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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: FLOWERS!

by Anne Laurie|  January 16, 20227:04 am| 53 Comments

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Sunday Morning Garden Chat: FLOWERS!
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A much-needed mood-lifter from commentor SkyBluePink:

Finally weeded and mulched the iris bed at the entrance to my drive a couple years ago. They repaid me in flower.

Two of my favorite flowers- Japanese iris and spiderwort.
Sunday Morning Garden Chat: FLOWERS! 1

Very fortunate to have a native lady slipper bed on the property.
Sunday Morning Garden Chat: FLOWERS! 2

Hydrangeas! Grown from cuttings – in memory of a now deceased friend.
Sunday Morning Garden Chat: FLOWERS! 3

Mixed bed of lenten rose, bluebells and daffodils.
Sunday Morning Garden Chat: FLOWERS! 4

Why yes, I am a flower addict- how can you tell?

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What’s going on in your gardens (planning / memories / indoor), this week?

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  1. 1.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 16, 2022 at 7:13 am

    Lovely flower beds SkyBluePink. Thank you.

  2. 2.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 7:17 am

    What @OzarkHillbilly:&nbsp said.

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    MagdaInBlack

    January 16, 2022 at 7:19 am

    I love these, especially the first one. I’m always a sucker for iris. Thank you.

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    eclare

    January 16, 2022 at 7:23 am

    Beautiful!

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    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 7:27 am

    I’ll do “Home and Garden”. We’re almost finished with the renovation and the counter made from 2 eight foot slabs of cherry look great! Inevitably some of my brilliant “money-saving” purchases have backfired. I bought a used stackable washer dryer and the people let me leave it at their house for two months before I picked it up. It sat another six weeks before we hooked it up and it is terrible! Both the washer and dryer howl and clank so I gave up and ordered a new unit. The other disaster is the clawfoot tub. We were excited that the guy let us have it for $500 because it had the shower curtain and faucet setup. He let us leave it on his porch for three months while he renovated his own bathroom. Well, we didn’t look closely and it was just a hand shower and it turns out the faucet isn’t working. I could fix the faucet but getting a shower curtain rig that is compatible would be very difficult. That’s over $2k in unexpected costs but we’re so far over budget the hell with it! Oh, and in talking to the tub guy I told him about our new tenant who is coming from LA and wants the house “a few months a year” while paying year-round and it turns our he used to use the tub guys air bnb!!! Small town.

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    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 7:28 am

    Nice flowers!

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    rikyrah

    January 16, 2022 at 7:29 am

    Good Morning Everyone???

  8. 8.

    rikyrah

    January 16, 2022 at 7:29 am

    The flowers are beautiful??

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    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 7:30 am

    Another view of the counter.

  10. 10.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 7:30 am

    @rikyrah:

    Good morning.

  11. 11.

    Baud

    January 16, 2022 at 7:30 am

    @raven:

    ?

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    eclare

    January 16, 2022 at 7:33 am

    @raven:   That counter is gorgeous!

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    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 7:36 am

    @eclare: Yea, between the creativity and craftsmanship of the guys and my bride’s input we’ve got a sweet little “bungalow”!

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    JPL

    January 16, 2022 at 7:38 am

    @raven:  the counter is beautiful. It’s all coming together.

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    JPL

    January 16, 2022 at 7:40 am

    The pictures of the flowers are beautiful and reminds me of warmer days.   Thank you.

  16. 16.

    Dorothy A. Winsor

    January 16, 2022 at 7:40 am

    @raven: That counter is beautiful

  17. 17.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 16, 2022 at 7:54 am

    I think I went a little overboard on my flower seed orders the last couple months.

    In 2 separate orders from Baker Creek I got,

    Oxeye False Sunflower
    Flutterby Weed
    Parker’s Variety and Polish Pastels Yarrow
    Alaska Red Nasturtium (to go with my Yeti from last year)
    Arcado Pink Hyssop
    Jekyll Mix Love-in-a-Mist
    Blue Monday Salvia
    Yellow Coneflower (Paradoxa Echinacea)
    Lemon BeeBalm
    Wild Thyme
    Globe Gilia
    Double Sunset and Lollipop Mix Gaillardia
    Evening Sun and Henry Wilde Sunflowers
    Bright Lights, Fizzy Rose Picotee, and Sea Shell Cosmos
    Cherokee Sunset Rudbeckia
    Scabiosa, Macarenia, Persian Carpet, and Candy Cane Zinnias

    That’s ummm…. 24 different types.

    Oh yeah, Pinto Mix Coleus too,

    I’m going to get started starting them this week, or maybe next. Then I have to build another tray table on the seed starter stand. Then to build some cold frames on the south side of the garage. Then I need to…

    This shoulder surgery sure screwed up my winter garden construction schedule.

