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Name: Vicky Thompson Michigan (Zone 5b)              Cottage_Rose May 7, 2010 5:01 PM CST |
| Was out with bronchitis for a month and now crazy busy hatching out goslings and ducklings. Roses have yet to be trimmed, weeds up the ying-yang but rose buds are appearing and its so exciting! More of my shrub roses are maturing and getting huge. Can't wait for June! Lilacs are blooming now. I think they smell like heaven!   |
Name: Zuzu Northern California (Zone 9a)           zuzu May 7, 2010 7:08 PM CST |
| Well, we missed you too. Beautiful lilacs! |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15        |
| Love how you grouped them together, must smell divine! |
Name: Vicky Thompson Michigan (Zone 5b) Cottage_Rose May 8, 2010 11:24 AM CST |
| Yes the Lilacs smell awesome! So... today hubby and I went to Home Depot for some remodeling supplies and of course I HAD to look in the garden center. Well there were these potted Hybrid Tea roses from "Blank & Blank" that caused me to become completely brain dead and forced me put them in my cart. One would think as I walked through the store looking for wallpaper sizing and paint brushes that i would come to my senses and put them back before checking out but but noooo...Heirloom kept wafting its intoxicating scent up my nostrils as I walked through the store. I kept getting blast after blast of its heady fragrance. I said to my husband "my gooosh...can you smell THAT??!!" and he just looks at me with the familar...well its Spring and you're gonna do what you're gonna do no matter how many times you've told yourself "I'll never do that again." I feel like such a roseaholic. Well I have to kill a few roses every year or I wouldn't feel normal. Fresh from Home Depot... Heirloom, Blue Girl & Iceberg.  |
Name: Gloria Levely Sanford Mi. (Zone 5b)     glevely May 9, 2010 6:20 PM CST |
| I know the feeling and the LOOK there beautiful !!!! Gloria |
Name: steph mueller san diego  stephgem May 10, 2010 4:22 PM CST |
| Wow I havnt smelled lilacs in years. *****huggs****** steph |
Name: aka GardenQuilts Pocono Mountains, PA  Andi May 10, 2010 9:21 PM CST |
| You can always try to root them, just in case.... Your lilacs are beautiful. I have two baby ones in pots, not old enough to bloom, yet. I love lilacs in the spring. At least the neighbor grows them and the scent wafts in the window, combined with my honeysuckle. |
Name: Vicky Thompson Michigan (Zone 5b) Cottage_Rose May 11, 2010 7:02 AM CST |
| Yah, me and Hybrid Teas... don't get along. Maybe I will try planting them by the house and pampering them a bit and see what happens. Speaking of Lilacs I just bought these new ones that bloom thoughout the summer months. Can't wait to see if they really do. |
Name: Terri Dunning NE TX, zone 8a emoryterri May 11, 2010 8:52 AM CST |
| Glad you are feeling better, Cottage_Rose! Terri |
Name: Vicky Thompson Michigan (Zone 5b) Cottage_Rose May 11, 2010 9:54 AM CST |
| Thanks Terri! I hate being grounded. |
Name: Gloria Levely Sanford Mi. (Zone 5b) glevely May 11, 2010 5:30 PM CST |
YAAA I found my Sheilas Perfume again today  I'v been looking for about 3 years I drount the last one so this one will live on higher ground !!Gloria |
Name: Rannveig Hafnarfjörður, Iceland  rannveig May 13, 2010 5:42 AM CST |
CR - your lilacs are so pretty - I just love the color combination  The HT's are beautiful .... I'd fall for them too ;-) |
Name: Vicky Thompson Michigan (Zone 5b) Cottage_Rose May 13, 2010 9:13 AM CST |
| Now if we'd just get some warm weather. I have tomatoes and basil hiding out in my kitchen and I sooo need to get some sun on my back and dirt under my finger nails. |
Name: Rannveig Hafnarfjörður, Iceland rannveig May 13, 2010 9:31 AM CST |
| It's 50°F here today with a cold breeze blowing although sunny ..... I bet you're warmer ;-) |
Name: Vicky Thompson Michigan (Zone 5b) Cottage_Rose May 13, 2010 9:35 AM CST |
| Nope...our day time highs have only been in the 50's, plus very windy. So sick of it! |
Name: Rannveig Hafnarfjörður, Iceland rannveig May 13, 2010 9:59 AM CST |
| Wow, I can imagine .... must be abnormally cool for your area? |
Name: Vicky Thompson Michigan (Zone 5b) Cottage_Rose May 13, 2010 8:43 PM CST |
| Not really. Our last frost date is May 15th but traditionally we don't set out tender plants until May 30th. |
Name: Rannveig Hafnarfjörður, Iceland rannveig May 14, 2010 5:17 AM CST |
| That's pretty similar to here ... we wait until the first week in June or so. |
Name: Vicky Thompson Michigan (Zone 5b) Cottage_Rose May 14, 2010 5:42 AM CST |
| What zone are you? I'm Z5 |
Name: Rannveig Hafnarfjörður, Iceland rannveig May 14, 2010 8:52 AM CST |
| about Z5 .... the climate here doesn't fit the zone system, our winters are milder (around z7) but our summers are very cool (around z3) I wrote an article about the climate here: http://cubits.org/icelandgarde... |
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