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Post by Deleted on Jun 7, 2012 14:24:14 GMT
I LOVE gardenias, the smell is intoxicating. The petals are so lusciously thick and soft. Wish they would grow in Montana. I adore them too Kimby. BUT, (and,I have had had many over the years...), they are such a magnet for various forms of pestilence, in our climate in particular, from white fly to thrips, scale,and mold... One has to be super vigilant (and, I don't do chemicals) about them because they will infect one's entire garden with one or all of the above maladies. One of the very great advantages to living in a neighborhood and city like mine,is, I have free access to all the cut gardenias I want to bring home and perfume my house with. And so, I take full advantage of this and don't have to deal with all the problems of growing them myself.
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Post by mich64 on Jun 8, 2012 1:35:10 GMT
Today some of my iris bloomed and it looks like my peonies are about ready as well. I will get down to my gardens with my camera tomorrow before I miss them. Hopefully I will post them soon.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 8, 2012 4:38:45 GMT
Exquisite photo of the gardenia bud, Casimira.
Gardenias don't seem to like the soil around here much. I have mine in a pot with an overly bark-y mix & it exists on a diet of manure tea & leftover coffee. It bloomed beautifully last year, but the flowers are much smaller this year, so it must need something.
It's close to the house & I never close my windows, so I can always enjoy it when it's in bloom.
Yes, Mich ~~ I love all iris and peonies are about as lushly gorgeous as a flower can be. Please get pictures!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 8, 2012 10:31:44 GMT
Thank you Bixa! It kind of reminds me of a Dairy Queen soft ice cream cone !!!! Try giving your gardenia more potassium. Even if it's a finely chopped up banana peel worked into the soil every know and then. (My mentor Mrs. E swore by this,and it worked!!) I too, am looking forward to seeing your pics Mich, the peonies most especially. They are in my top 3 plants that I miss the most that won't grow here as it's too hot. (the other 2 are lilacs and lily of the valley).
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 9, 2012 17:35:10 GMT
Thanks! I will absolutely try that. Luckily, I really like bananas.
Reminds me of a question I've long wanted to ask -- can you use over-ripe bananas the same way? I frequently put banana peels around my roses, but chuck icky bananas into the compost. Would they maybe do more good (or at least more instant gratification) used directly on some plants?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 9, 2012 17:46:19 GMT
Thanks! I will absolutely try that. Luckily, I really like bananas. Reminds me of a question I've long wanted to ask -- can you use over-ripe bananas the same way? I frequently put banana peels around my roses, but chuck icky bananas into the compost. Would they maybe do more good (or at least more instant gratification) used directly on some plants? Good question . I, too, do the compost thing with the overripe guys because I get fruit flies so damn quickly as it is.
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Post by mich64 on Jun 9, 2012 18:16:35 GMT
I did get a picture of my peonies before they bloomed but photobucket is not letting me post them? I will keep trying... Good thing it is a cool cloudy day outside so I do not feel guilty sitting her with my laptop on my knees.
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Post by mich64 on Jun 11, 2012 2:56:09 GMT
My peonies are ready to bloom. Thank goodness I finally fixed my computer to enable me to post some photos! Cheers
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Post by Deleted on Jun 27, 2012 15:47:31 GMT
Seeing those peonies in bud made me heartsick. I am wondering now is anyone taking care of my mother's beloved peonies and lilacs and camellias ....Surely someone is. One of my favorites. Tabernaemontana divaricata, Crape jasmine,' Fleur-d'amour'. Nocturnally fragrant woody shrub, perennial, blooms year round sort of.... A very old fashioned New Orleans planting.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 10, 2012 7:33:01 GMT
Exquisite!
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Post by tod2 on Jul 10, 2012 8:20:29 GMT
That 'Crane flower' is going to be fantastic Bixa! Do let us see it after it has opened.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2012 10:11:50 GMT
Nice pic Bixa. Do let us see it open. I fear I'm going to need to move mine but they're so difficult to transplant. Mine is huge and being in the banana family one can get an inkling for how massive their root structure is. And, do be careful getting up too close to one taking a pic. A friend of mine scratched her cornea doing the same. She had to wear an eye patch for quite some time. (Seeing the world through the eye of James Booker she said. ;D)
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Post by lugg on Jul 19, 2012 4:46:19 GMT
I guess your peonies have bloomed now Mich ? The Crape Jasmine is so lovely Casi, I too am hoping to see the Crane in bloom Bixa . Really late this year is this clematis which is usually in flower from June, it is only just starting to flower
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2012 15:54:06 GMT
Gorgeous Lugg. They have a very delicate tissue paper like quality about them at that stage. Just lovely. There's only a couple of clematis that will grow here succesflly, Jackmanii, and,C. virginiana, the sweet autumn clematis.
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Post by lugg on Sept 7, 2012 21:10:59 GMT
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Post by mich64 on Sept 7, 2012 21:25:19 GMT
Thank you for the lush compliment Lugg!
My mother's clematis also flowered again this week, that has never happened here!
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 8, 2012 4:21:32 GMT
That clematis picture is just romantically beautiful and delicate. That's amazing, Lugg. Those pokers must really like you! Aw, I forgot to get a picture of the bird of paradise, but it's because I cut it for a bouquet for a neighbor's birthday. I would like to brag on the ring you see just beyond the b of p bud, though -- it's so full now, you can hardly see the edges of the ring. ;D on the Booker remark!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2012 17:29:56 GMT
Since the weather has been far too warm recently, I saw that there were buds on some of the barren trees. I'm sure the trees are going to end up regretting it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2013 20:18:12 GMT
And indeed, it looks like the late freeze did some minor damage to the flowers. This is the same tree where I photographed my shivering pigeon in the 'garden birds' thread last week.
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Post by lugg on May 18, 2013 12:00:30 GMT
The bud of an Allium as it develops My first rose bud this year
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Post by bixaorellana on May 18, 2013 15:22:25 GMT
Super budding, budding, bursting bud pics, Lugg.
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Post by tod2 on May 19, 2013 8:34:51 GMT
What a shame those buds got spoiled Kerouac!
Lugg, your photos are superb! so different to see the bud coming out like that.
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Post by lola on May 26, 2013 22:23:13 GMT
Love the alium and the rose, Lugg.
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Post by lugg on May 27, 2013 21:41:47 GMT
Thank you One last Allium pic for "What's in bud" prior to full bloom.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 28, 2013 4:02:53 GMT
I don't care how many times you see it happen -- seeds, awakening bulbs, buds, flowers -- always a miracle. Lovely photo, Lugg.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2013 11:28:41 GMT
Just gorgeous Lugg. Too wet here for most of the alliums. We can grow them but they're iffy and never quite fully develop a decent bloom head. I have tried them many times. The bulbs tend to rot fairly rapidly.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2013 10:35:58 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 30, 2013 20:31:25 GMT
I took these pictures on the 20th or 21st of October. When I was over there a couple of days ago, the little bud (2nd pic & in background of 1st) was way over my head. It was only about knee-high when photographed.
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Post by htmb on Oct 30, 2013 20:35:07 GMT
Both photos have really lovely details, and very sharp focus!
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 30, 2013 23:00:30 GMT
Sharp is definitely the operative word with those plants!
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