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Had a really productive day, propagating plants and sowing seeds in the greenhouse, mainly to get away from the freezing cold winds. I’ve propagated several mint varieties just by putting stems in water. After a few weeks, roots have formed on the stems so I potted them up in compost today. I’m now trying the same technique with oregano and catnip. I also tried taking basal cuttings of some perennials a few weeks ago as I’m keen to develop new propagation skills. So far, they are still alive, so I’m hoping for some new rooted plants in the next month or so. This time of year, everything just wants to grow, so anything that’s looking strong and healthy gets a quick snip from me to see if I can make more plants!
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Our weather is crazy warm, more like May than April. Today on the trail both anemones and a few hepatica are in bloom, and of course coltsfoot but since it is an invasive species I don't think it should count as a wildflower.
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I love wild flowers, cwille. So pretty.

We have Louisiana irises, black eyed Susans and another one whose nick name is ham and eggs. It’s actually lantana and blooms like crazy!
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I noticed on my walk the other day that green shoots are starting to push through the leaf litter along the river trail, the wildflowers won't be far behind.

Despite several days of colder weather (snow, ugh!) the grass is really green and growing - or a least other people's grass, mine is looking thin and weedy. I guess that I'll be mowing before too long.

After waffling I finally started a few seeds and they are beginning to pop up, so far I have tomatoes, morning glory, pie pumpkins, lupine and peppers. Now I just have to keep them alive until they can go out.
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Happy Easter! Got up this morning to about 50 tulips in full bloom, along with pallet whites starting to come out. A friend brought me a big basket planter of hot pink geraniums. She has a large green house businesss. Her flowers are beautiful.
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Just seen the post about David Austin roses. I am a big fan and have several in my garden. Their form and fragrance are unbeatable, my garden favourites being Gertrude Jekyll and Munstead Wood, both of which repeat flower all summer. I also agree that it’s sometimes hard to find true blue garden flowers, but good summer examples are Delphiniums and blue iris varieties, especially Iris sibirica. In my garden the irises seem to be as tough as old boots and survive the worst weather every winter. This year I found some that flower in January (iris ungularis I think), very valuable at that time of year, so now have several iris varieties flowering from January through to mid summer.
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My flower garden is very old. A lot of the plants are overgrown. I have a landscaper who specializes in flower gardens is coming Tuesday to make recommendations for what needs to be done. I’m anxious to see what he recommends.
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Glad,
Did not remember:
Karl Foerster grass

'Karl Foerster' is the most popular of the hybrid feather reed grasses sold in commerce today. It is noted for its narrow-vertical growth of bright green leaves to 3' tall and 2' wide and feathery plumes of summer-blooming pink to purple tinged flowers on narrow upright stalks rising well above the foliage to 5' tall.
Common Name: feather reed grass
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SharynMarie,
I don't remember your post about a David Austin rose, but do remember your blue Irises before you moved! It was wonderful to contemplate that many irises blooming, in blue.

I wish there were more blue blooming plants, my favorite color.
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Karl Forrester got it's spring haircut today. Up to 78 degrees today. Tomorrow, 82.
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I have to cut back my plumbago. It bloomed like crazy this season.

I love the blue color of plumbago. I wish there were more blue flowers. They are so pretty.
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Crocus started coming up a couple weeks ago. Now I am starting to see daffodils and tulips peeking through the snow.🌼🌺🌷🌷
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I was given a David Austin rose as House warming gift when we moved here to Idaho. I did not get positive responses to the post. I do hope you love your David Austin Rose as much as I love mine.
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Love reading about the flowers "springing" up. My garden is still covered in snow and what I watch each day is how much the piles of snow that along the driveway are evaporating/melting. The neighbour has started shoveling his snow in a patch of lawn that belongs to me. Generally speaking, I don't mind as it is a strip between our properties, but my hostas on that side don't like it. They were late last year and didn't even bloom properly, I think it was because they were covered in snow longer than usual. It will be mid April before the snow is all melted and that patch may well be later. 😟
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My daffodils are blooming. Some others are coming up and budding. Maybe spring is almost here.
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Visited David Austin Roses website, where a free handbook is offered.
Those are truly beautiful roses GA!
As always, thanks for sharing, making our days better with distractions from being the caregiver.

