Saturday, March 17, 2012

March Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

This is my first 2012 Bloom Day post. As I was walking around the gardens to take pictures I was, as usual, surprised at how much is in bloom. We had a mild winter or what some might call a normal winter so many of my new plants that struggled through last summer had a chance to get better established.

My new front yard landscaping is doing well. This bloom day post will be the first ever post to feature plants from my front yard.

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Sisyrinchium Suwannee Blue-Eyed Grass

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Phlox pilosa 'Forest Frost'

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Chionathus viginicus, American Fringe Tree
It’s only about a foot tall right now, but it’s covered in blooms.
 
And in the rest of the garden…
 
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Persian Shield
 
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variety of calibrachoas
 
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Salvia Vanhouttii
 
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Echinacea purpurea
 
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left: Le Vesuve, top right: Belinda's Dream, bottom right: Maggie
 
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Louisiana iris
 
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Bromeliad Bilbergia nutens
 
Other plants blooming include: firecracker plant, bottlebrush, chenille plant, lipstick salvia, hotlips salvia, salvia coccinea, butterfly weed, blue queen salvia, calliandra emarginata, biloxi blues verbena, yesterday, today, & tomorrow, diamond frost, blue daze evolvulus, paprika yarrow, pentas, peach tree, citrus trees, yellow cestrum, white cestrum, iochroma cyanea, pink trumpet vine, shrimp plant, & bougainvillea.
Check out May Dreams Gardens for other bloom day posts.

5 comments:

  1. Welcome back and thanks for sharing your lovely blooms. Happy belated Bloom Day and happy St. Patrick's Day! Gardeners always love the green.

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  2. I take cuttings here of Persian Shield every fall and root them inside for the next spring. and they also got flowers while on the window sill. Now, they are starting to 'purple up" again. Can't wait to start outdoors work.
    -Ray

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  3. You are quite a bit ahead of me on your blooms. Love your blue eyed grass! And of course, your roses. Those blue irises are gorgeous!

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  4. I also love blue-eyed grass. All your blooms are looking great.
    Welcome back, we've missed you.
    David/:0)

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