Thursday, March 15, 2012

Bloomday, March 2012

Finally I can truly appreciate the Pieris japonica blooms…
For the first time its off-white bell shaped flowers don’t look dirty in front of a grubby white house. Instead the brown background has them almost glowing…
They smell good too, and surprisingly have even attracted a few of the neighborhood hummingbirds.

Here we are again, Bloomday in March…when Spring should be exploding all around us! But looking back at past Bloomday’s things are a little late to get going this year. Maybe they’re confused by the snow we’ve been getting!

My little Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Nanjing Gold' has two flower buds on it, each have only managed to open a couple of tiny florets…

While the newly purchased Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Akebono’ is fully open…
Euphorbia amygdaloides var. Robbiae

Euphorbia characias wulfenii

All of the Euphorbia in my garden are way behind “schedule”, except of course Euphorbia rigida…but since it was bought just a couple of months ago it’s still on a greenhouse time.
More repeats from last month, the Hellebores…
Helleborus foetidus
Helleborus x ballardiae Pink Frost
And my tiny one flower "Helleborus unknown"
Arctostaphylos densiflora ‘Sentinel’
Arctostaphylos x ‘Austin Griffiths
Grape Hyacinth
Ceanothus ‘Joyce Coulter’ trying so hard to be open for Bloomday!
Acacia pravissima
Here’s the traditional link to May Dreams Gardens, our host for Bloomday. Thanks Carol for your inspiration to get out there and smell the flowers!

26 comments:

  1. For a slow March Bloomday, you have a lot of blooms!

    That Pieris japonica looks beautiful against the new house color. I love the Hellebores too. There are a few for my zone I should add.

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    1. Yes I think you should seriously consider adding a few Hellebores, I'm not a raving fan but they are pretty sweet plants.

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  2. Beautiful! I love the pieris and of course the hellebores and euphorbias.

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    1. Glad to hear it...Pieris can get a bad rap! I think it's a fine plant.

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  3. I do like the building being brown. You are late while we, here in 6b are quite early.
    nellie

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    1. Our winter has been so mild I feel like we should be ahead of the game too!

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  4. You've got some beauties... and I didn't know you had so many euphorbias. I think I need to do some research on those for my garden too... any other genuses you want to trick me into falling for? ;-)

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    1. Oh there are many many more Euphorbias that aren't even close to blooming yet...so just wait til next month! I've got several more up my sleeve (ok not really, that sap is irritating).

      And yes as a matter of fact, it's part of my evil plan to break your plant budget!

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  5. Hi there and happy GBBD! You are SO right, the blossoms of Pieris Japonica are absolutely glowing in your photo with that rich background. I was thinking that EVEN before I read your words. So beautiful I wish I could reach out and touch them!

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    1. If you did your fingers would be sticky!

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  6. The Euphorbias are all.... wait for it..... fabulously chartreuse if I do say so myself! One of the most anticipated blooms in my garden, but I am a month or so away from anything quite so spectacular, even with temps near the 60 degree mark, and this the middle of March! I think your lonesome Helleborus is H. x hybrida 'Onyx Odyssey' a lovely deep purple, near black bloom, part of the 'Winter Jewels' collection of Marietta O'Byrne....... a smashing collection of mostly true doubles! It is beguiling with or without a name for sure!

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    1. Are your's at least starting the shy nod stage? I love it when they are just breaking out...mine were at that stage last month, probably will be in full bloom next. We hit 65 once, other than that we've been stuck on the 50's...thanks for the Hellebore i.d. and speaking of the O'Byrne's I am going to a talk they are giving on Sunday for our Hardy Plant Society. Should be good!

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  7. Beautiful! I love those euphorbias. And, the Acacia....oh and, the grape hyacinth. Guess I love 'em all.
    Happy Bloomday.

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    1. Thanks Linda...I wish you could smell the Acacia!

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  8. Even later out here in "the sticks".

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    1. Sometimes I feel like I'm in the "city sticks"...all over town every Euphorbia I see is further along than mine!

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  9. Just beautiful. Hey, your 'Austin Griffiths' is pink this month! The acacia blooms are fabulous, I guess because it seems so early for such fragile-looking blossoms. Are they inside your pavilion? I LOVE the color of that Ceanothus 'Joyce Coulter' - what an amazing blue.

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    1. Wow good memory! Yes I'm kind of bummed...I liked the white blooms! Yep the Acacia is in the pavilion, that way on our few 28 degree nights it got to stay a little warmer. The one outside in the ground doesn't even have buds yet.

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  10. If you wake up one morning and Akebono is gone, I am certain I had nothing to do with it.

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    1. HaHa...Les if you came all the way to Oregon to "lift" my Akebono I think I would just give it to you!

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  11. You have the COOLEST plants! The first one made me fall out of my chair. Wham-O'd by beauty.
    Happy GBBD my friend.
    David/:0)

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    1. Thank you David. Pieris is pretty common around here, glad to hear you liked it.

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  12. Great looking blooms which looks so cheerful! The Pieris blooms looks spectacular even with its abundant display. I like the look of Edgeworthia Akebono blooms which I've added to our wishlist :)

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    1. Yay! Another plant that will look gorgeous in your garden!

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  13. I didn't get around to snaping Pieris blooms , My dear departed Edgeworthia....I'll have to give it another go. And your Acacia blooms are way ahead of mine!!

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    1. Ah my my Acacia has been helped by supplemental heat on the cold nights...I'm a cheater. Good to see your Stachyurus is about where mine is, I didn't take a picture of it because I'm trying to ignore it in hopes that will make it bloom!

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