Things can get pretty scary when the caregiver gets sick, if even temporarily and we get distracted a bit to do some self care. Every time I need to see the doctor, my dH does something tricky, proving that he will never be able to be there for me due to his condition. Always the caregiver, no vacays!

So, I am still okay!
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Yay! Happy for you, GA.
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Yelling, shouting, grinning, and excited:

I received my David Austin rose catalogue this morning!    I'll spend the rest of the day soaring in Rose Heaven, planning all sorts of new gardens, pricing trellises and tuteurs, or designing some from sturdy saplings I'll cut down.

What else could be so as inspirational as pages and pages of David Austin's stunning roses?

Today is a good day to dream, paraphrasing Klingon Worf:  "today is a good day to dream of roses and gardens."
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cw,

Yes! Our spring is quite different from yours! Louisiana is a swamp! 😆 LOL

We are already feeling the muggy weather here.

My daughter that moved to Colorado says that she doesn’t miss the humidity here. She does say that she is using more lotion because her skin feels a lot drier.

I used to plant bulbs with my grandpa. Grandma loved her flower garden. He planted lilies. They were so pretty.
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Your spring is different than mine NHWM. 😆
I was just getting ready to tell you all that the bulbs I mentioned earlier won't be held back so I went ahead and put them out in my planters, the crocus opened up today.
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Spring is just around the corner!

The azaleas 🌺 are blooming like crazy all around the city.

They are so beautiful!
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So glad for the signs of spring, even though it means summer will be here soon. Summer in the South is humid and hot. When the Northerners are out enjoying their summer yards we’re hiding in the air conditioning and gardening either very early or late in the day. I have daffodils blooming, along with snowdrops. The crinum and amaryllis are starting to get leaves again. And this week the tulips are blooming in yellow, orange, and red. I enjoy them each year, mostly because of a snotty garden writer in the state that says they’re impossible to grow here 🤣
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My daylilies next to the South side of the house are showing sprout, from 9 to almost 2 dozen in 3 days.    Spring is just around the corner, even if March can still hold some surprises.

I've ordered about a dozen catalogues, including from some from which I've bought before and others that I haven't used.    Getting the mail is more interesting now. 

And I recycle the catalogues by clipping photos of favorite and lovely plants to glue onto paper and slip inside the plastic covers of 3 ring binder notebooks .   There's nothing like picking up tax binders and seeing masses of flowers before even considering the droll and often upsetting tax issues.
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Today on my walk I saw swans, a robin, then some more swans!! Maybe tomorrow I'll dug my spring bulbs out of the snowbank and bring them in, I've decided to start them all in the planter I'll put out later at my front door so Spring will have a head start at my house 🌷
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Some of you may remember my rants about squirrels (tree rats) that destroy my feeders and garden, I thought I'd share a video of just how impossible it is to get the best of them...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg&feature=emb_logo
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Cwillie we put them into the already warmed up car!! So far they are doing fine. I also see all the adds on FB for shipping plants, or plant clippings. I don;t get it either.
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I had a honeysuckle vine between the rose bushes in front twined around a trellis. I loved it though it never boomed as the front is north facing and there was not enough sun. But the leaves were gorgeous. One year it didn't come back. I tried another one without success They are zone 3 and we are zone 2 but can succeed with some zone 3 plants. Some people here do well with clematis, also zone 3 but I never had any success. :(
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Went to UPS for drop off today. Just in time, the guy behind me had probably ten boxes to ship. All labeled "Live plants"! Who would try to ship them with the super cold all over the country?!

Cape honeysuckle looks like what we call trumpet vine which is very invasive if you can get it started.
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You live in a cold climate Pamz, I've always wondered how people manage to buy living plants and transport them home without freezing them along the way🤔
We used to have a flower shop at the mall where there was indoor parking and that was the only place I felt sort of safe buying flowers in the winter.
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My DD got me a gift certificate to a local high end plant farm last year,, I did get some house plants,,but still had a good bit left. I felt the need for some blooming things this week,, got 2 adorable blooming flowers, and pots to put them in. The are small but cheerful so I am happy! Not sure how long they will last,, but for now they look great!
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