Spring colour.....

[Mags]

.....in the garden today

Pieris (Forest Flame)

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Rhododendron

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Aubretia

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Phlox

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Mags40/Garden/DSCF0377.jpg


Azalea

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Azalea

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/Mags40/Garden/DSCF0375.jpg


Winter Pansies

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[angieh]

Lovely colours Mags - my "stinky" azalea is just coming out, lovely colour but smells of B.O.!

[dinahsmum]

What a lot of colour!
Isn't April fantastic? It seems to go from "OK- here's yellow, just to get you in the mood" at the start of the month to "And here's everything else" by the end.
Just hope we don't get late frosts - I've lost the Peiris red for the last two springs

[Mags]

Thanks Angie ........I've never smelled the azalea so you have me wondering now! :-D

[Mags]

What a lot of colour!
Isn't April fantastic? It seems to go from "OK- here's yellow, just to get you in the mood" at the start of the month to "And here's everything else" by the end.
Just hope we don't get late frosts - I've lost the Peiris red for the last two springs
This has been the coldest winter we've had for many years and yet the red on the Pieris is the best it's ever been ........ hope it doesn't get spoilt with the frosts :?

[angieh]

What a lot of colour!
Isn't April fantastic? It seems to go from "OK- here's yellow, just to get you in the mood" at the start of the month to "And here's everything else" by the end.
Just hope we don't get late frosts - I've lost the Peiris red for the last two springs

Perfectly described DM! My OH and I were only talking about the speed at which everything "springs" the other day.

[PoshPuss]

Beautiful pics Mags, I could almost smell them :lol: its a riot of colour now!

[alexgirl73]

My pieris looks the same Mags, isn't it beautiful to see that bright flash of colour in the garden :D

[calismum]

These are real spring pics Mags. We are probably about 3 or 4 weeks away from the azalea flowering. Love the colour of the 2nd one.

[dandysmom]

Stunning pics, dazzling color! So nice after the drab, grey Winter. We're about a week or 10 days away from the azaleas, but the dogwoods and wisteria are starting to bloom. You have a lovely garden, Mags!

[yola]

Wonderful, wonderful seasonal colour there Mags. Do you and OH sit out of an early evening and enjoy your garden? I would!!!!

Yes - this year spring seems to have come quickly - my daffs didn't last nearly as long as they usually do (late Jan to late March) and everything else has come on so much quicker. However my lilac tree has completely failed to flower this year - first time for about the 8 or 9 years we've had it. Anyone any idea why??

[calismum]

Wonderful, wonderful seasonal colour there Mags. Do you and OH sit out of an early evening and enjoy your garden? I would!!!!

Yes - this year spring seems to have come quickly - my daffs didn't last nearly as long as they usually do (late Jan to late March) and everything else has come on so much quicker. However my lilac tree has completely failed to flower this year - first time for about the 8 or 9 years we've had it. Anyone any idea why??

Would buds have been killed by late or severe frosts? Other than that I don't know. My Choisya lost all its buds that way this year.

[yola]

Hmmm. Frost doesn't seem to have bothered it in the past. However we did have all that mental snow in Feb which might have damaged the buds. No trace of even whithered buds though - almost as if it just didn't produce any this year!

[calismum]

Hmmm. Frost doesn't seem to have bothered it in the past. However we did have all that mental snow in Feb which might have damaged the buds. No trace of even whithered buds though - almost as if it just didn't produce any this year!

Only other thought is - did it get pruned too late?

[dandysmom]

Yola, the commonest reasons for non flowering lilacs that previously bloomed are pruning too late in the season, too much fertilizer (causes vegetative growth instead of flowers), and encroaching shade. Any trees nearby that might have grown enough to make it shadier? Other than that, no ideas .....

What a pity, nothing like the fragrance of lilacs. I had a lovely white one at my rental house, had to leave it s it was far too big to transplant when I moved .....

[yola]

Yes, pruning could be it. I usually cut the old, dead head off but for the last couple of years I haven't - time problems :roll: I shall remove last years' blooms and hope for better things next year :oops:

[alexgirl73]

On the subject of lilac trees, I got 5 'sticks' off of freecycle last year, the lady promised me they were lilac trees of which I was very skeptical), but I stuck them in the ground anyway, and lo and behold they have produced leaves this year :D I've been told it will be 2-3 year before I get flowers, but quite chuffed they actually took at all.

[dandysmom]

Oh that's great, Alex! Hope they thrive.

[Mags]

On the subject of lilac trees, I got 5 'sticks' off of freecycle last year, the lady promised me they were lilac trees of which I was very skeptical), but I stuck them in the ground anyway, and lo and behold they have produced leaves this year :D I've been told it will be 2-3 year before I get flowers, but quite chuffed they actually took at all.
I planted a dwarf lilac 4 or 5 years ago Alex and this year I have just noticed two small flowers appearing for the first time! Talk about patience, I'd almost given up on it flowering at all!! :-D

[Kim]

Beautiful Mags, you all seem to have such lovely colourful gardens. Sunce the arrival of our new pup our garden is looking very sorry fo itself, the lawn is wrecked and she enjoys 'pruning' my plants, I find twigs everywhere. :roll: Wouldn't swap her though! :-D

[Moli]

Beautiful Mags, such brilliant colours...