscadine grapevines are starting to leaf out. Jelly for sure this fall and perhaps another wine making effort. ![]() With all of this going on at once and joining the late Camellias and blooming azaleas, I just can’t help smiling when walking around the place! Springtime in east central Georgia is special. |
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#234 |
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Join Date: Oct 2012
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Cherries
![]() Stay healthy, stay home! KarenO |
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#235 |
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b
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Today some of the Kennebec potato flower buds decided to open. Pretty things can come in little packages.
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#236 |
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b)
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Nicotania mutabilis I’m growing for hummingbirds. This year I’m growing 3 types of flowering tobacco.
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#237 |
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Back in da U.P.
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trout lilies are starting to bloom. they are a native plant that grows along the road.
blooms are a yellow lily shaped flower. the small bulbs are a forage food, but they are tiny. seems like you would spend more energy digging a hundred for a mouth full than the calories they would provide. keith
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#238 |
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Virginia Bch, VA (7b)
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Petunia exserta
Common milkweed Verbena bonariensis |
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