Some Color comes to Wisconsin! in the Irises forum

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tveguy3

Apr 30, 2018 8:21 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

With or without spring! Some color other then white snow! My tiny little Pussy Toes opened yesterday. 12 days later then last year. At last

Also the Pasque flower opened

And a few Daffs near the house are open.

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.

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alilyfan

Apr 30, 2018 8:34 AM CST

Name: Nancy
Bowling Green Kentucky (Zone 6b)

NICE! Seems like it has been a long winter here too. We had some hard freezes just when several Sdbs were ready to bloom and they did not look like much if they even opened. Usually my intermediates start up next, but tall bearded iris are jumping up. I hope to take some pictures later and post. Seems like yours are not that much behind my iris. I just have a few daffodils still blooming. Always liked the pasque flowers, but never tried them

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iciris

Apr 30, 2018 9:04 AM CST

Name: Barbara
Northern CA (Zone 9a)

Tom!

• “Whoever said, ‘Do something right and you won’t have to do it again’ never weeded a garden.” – Anonymous

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Misawa77

Apr 30, 2018 9:16 AM CST

Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)

Wisconsin before Southern Pennsylvania. Hmmmmmm

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grannysgarden

Apr 30, 2018 9:42 AM CST

Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone

YAY! Tom! Your garden is waking up from its long winter's sleep.

Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?

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janwax

Apr 30, 2018 10:07 AM CST

Name: Jan Wax
Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a)
I'm a semi-retired studio potter.

Tom!

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crowrita1

Apr 30, 2018 10:42 AM CST

Name: Arlyn
Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)

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evelyninthegarden

Apr 30, 2018 10:46 AM CST

Name: Evelyn
Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a)

"Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson

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lovemyhouse

Apr 30, 2018 10:48 AM CST

Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi

It’s okay to not know all the answers.

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UndertheSun

Apr 30, 2018 10:56 AM CST

(Zone 9b)

You'll be covered in color in no time!

I'm going to keep my comment about your toes to myself.

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evelyninthegarden

Apr 30, 2018 11:02 AM CST

Name: Evelyn
Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a)

UndertheSun said:You'll be covered in color in no time!
I'm going to keep my comment about your toes to myself.

Yeah, right!

"Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson

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Lestv

Apr 30, 2018 11:11 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Congrats Tom. Glad to hear spring is finally arriving to the north!

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

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BlueFlagFan

Apr 30, 2018 11:42 AM CST

Name: Scott
Elburn, IL (Zone 5b)

This makes me happy, Tom! My pasque flower looks like yours, but no irises for me yet.

A few bases are swelling, so I'm hoping for a bloom by the end of the week.

“In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.” --John Muir (1838-1914)

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Totally_Amazing

Apr 30, 2018 4:19 PM CST

Name: Robin
Melbourne, Australia (Zone 10b)

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AndreaD

Apr 30, 2018 4:57 PM CST

Los Altos, CA (Zone 9b)

Spring has come!

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bluegrassmom

May 1, 2018 3:55 AM CST

Name: Teresa Felty Barrow
South central KY (Zone 6b)
SONGBIRD GARDENS

It does a soul good to see those little blooms after such a long winter! We had a late freeze and I am noticing several of my buds have damage on them

The dwarfs seem to not been as effected as my TBs.