Comments on: Spring, Perhaps?

By: karen

karen — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:00:25 +0000

I always confuse Ipheion and Chionodoxa. They flower at the same time, and obviously look much the same to me. I’d never noticed the onion scent. Yes, mine are a washed-out blue, but they are reliable and pretty, especially when flowering around a Rosa mutabilis, which they do.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:29:08 +0000

Enjoyed your pond works, having just done something similar but much smaller here in UK. Your Chionodoxa photograph is not actually that, but it the onion-scented Ipheion uniflorum. It’s quite variable in colour, usually a rather washed-out blue, but there are darker blue and purple selections, too.

By: samarth

samarth — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:37:24 +0000

Indeed,it is true, it’s always true. Comments ain’t even necessary.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:58:59 +0000

For me it looks definitely like Spring. Lucky you!! And the Lady Banks looks stunning. I like this rose very much!

By: karen

karen — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:24:53 +0000

Annie: That’s fascinating. Following the Austin blogs, I have thought that Austin was further into spring than we are, but it appears it’s not as simple as that. Lady Banks is earlier than usual here, although we’ve had what I would describe as a fairly cold winter with more than a dozen frosts. We average about 6 freezing nights.

By: Annie in Austin

Annie in Austin — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:59:52 +0000

No redbuds yet in my part of Austin, Karen, but there are a few flowers on the coral honeysuckle… mine is planted on one side of a metal arch with the ladybanks on the other side, but she’s still sleeping.

Native plants have such interesting names - love that ‘never-wet’.

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

By: Pam/Digging

Pam/Digging — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:47:34 +0000

Your description of your garden to Frances is how mine still looks also, but I still count it as spring because our earliest flowers are blooming. I love Lady Banks rose too. I had one in my last garden but not this one, alas.

By: karen

karen — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:08:21 +0000

Frances: The camera lies! The garden in general looks very gray and wintery still, with just a few touches of color. No the viburnum has negligible scent. Its main virtues are early bloom and healthy, dark, evergreen foliage. The bog garden is an extension of the pond. I’ll put up a proper post about the pond and its structure when a few more things are in flower there.

mss: That Charleston photo was taken at the end of March. My pink jasmine is very early this year. My redbuds still show no sign of blooming.

By: mss @ Zanthan Gardens

mss @ Zanthan Gardens — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:24:20 +0000

I had a lovely Lady Banks which died during a drought and which I still miss. I’m like you. So what if it only blooms once a year? So do a lot of things. When it blooms it’s gorgeous. But that pink jasmine. Wow! That’s a real eye-catcher. I notice that the redbud behind it is in bloom too. I saw my first redbud here in Austin on Valentine’s Day…which is right on schedule according to my records.

By: Frances

Frances — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:27:31 +0000

Your garden looks like spring to these eyes! Everything was beautiful, but the Lady Banks rose is stunning. I would like to start a bog type garden, maybe more of a rain garden, always wet but not standing water. Love the viburnum also, is it scented?

Frances at Faire Garden