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virginiarose

Mar 24, 2014 10:26 AM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

It was like that here last year! I do not have allergies, but I do have a little asthma so I need to stay inside till the tree pollen settles down. It is so thick!! Last year it turned my car yellow, everything was yellow come to think....

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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piksihk

Mar 24, 2014 11:27 AM CST

Name: Betsy
Texas (Zone 9a)
In the beginning GOD created ...

Bluebonnets are starting to bud and flower; but little disappointed with them - last year's patch were so much larger and gave a wonderful display of blooms. The spiderworts are blooming right along with them, mainly purples, but one white opened.

Got this one from Lowe's discount rack - didn't have a name/tag on it. I cut off the spent blooms and now profusely blooming again - lovely color.

Florist's Cineraria (Pericallis Senetti® Magenta Bicolor)
Uploaded by piksihk

My neighbor's red camellia - her pink magnolia is the first to bloom every year.

The ipheon, paperwhites, and muscari finished their display.

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virginiarose

Mar 24, 2014 11:58 AM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

piksihk said:Bluebonnets are starting to bud and flower; but little disappointed with them - last year's patch were so much larger and gave a wonderful display of blooms.

Got this one from Lowe's discount rack - didn't have a name/tag on it. I cut off the spent blooms and now profusely blooming again - lovely color.

Florist's Cineraria (Pericallis Senetti® Magenta Bicolor)
Uploaded by piksihk

Senetti® Pericallis 'Magenta Bicolor'

http://fromthesoil.blogspot.co...

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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jmorth

Mar 24, 2014 4:29 PM CST

central Illinois

Susan, in regards to blooms in basement, a bank of 8 fluorescents does the trick.

The avg temp down there is around 60° so plants that like it cool do really well down there. That area serves as a staging area for forced bulbs after they're taken out of refrigerator and before coming upstairs for our viewing pleasure. Tender plants and some bulbs are also overwintered there.

Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.

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Xeramtheum

Mar 24, 2014 4:53 PM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Nice set up! How do you control humidity?

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jmorth

Mar 24, 2014 5:10 PM CST

central Illinois

what it is, it is...it's usually in the comfortable range and beneficial to the plants

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virginiarose

Mar 24, 2014 5:20 PM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

Very nice jmorth. Basements are usually a little damp anyway right? So they would probably like that. Do you have heat mats?

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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jmorth

Mar 24, 2014 5:34 PM CST

central Illinois

No heat mats.

Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.

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virginiarose

Mar 24, 2014 5:54 PM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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Cem9165

Mar 24, 2014 7:26 PM CST

Name: Annette
Cumming, GA (Zone 8a)

Lovely blooms Betsy😁

Here are a few blooms from today, cut from my garden this evening.

"Aspire to inspire before you expire"

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virginiarose

Mar 24, 2014 7:31 PM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

So nice!!

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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soilsandup

Mar 24, 2014 11:36 PM CST

Name: Dianne
Sacramento, CA, zone 9b

Great blooms, all!

Annette - how wonderful to have bouquets in the house.

Jmorth - what you have blooming in your basement is currently blooming in my garden. Which is good since we have no basements here.

Bilbergia nutans

Bletilla striata

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jmorth

Mar 24, 2014 11:46 PM CST

central Illinois

Didn't I get mine in a trade with you a couple of years ago?

Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.

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soilsandup

Mar 24, 2014 11:50 PM CST

Name: Dianne
Sacramento, CA, zone 9b

The Bletilla? Maybe - I have traded a lot of those over the years. Did I get the Gloriosa lily from you in exchange??? You have a good memory.

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jmorth

Mar 25, 2014 12:07 AM CST

central Illinois

Yes, I sent Gloriosas. I think the trade happened a couple of years ago.

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virginiarose

Mar 25, 2014 6:26 AM CST

Name: Susan
Virginia (Zone 8a)
God is the only thing that matters.

I love those Dianne! I ordered a Bletilla striata from SRG but they said it was unavailable. I guess not enough people ordered it? Or maybe crop failure.
There are very few basements here, the few that have one deal with flooding constantly and they have sump pumps. LOL. Not something I would like to deal with.

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29

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pirl

Mar 25, 2014 7:35 AM CST

Name: Arlene
Southold, Long Island, NY (Zone 7a)

I bet you're the reason I dreamed that our entire basement was a garden @jmorth last night!

Looking back, it had perfect lighting and, as I explained to a friend - somehow it had enough light that all the plants grew well!

Thanks for a lovely dream! I recall the paths being weed-free but hard - they were cement!

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jmorth

Mar 26, 2014 11:20 AM CST

central Illinois

Glad your dreams were green pirl

Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.

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piksihk

Mar 28, 2014 11:18 PM CST

Name: Betsy
Texas (Zone 9a)
In the beginning GOD created ...

Thanks, Susan, for the id of the Senetti® Pericallis 'Magenta Bicolor'.

JMorth, are your Sprekelias showing any life yet?

So many lovely blooms for the spring!

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