gardengus said:Oh don't go out if you don't have to ..nasty out there
I'm dragging things inside , but wish i had done it yesterday when it was warmer.

Well, drat it...if you're bringing yours in I guess I'd better too. I'd better get a move on, there's lots to tote!

Wow, I thought our 3 inches for the week was a lot. But we live up from the river drain (giant creek) so we are lucky it mostly drains off our property. My heart goes out to you!

Most of ours will drain off in a couple of days. As long as the plant roots hold they'll be okay...even the half-submerged yucca will be fine.

I brought my seedlings indoors and set the new perennials under cover for the night. I think my whole family breathed a sigh of relief over that decision!

ge1836 said:Jewell: Just WOW Those are beautiful hellebores.Mine are only 3 years old .Your gardens are so interesting.Do you have a album on GardenPhotos?
Something with long views?

I have kept a photo journal on another gardening site for the last several years. Its free. Am not familiar with GardenPhotos.

this photo was on my iPad and looking from the bed by the patio back to the bed by the fenced garden area. These beds were started in 2009 and have gotten a little bigger each year. Here is the same bed catching the hydrengea, but not the hellebores taken in 2009. Many of the hellebores were seedlings moved from the front yard patch. I also made the bed with the hydrengea bigger to hold the hellebores. Paths keep getting smaller and beds bigger I don't seem to be able to control things not sure how I feel about that.

Chelle said, "I have just one hellebore planted so far, with a new one recently delivered waiting for drier planting conditions.


When should I remove those windburned leaves?"

Chelle, That is a real eye catcher! I don't think i've ever seen one so velvety black/purple. I remove the old leaves just before flowering. It is easier. You can do it any time if it is just the burned leaves.

Newyorkrita said:Tulip Showwinner today.

• Waterlily Tulip (Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Showwinner')
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• Waterlily Tulip (Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Showwinner')
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• Waterlily Tulip (Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Showwinner')
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• Waterlily Tulip (Tulipa kaufmanniana 'Showwinner')
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Those are perfect. Great post.

Jewel I think that seems to a common problem with lots of us! Every winter I look at all the plants I've taken cuttings from in the fall and how they've taken over my home and I determine that next fall I'm not gonna do it again. Next fall comes and the plants are so pretty I don't want them to die so I take slips or sometimes bring the pots in and pretty soon it's just as bad or worse than the winter before. I'm not sure how I feel about it either but worse I'm not sure if I can do anything about it!

Jewell:That is a beautiful picture of the hellebores.I definitly want more plants.
Here is the Garden Photos site for ATP
http://garden.org/forums/view/...

Jewell said:Chelle said, "I have just one hellebore planted so far, with a new one recently delivered waiting for drier planting conditions.


When should I remove those windburned leaves?"

Chelle, That is a real eye catcher! I don't think i've ever seen one so velvety black/purple. I remove the old leaves just before flowering. It is easier. You can do it any time if it is just the burned leaves.

This one was a gift from a generous ATP member. It's a seedling of Blue Lady.

Thanks for the leaf care info. I'll clip those off soon.

We have a thin layer of snow on the sidewalks this morning, but the sun is making an appearance!

I have those dwarf or mini daffs,got them last year for a nice bunch 75 cents a 3-4 in pot full...its been soo cold they are just popping ...hoping all of them made it...Daffodil Tete a Tete is what Ive got..cute as a button,hoping to get outside soon...Its soo cold and Mushy...

Chelle ,I hope your water is receeding as fast as ours has...Manohman its a flooded mess

Jewell ,OK now I NEED More Hellebore`s... I think my Willie Boy is peeing on mine...and winter burn...
im going to go read up on them...

Spring bulb season is doing great at my house!

worth waiting for.

Great collection Rita

Backyard darwin tulips coming into view.

Gudoshnik tulips starting to bloom


I just love the way they look in that rounded raised bed. Like they were made to be there! I am quite pleased with these as they are a darwin tulip and this is the third spring for them.

Front yard again.

Rita, every day they get more beautiful.

Chelle, sorry to hear about your flooding. I have been unconnected for a few days, we had former neighbors from MD visiting over the weekend and it was our first farmers market for the year. Very successful. We also went to Calloway Gardens to see the azaleas. Everything was beautiful AND they were having a plant sale and I got my sweet olive oil have been unsuccessfully trying to propagate, a nice big one!!!!

Neighbors are fellow gardeners and we did our own mini plant exchange.

Our extra water has drained away and most of the plants look like they actually enjoyed it.

Sounds like a fun and busy time, Arlene. Glad to hear that you snagged some fine plants!


Extravaganza daffodils are all open today. I guess I'll pick some to bring indoors since more rain is in the overnight forecast.

Rita, your spring bulb beds are glorious today! Thick plantings really make a nice show.
Do you cut lots of those blooms to bring indoors?

Thanks! No, I never cut them. I just go outside and visit them many times each day.

The darwins in my backyard.