Hunted down pansies

[baymule]

Narcissus and daffodils blooms signal spring to me.

 

[NwMtGardener]

@thistlebloom - are those snowdrops from this year? Do you finally have some?

 

[thistlebloom]

@thistlebloom - are those snowdrops from this year? Do you finally have some?

These are from a previous year, but the same patch is looking just like these now. The snow on that side of the house is gone.

 

[Nyboy]

Narcissus and daffodils blooms signal spring to me.

Bay I didn't think Texas got cold enough for daffodils, can you grow tulips?

 

[baymule]

Yes, but I never do. Narcissus and daffodils just stay in the ground, tulips have to be dug up and cared for. I like stuff that doesn't lay claims to my time and effort. I guess I am blessed because I read how a lot of ya'll have to dig everything up for the winter. Here, plant it once, it blooms, dies back and comes back up the next year and the year after that and the year after that....... Great for a lazy gardener!

 

[thistlebloom]

Yes, but I never do. Narcissus and daffodils just stay in the ground, tulips have to be dug up and cared for. I like stuff that doesn't lay claims to my time and effort. I guess I am blessed because I read how a lot of ya'll have to dig everything up for the winter. Here, plant it once, it blooms, dies back and comes back up the next year and the year after that and the year after that....... Great for a lazy gardener!

Dig everything up? Not me!
I have lots of spring blooming bulbs and rhizomes, tons of spring, summer and late summer blooming perennials, vines, and shrubs and they come back year after year.
This year I'll be planting some dahlias for the first time, and those will need to be dug in the fall. (I blame Rusty and Steve for that!) We'll see if I get them up before winter...I'm usually pretty burnt out by then and I'm ready to hibernate.

 

[Lavender2]

Dig everything up? Not me!
I have lots of spring blooming bulbs and rhizomes, tons of spring, summer and late summer blooming perennials, vines, and shrubs and they come back year after year.
This year I'll be planting some dahlias for the first time, and those will need to be dug in the fall. (I blame Rusty and Steve for that!) We'll see if I get them up before winter...I'm usually pretty burnt out by then and I'm ready to hibernate.

I would love to try some dahlias, they are so beautiful! But even if I would manage to get them dug in fall I don't have a good place to store them at the temp they require for winter. I have a friend that keeps offering me cannas, but I know I will probably just kill them.

@baymule - you wouldn't think hardy bulbs would survive this frozen tundra, but yep, my tulips, daffs, hyacinths, crocus, etc. thaw out and pop up smiling. The crocus sometimes push right through the snow.

 

[ninnymary]

I'm like thistle, a little lazy? Sorry thistle for calling you that. I once dug up my tulips only to find them moldy and weeks later than I should have for planting time. It takes too much effort for me to dig things up and remember where I put them!

I wish I had space for dahlias but they always get powdery mildew here with our foggy conditions.

Mary

 

[Carol Dee]

Thistle and Mary, I almost always forget to dig the glads, caladium, etc... until too late! Explains why most of my flowers are annuals or hardy perennials.