spring flowers

[sissy]

I have a peach one but it has not bloomed yet ,it is only a couple of months old .I think you spell it plumeria or something like that

 

[sissy]

I have the yellow 1 and it has yet to bloom and is over a year old .Will eventially when ,I don't know

 

[rebelangel_3733]

j.w. is that possibly a barberry bush? and it's huge if it is! Were just starting to get good blooms in our yard I'll have to get some pics up too. Significant other works at a greenhouse after his real job (for fun money) and brings home oodles of plants all the time!
Also, just wondering just how deep everyone puts there lillies in their ponds...as mine seem to sprout their shoots/leaves way up over the water before they decide to lay down on it...but hey at least it's growing...just no clue as to what kind it is until/if it blooms since it was the one that didn't have a tag on it at earl mays...guess it'll be a suprise!

 

[sissy]

mine I have at about a foot and half deep on 2 of them and the other one is 2 feet deep because that is where the plant ledge is and I actually put a stone under it to bring it up that high

 

[addy1]

yep barberry agree rebelangle, mine are small, and tons of thorns.

 

[j.w]

I have 5 black lace elderberry don't the smell pretty .I like the way the flowers are a pink lace cap and I love that clematis do you remember what variety it is

The Clematis is called Duchess of Edinburgh and needs minimal pruning. It's a group 2 or B kind whichever way you call it. Takes sun or part shade and gets 4 - 6" flowers. Gets 6 - 10ft tall depending on your climate. Mine stays on the shorter side cuz we are cooler temps.

Yes love the Black Lace's flowers and foliage

 

[j.w]

That's what it is.........I could not find the tag and memory went zippo.......Barberry it is!

 

[j.w]

My water lilies are on a ledge about 18" deep but you can keep lowering them slowly as they grow till they are sitting on the bottom of your pond if you like cuz the pads will just grow longer to reach the surface.

 

[addy1]

beautiful jw, love the clematis. All your plants are just beautiful.. My honey wants me to count and name all of ours.......yeah right. I do keep the plant tags, that helps.

think I will look for the dwarf lilac never seen that one here, may have to pick up on line. Good zone 3-7

 

[j.w]

Addy I got the Dwarf Korean Lilac at Lowes one year. It smells so good it will make your socks roll up and down when you walk near it
Oh it says on the tag that it can go down to -30F.

 

[addy1]

I will check there, just have never seen one here, but maybe have not looked either.

 

[sissy]

as I planted things here, I took one those big drawing pads and drew out the land and house and then as I added things ,I gave them code numbers that matched the drawing on the plan and then wrote on another paper in the pad what each plant was and then put the plant tags in a folder with the number on it .This is the third house I did this with .My father taught me that when we had the farm so he could make sure he rotated his crops right and new what was planted where and when it was planted .If something did not grow well in that spot he would plant it somewhere else and if it failed there it did not get planted again .I think I have to find that climantis

 

[addy1]

neat idea sissy, i have started that, but never kept it up..........sigh The plants pop up and I say how pretty............hummmmmmmmmm wonder what that one is! lol

 

[sissy]

I guess my father had more to do with what I did in the future than I ever realized, strange huh

 

[j.w]

I have a whole file system that I started whenever I got a new plant. I would look up on the net how to care for it etc. and put the tag w/ the photo of it in there. Trouble is I can't always remember what I filed it under, I mean like did I file it under flowers, shrubs or perennials, etc. That's why I couldn't find Barberry, didn't know what I filed it under. Looked under shrubs and perennials but not there so gave up. Good thing I have all you guys for backup :lol: