Thursday, April 25, 2013

It’s gonna bloom!

There's nothing quite like the rush you feel when you're going about your day and suddenly notice a plant that’s getting ready to bloom. For me that feeling is as nice as seeing the bloom itself, I think because the act of blooming seems to say the pant healthy and settled in…”it’s going to bloom, it must be happy here!” It’s even better when it’s the first time that plant has bloomed in your garden.

I was taking pictures for Tuesday’s blog post when I noticed the tips of the Euphorbia stygiana looked a little different. Sure enough! We’re gonna see flowers!

The same for this Astelia nivicola ‘Red Gem.’ I leaned in for a close up and saw the little bloom just starting to emerge.

Odd looking thing isn’t it?

These Echium russicum are said to biennial in nature, but they are indeed performing as perennials in my garden.

I look forward to their blooms again this year…

I picked up this Lupinus arboreus at the Cistus “tough love” sale last fall, the label gave me no indication of the flower color. Looks like I’m going to find out soon…

As nice as it will be to see the flower the leaves are definitely why I bought this plant, love them!

There’s no doubt about it, the Verbascum bombyciferum 'Arctic Summer' is going to bloom. I wonder how tall the spike will be?

Here’s a surprise, I thought this peony went away with the Bishop’s Weed removal. I guess not! Instead it’s come up about 2 ft further south than where it used to be.

It’s gonna bloom too…

I recently shared a photo of the Disporum cantoniense 'Night Heron' but figured it’s so dramatic I can get away with another.

Same goes for the Echium x wildpretii 'Rocket,’ which I think put on about a foot of growth in the last week.

This is the first winter I didn't cut back the foliage on my Melianthus major 'Antonow's Blue' and look...I'm going to be rewarded with at least one bloom!

Both of my Dudleya cymosa have buds forming.

Peek-a-boo bud on Podophyllum peltatum.

Quite a few of the Syneilesis hybrids are showing signs of flowering.

I thought it looked like a bud was forming on the Rodgersia 'Bronze Peacock' when I bought it, sure enough.

And now that the Tropaeolum peregrinum is happily weaving its way up the trellis it’s producing even more buds.

Things are gonna be flower crazy around here in a couple of weeks!

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23 comments:

  1. I love this post. It inspired me to walk through my own garden looking for blooms. My Echium 'Mr Happy' has started, and one of my Cordyline australis is blooming, too. And several cacti are about to burst into flower. What a glorious time of year.

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    1. I'm glad to hear I had something to do with you walking your garden! It's the time of year where there is always something new, making daily walks necessary!

      I do love a cordyline bloom, I remember the "good old days" when it was possible to see cordyline and phormium blooms here in Portland.

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  2. And isn't it nice it's going to be flower crazy there soon? Going back to foliage, love the Lupinus and glad to know I'm not the only one who appreciates it mainly for its leaves!

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    1. It is nice, as much as I love the foliage all those flowers certainly brighten things up!

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  3. Hooray for the floral bonanza of spring! Everything looks very happy in your garden!

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    1. Thank you Peter, looking forward to some pictures of your garden after you get to spend a planting...(hint hint)

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  4. Wow! At the start of your post, I thought you were referring to a single plant. You've got a bud explosion going on! I know what you're saying about the joy that comes from just seeing buds form.

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    1. I kind of wondered if anyone would read the title of this post and think one of my agaves was blooming...

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  5. I know the feeling -- almost as exciting as seeing bamboo shoots emerge. :)

    Although there are some plants I wish I did NOT see flower buds on: kale for instance. This tells me that I don't have too much more time left until these delicious plants have to come out. :(

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    1. Good point, some flowers mean it's all over...or soon will be.

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  6. I am sat here over in Scotland feeling very pleased for you, but also quite jealous as most of my herbaceous stuff is still in the ground!

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    1. Spring has still not sprung?

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    2. No it hasn't Loree :(

      It is getting quite depressing. I reckon my garden is 5 or more weeks behind schedule and our growing season isn't exactly that long to start with.

      It is very frustrating as I am up to date with all of my Spring tidying and I am now just waiting for some warmth to get things growing, sigh!

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  7. I agree, so exciting to find plants coming into flower.

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    1. Unless they're moncarpic right? Have you ever had an agave bloom in a container?

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  8. Feel free to show more photo's of Disporum cantoniense 'Night Heron'. It's so striking. I'm so pleased for you, all these healthy plants and soon to be blooms, bringing joy to your gardens. Hooray for this delightful weather! Cheers, Jenni

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    1. No doubt come May's bloomday I'll have to show a few more...hopefully it will still be looking good then. And oh my yes...loving the weather!!!

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  9. There really is nothing quite like the excitement of spring...you're so lucky that your new Rodgersia is already blooming!

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    1. Do you like the Rodgersia flowers? There one of the "take it or leave it" variety for me. At least they're not as bad as the Hosta flowers!

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  10. Your Echium wildpretii is coming along great. We got one to bloom last year here in the Seattle area. The bloom was about 8 ft tall and we had to support it. Do you have to protect it at all during the winter? We do have to cover it with remay if it gets down below 25F. Looking forward to seeing it bloom.

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    1. I've been lucky in that we've had pretty mild winters since I planted it. This one, the Echium x wildpretii 'Rocket,’ is actually a little hardier (in my experience) than the straight Echium wildpretii which sustained some damage this last winter (a few nights down to 23).

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  11. I agree that the bud phase is the best part of most blooms...guess it's the promise implied. I was surprised to see lupine in your garden, but leave it to you to find one with exotic leaf forms. The hummers adore the blooms of Melianthus. About those migrating plants: they do seem to have minds of their own. I've been blaming the gophers for bowling with bulbs down in their burrows, but maybe some of the plantsd are nomadic all on their own.

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    1. My theory is that the peony moved as a result of my bishops weed digging. I chopped into the mother plant (on accident) but then went ahead and just dug it all out. There were a few roots wrapped around a Musa Basjoo that I left in place because I didn't want to harm the banana, that's what's regenerated into the plant pictured. Pretty cool huh?

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