2022 flowers & garden

hollydolly said:
on the other side of the rear garden I have a 100 foot hedge of Red Robin Forsythia...
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This sounds beautiful. Any pictures of that in bloom?
I haven't heard of that variety.

Does it bloom early, as our yellow blooming Forsythia do?
I don't have any, but there are many in the area, which I love to see, if I get a chance to, every year in about May, is my guess.
 
I haven't heard of yellow blooming forsythia @Kaila , but this is my red robin.. and it blooms around the beginnng of May .. these photos were taken in April and May .The red of course, refers to the leaves and not the flowers... :giggle:

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This is where I climbed right into it to get the depth of colour of the leaves...
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Kaila said:
I had to google lycoris. Beautiful!
Do they come back for multiple years?
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They multiply like crazy! I must have at least 5000 plants around the house, in the field, along with trails, and through the woods! (I'm not exaggerating!)

They are unique in that the leaves come up in the spring, and then die back completely. Then in mid-July a flower stalk will come up, with NO leaves, and bloom. This stalk usually grows in 1-2 days, and blooms. The nick name for this plant is "naked lily".

I found a pix from last year. This is the trail going down to the pond....
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Trila said:
They multiply like crazy! I must have at least 5000 plants around the house, in the field, along with trails, and through the woods! (I'm not exaggerating!)

They are unique in that the leaves come up in the spring, and then die back completely. Then in mid-July a flower stalk will come up, with NO leaves, and bloom. This stalk usually grows in 1-2 days, and blooms. The nick name for this plant is "naked lily".

I found a pix from last year. This is the trail going down to the pond....
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I want some of these. Never heard of them before but I'm gonna look for them in the zillions of seed catalogs that keep arriving in my snail mail box.
 
Georgiagranny said:
I want some of these. Never heard of them before but I'm gonna look for them in the zillions of seed catalogs that keep arriving in my snail mail box.
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Lycoris are bulb. NOTE: lycoris is a "family" name ....there are different kinds of lycoris. Basically, the plants in this family all have leaves with no flowers, and later they have flowers with no leaves.

I just went searching and I found an old pic of my "spider lilies"....these are also in the lycoris family. These are much less tenacious and a bit more fragile....but sooooo pretty! Oh, and they have leaves all winter, but don't bloom until late Aug.
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I noticed that these bulbs are related to Amaryllis, which is interesting.

And I see from your pictures, that they must like acid soil, and the dappled sunlight, of being near the trees. And the dead leaves on the ground, add nitrogen to the soil for them. That is probably why they shed their own leaves first. Best to leave those on the ground, then, if possible.
 
Instead of sitting on the patio with a cup of coffee and thinking about what needed to be done in the garden, I actually got off my como se llama and started tidying up to prep for spring. Need I mention again that it's 41 days away? Okay, I will. Spring is 41 days away :)

While I was raking up leaves in one of the beds, I looked real, real close at where one of the peonies will sprout, and lo, and behold! There was a tiny little bud...maybe budlet is a better word (if it's a word)...pushing through the dirt. Yippee.

When leaves were raked away from the cannas and the knockout roses, there were plenty of blankety-blank weeds to dig up. Grrrrr. It would be nice if everything in the garden would be as prolific as the aforementioned weeds.

Believe me, @Trila, I've been all over the web looking at different varieties and reading up on them to see which will grow best here. I've traveled the web so much that any more research will require a passport renewal!
 
Kaila said:
I noticed that these bulbs are related to Amaryllis, which is interesting.

And I see from your pictures, that they must like acid soil, and the dappled sunlight, of being near the trees. And the dead leaves on the ground, add nitrogen to the soil for them. That is probably why they shed their own leaves first. Best to leave those on the ground, then, if possible.
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Actually, that woods pix was the only one that I had handy. I have tons of them in the full sun...they love it! I plant them, and leave them alone. I don't water them or weed them, they do what they want. 😃

@Georgiagranny Notice how much effort I put into growing them! 😁
 
Kaila said:
Beautiful photos, as always, @hollydolly !(y):love:

Thank you.:D
It's great to see that plant, and it doesn't look much at all, like what we call forsythia.
Both bloom very early Springtime, and are large shrubs, though. ;)
Even a different growth habit, from eachother.
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I have forsythia bushes everywhere...I love their happy yellow color!

This is what we call forsythia...
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It is still the dead of winter in New Jersey. I did buy my seeds for my veggie garden but is to early to plant them.
I went out to the garden yesterday to dig up my pot of hyacinths that I buried last fall. I need to force them in the house if I want them to bloom for Easter.
I've done this 2 years in a row but this year we have had much colder weather and I couldn't get through the frozen soil. I will have to wait awhile.
 
Ruth n Jersey said:
It is still the dead of winter in New Jersey. I did buy my seeds for my veggie garden but is to early to plant them.
I went out to the garden yesterday to dig up my pot of hyacinths that I buried last fall. I need to force them in the house if I want them to bloom for Easter.
I've done this 2 years in a row but this year we have had much colder weather and I couldn't get through the frozen soil. I will have to wait awhile.
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I'm excited....I'm going to try growing flowers from seeds, this year. There are several flowers that I want to get started, then let them go wild. I've had no luck with the plants, soooo, seeds!

Amongst others, the 2 that I really want to get established are purple coneflowers & chickery. I think that they will look great mixed in where I have black eyed Susan's & Shasta daisies!
 
Trila said:
Lycoris are bulb. NOTE: lycoris is a "family" name ....there are different kinds of lycoris. Basically, the plants in this family all have leaves with no flowers, and later they have flowers with no leaves.

I just went searching and I found an old pic of my "spider lilies"....these are also in the lycoris family. These are much less tenacious and a bit more fragile....but sooooo pretty! Oh, and they have leaves all winter, but don't bloom until late Aug.
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Just look closely at that unique flower bud cluster, before it opens!
That's a special plant, for sure! :love:
 
hollydolly said:
I haven't heard of yellow blooming forsythia @Kaila , but this is my red robin.. and it blooms around the beginnng of May .. these photos were taken in April and May .The red of course, refers to the leaves and not the flowers... :giggle:

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This is where I climbed right into it to get the depth of colour of the leaves...
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I don't think that your Red Robin is a forsythia. Here is a link to what I found, let me know if it's the same plant that you have.

https://www.gardenersworld.com/plants/photinia-x-fraseri-red-robin/
 
hollydolly said:
I have a large gardens.. and my back garden wraps around the house, so I have several different areas , all with mature trees and shrubs ,which I've grown myself where I have a Barn, a shed, a lawned area, etc...

Here's one side of my garden..with the hydrangeas.....and with the lavender pots. This is quite a few years old..I've since removed a few things including the bird bath and replaced it in with a white one in the borders....and the Pergola at the back is now a shed...but I like this pic a lot, it's one of my favourites..

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I LOVE your garden! Wow! What a wonderful place to go and relax and spend time in. :)
 
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