gardening

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In bloom today:

daffodils
Siberian squill
Pushkinias
red-violet hyacinths
grape hyacinths
miniature dwarf purple iris

I filled bird feeders, set out bird baths and garden ornaments, connected and tested the hoses, and moved a few plants. The weather was perfect - 65 degrees and sunny, with almost no wind.

Next I need to spread seed suppressant and fertilizer, and put liquid fertilizer on the roses.

Comments

[ladyplatypus.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, it sounds so lovely. I can't wait to plant a garden in the new place once I get it. I'm hoping to be able to move in to at least get some herbs and tomatoes in this year.

[gardenpriestess.livejournal.com]

You could start them in pots now if you have a porch or balcony, and transplant them after you move.

[aenodia.livejournal.com]

Your garden sounds delightful even thought I have no idea what Siberian squill is or pushkinias.

[rutemple.livejournal.com]

Squill is a spring flower of the lily family that's blue!
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/766/index.html
(wif' pictures)

I have no idea what the pushkinias are either.
Are they another pronunciation of Bukiniczia? or something completely else?
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/54083/index.html

[aenodia.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the link to the great plant site. The minute I saw scilla as the name I knew the plant. I suppose Siberian means its winter hardy for our Wisconsin climate

[gardenpriestess.livejournal.com]

Puschkinia libanotica -

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/bulbs-perennial/Puschli.htm

Pretty bluish-white flowers that last a long time, look delicate, and come back year after year.

[rutemple.livejournal.com]

ooo pretty things!

[gardenpriestess.livejournal.com]

Puschkinia libanotica -

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/bulbs-perennial/Puschli.htm

They come from small bulbs, and are beautiful planted in drifts - the flowers last a long time, and the bulbs increase at a reasonable rate (as opposed to grape hyacinths, which increase too quickly and form a dense mass.)

[stephanieb.livejournal.com]

Siberian squill is especially lovely in big clumps. Several of my neighbors' yards are just big masses of blue right now. We saw a bunch at the botanic gardens last weekend too, planted with the daffodils and early tulips.

yay!

[rutemple.livejournal.com]

In a new little vase before me are some of the day's blossoms:
white borage, freesia, purple hyacinths, putple freesia, and one little yellow rose that's opened early.

I've been perusing a new pagan gardening yahoogroup started after a workshop at Pantheacon this year, and the Dave's Garden website; the new group is sputtering to life slowly, and DG is well established, full of info (much of it free and portions, like the forums, behind a $15/annual nuisance fee I found worthy); now I'm wondering if and where there are gardening communities on LJ.
Oh dear, Spring's come on me now!

Lovely news of your gardening - I'd love to see pix of your dwarf purple iris. Is it the pale pale stuff or the deep dark purples?

Re: yay!

[gardenpriestess.livejournal.com]

These are the dark purple kind. When the clumps get large, they make a carpet of purple blossoms in the early spring. I'll try to get pictures this weekend.

Hope your garden was lovely this summer!

[lovewithoutfear.livejournal.com]

LJ tells me today is your birthday...have a happy one!