By joenesgarden, 1 year and 4 months ago

Worth the wait

I hoped this would happen. For December's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day my amaryllis 'Christmas Gift' looked like this:

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By joenesgarden, 2 years ago

Eyes on Iris

iris pallida-Aureo-variegata2 What's best about May in Connecticut? The warming weather, the bright sunshine, more daylight, trees in full leaf, fantastic spring flowers, and IRIS … it's the one flower I cannot get enough of.

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By joenesgarden, 2 years ago

Spring blooms early in Connecticut

poets narcissus5 Spring seems to be in a hurry here in southern CT, as if she is late for an appointment with Summer.  It's now nearing the end of April and all my early daffodils and naricssi have finished or nearly finished blooming and my Poet's Daffodils (Narcissus poeticus recurvus) are in full bloom.  Yet last year, I posted about an early narcissi bouquet of yellow tinged blossoms on April 22, 2009 and my Poet's were still at least a couple of weeks from bloom.

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By joenesgarden, 2 years and 1 month ago

Newsy gardens & plants – April 9, 2010

Imagine a mass of climbing roses.  When in bloom, all you see is beauty. But look under the blossoms to the snarled, jumbled mass of thorny vines supporting the flowery show and things don't look so rosy.  This analogy explains my feelings about indoor flower shows. I enjoy the sights and smells of these massive productions. I love the exposure to ideas of other gardeners and landscapers – madcap and sensible alike. The local big show, the

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By joenesgarden, 2 years and 1 month ago

Now where were those bulbs? April GOOPs

narcissi-triangle bed near poppies It's GOOPs day - the day I share one of my Gardening OOPs (GOOPs for short).  This months GOOPs is not an April Fool's tale … but I do admit to feeling rather foolish whenever I commit this garden rearranging faux pas.

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