Patrick_G Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 My garden is still getting started but here’s what’s blooming today. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 14, 2021 Author Share Posted May 14, 2021 Last year 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Beautiful, @Patrick_G! You certainly have a pair of green thumbs! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 Wow! Absolutely beautiful @Patrick_G! I showed your photos to my grandma who loves flowers. I will post pictures of my grandma’s garden, these pictures are all from this year. Most from today. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 I will also add some pictures of my grandpas fruit trees from this year. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 @Isaac M Wow, beautiful! It looks like a much warmer growing zone. California? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 @Patrick_G yes California! We have already experienced a few days close to 100 degrees so it is definitely warm here. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 I have only early Spring flowers and LOTS of weeds here on the Island! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalmedByFish Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 SO gorgeous! All of the pics in this thread. I have many of these species, but it isn't warm enough yet. We just finished tulip season, and the clematis and Spanish bells are blooming. I think next up might be columbine, but a lot of flowers are at least growing their leaves, getting ready. 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 (edited) @Trish Your plants look great! The Columbine is beautiful. I tried to start some by seed this winter but had a 100% failure rate. The purple digitalis is really nice, I’m building up a mixed color patch of them and hoping for good things this year. I’m an island gardener too, Vashon Island in Puget Sound. It’s zone 5 but our yard has a shady cool micro climate so plants tend to start a little late. Edited May 15, 2021 by Patrick_G 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 @Patrick_G I try to seed the Columbine along with poppies every year. For about 8 yrs I've been working on a "wild meadow". Sowing what I want and pulling the dandelions, blackberries that are much stronger. It cycles, first Forget me-nots, then pink Lychnis, followed by Columbines, foxgloves, California and other poppies. Maybe Borage this year. The Siberian iris that is outside my "compound" won't last long with the clod hopper elk tiptoeing through the yard! Luckily the things they don't touch are bleeding heart, orange and yellow Welsh poppies, Rhodo's, and my favourite... Peonies. The Welsh poppies will go all summer if they are dead headed, some consider them invasive. Everything else has to be locked up! While it's not pretty, this ghost town keeps them out. The Dogwoods are in full bloom right now and I am surrounded by them. Ah... paradise! 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 18 hours ago, Isaac M said: I will also add some pictures of my grandpas fruit trees from this year. @Isaac MWish I had a fence like that! Wonderful fruit trees. Your Bird of Paradise is stunning, as well as the Iron Begonia, wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 15, 2021 Author Share Posted May 15, 2021 (edited) @Trish very pretty! I’m taking some notes because we apparently have similar growing zones and issues. Our property is on some folded ravines so fencing is impractical and I have to garden unprotected. Poppies, Foxglove, Salvia, are among the plants our “pet” deer won’t eat. I just learned I can add bleeding heart to the mix! This year it’s an experiment, but next year I planning on a big deer resistant shade garden. The top pic is Semiaquilegia Ecalcarata, it’s like a tiny Columbine. It’s rare here and new to me. So far it’s doing great. Edited May 15, 2021 by Patrick_G 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted May 15, 2021 Share Posted May 15, 2021 On 5/14/2021 at 11:49 AM, Patrick_G said: Last year That's a seriously beautiful garden @Patrick_G 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 We had no deer for the first 15 yrs, all plants out in the open like yours. Our backyard mountain was logged by the timber barons due to root rot. The only good to come out of it, there is light for the first time... everything grew left or right before and not up haha! Anything considered Elk salad has to be locked up.. my ghost town compound. Not pretty but functional, now an ancient 2x4 and stucco wire protection surrounding raised beds. I wouldn't have a lily otherwise. 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 @Trish, the struggle for sun is real! I think I spend most of my gardening time staking plants. The Oriental Poppies are on the list for tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 For this year everything is still just beginning to green, but by end of June/July we'll have tons of Broadtail, Black chinned hummers, and all kinds of butterflies, the American Goldfinches and Western Tanagers are already back. 9 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Jungle Fan said: For this year everything is still just beginning to green, but by end of June/July we'll have tons of Broadtail, Black chinned hummers, and all kinds of butterflies, the American Goldfinches and Western Tanagers are already back. Gorgeous shot of the hummer face on! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick_G Posted May 16, 2021 Author Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, Jungle Fan said: For this year everything is still just beginning to green, but by end of June/July we'll have tons of Broadtail, Black chinned hummers, and all kinds of butterflies, the American Goldfinches and Western Tanagers are already back. Great pic of the Hummer! I think I have the Plant with the long Orange blossoms that the hummer is sipping from. It’s sort of a rarity in the Pacific Northwest. Edited May 16, 2021 by Patrick_G 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac M Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Thank you @Trish, your garden is spectacular! The pictures @Trish and @Jungle Fan took are incredible too. They look better than the background photos that come out on my work computer 😂 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsy Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 I love this thread!!! Everyone has such beautiful gardens! This is what's blooming in my very humble yard right now: Tickweed, Russian Sage, False Indigo, and Snapdragons...and a rare dog flower, apparently. 😜 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jungle Fan Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 (edited) @Patrick_GThe orange flower in the Hummingbird picture is Agastache var. "Orange Sunrise", also known as Hummingbird Mint. There are lots of varieties but it, and the "Coronado Red" are my, and the hummingbird's favorites. In the background the purple-blue spires are the Purple Agastache also known as Anise Hyssop which they also frequent, but with less gusto. The "Orange Sunrise" smells sort of like the old Bubble Yum gum, and the Purple Agastache smells like Anise or licorice. Agastache, Penstemon, and the Red flower in the other hummingbird picture, known as Red Birds In A Tree are the trifecta of hummingbird flowers, sort of like the catnip of hummingbirds. Edited May 16, 2021 by Jungle Fan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetwise Posted May 16, 2021 Share Posted May 16, 2021 Spotted on Reddit: 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexa Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Rosemary, chive, and mint flowers 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 6 hours ago, Streetwise said: Spotted on Reddit: That's really nifty @Streetwise "hands on" I wouldn't be losing my shears all the time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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