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    OzarkHillbilly

    January 16, 2022 at 7:56 am

    @raven: Looking good.

    @raven: If you make it too nice you guys just might want to keep it for yourselves and rent out your current home.

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    SkyBluePink

    January 16, 2022 at 7:58 am

    Saw the first crocus yesterday. Today snow!  But the star magnolias are laden with blooms so something to look forward to soon.

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    debbie

    January 16, 2022 at 7:59 am

    Just lovely to see these, especially as the snow bears down on us.

    @MagdaInBlack:

    Irises are one of my favorites, too. There are a couple of patches of orange and dusty rose irises in my neighborhood, along with purple, yellow, and white, and seeing them is one of the real highlights of spring.

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    debbie

    January 16, 2022 at 8:01 am

    @raven:

    That tub might make a lovely planter. Just sayin’…

    ETA: That is a nice counter!

  22. 22.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 8:02 am

    @OzarkHillbilly: Yea, the insulation dude said “man, your power bills will plummet”! Of course, we don’t live there!!!

  23. 23.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 8:03 am

    @debbie: Nope, it’s a done deal. There is no way we go back and put in a walk-in. We have one in our house that was our only shower for 20 years.

  24. 24.

    Immanentize

    January 16, 2022 at 8:04 am

    @SkyBluePink: Thank you for the flowers, we barely got into double digits yesterday and maybe 20 as a high today? Your timing was perfect, I needed them.

  25. 25.

    SkyBluePink

    January 16, 2022 at 8:06 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Looking forward to pics of your flowers!  I envy your ambition. My goal is to tend what I have. Until the next plant sale comes along…

     

    @OzarkHillbilly:

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    Immanentize

    January 16, 2022 at 8:06 am

    @eclare: @raven:Wow, what a cool idea for a counter/pass through. Very good looking — both modern and rustic somehow. You and your bride have very good eyes for these things.

    Congrats on the (budget busted) near completion.

    Ok, that was for Raven…. Sorry.

  27. 27.

    Immanentize

    January 16, 2022 at 8:08 am

    @OzarkHillbilly:

    Local directions:

    “Go down the next road in the Holler, drive until you come to flowers, then your next left oughta get you there.”

  28. 28.

    OzarkHillbilly

    January 16, 2022 at 8:13 am

    @SkyBluePink: My eyes are bigger than my yard.

    @Immanentize: Right now they say, “Go down Hwy ZZ till you get to that assholes drive and leave your garbage there.”

  29. 29.

    Lapassionara

    January 16, 2022 at 8:14 am

    @raven: Nice counter!

  30. 30.

    Gin & Tonic

    January 16, 2022 at 8:18 am

    First temp reading below zero this year. Negative 1, but still. Don’t think we went below zero last winter. I feel for all the folks who went north to ski for the 3-day weekend – it’s going to be mighty chilly up in the mountains.

  31. 31.

    Immanentize

    January 16, 2022 at 8:27 am

    @Gin & Tonic: I was in upstate NY for the last few days +- woke up to -8 yesterday and it didn’t get above 9 before I left.

  32. 32.

    satby

    January 16, 2022 at 8:28 am

    @SkyBluePink: Beautiful pictures! Thanks, just  the thing for a freezing cold winter morning to remind us that this weather will pass.

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    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 8:38 am

    @Immanentize: I have had ZERO input aside from the two boondogles!

  34. 34.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 8:39 am

    @Gin & Tonic: You yankees would die laughing at the local storm coverage!

  35. 35.

    Immanentize

    January 16, 2022 at 8:44 am

    @raven: Ha!

    Then i will say you did an excellent job and have a great sense of place. Congrats

  36. 36.

    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 8:47 am

    @Immanentize: We’ve reached the point where I have to start going over there and doing stuff!!

  37. 37.

    Immanentize

    January 16, 2022 at 8:58 am

    @raven: Wish I lived near by, I’d come help. And it’s warmer there.

  38. 38.

    Spanky

    January 16, 2022 at 9:06 am

    @SkyBluePink:

    Saw the first crocus yesterday.

    That ain’t natural.

  39. 39.

    satby

    January 16, 2022 at 9:30 am

    @debbie: the new Iris-tulip bed I put in is all planted with orange/copper/rust/brown varieties of both. Can’t wait to see it bloom.

  40. 40.

    Denali

    January 16, 2022 at 9:46 am

    @SkyBluePink,

    I envy your green thumb. My successes are limited to iris and primroses. The deer haven’t touched them….yet.

  41. 41.

    oldgold

    January 16, 2022 at 9:48 am

    SkyBluePink,

    Your beautiful photos are just what the Dr. ordered on this sub-zero windy Sunday morning in upper Midwest.

    You might want to keep close tabs on the Spiderwort. My experience is that it makes Creeping Charlie look like a rule following pusillanimous pansy.

  42. 42.

    There go two miscreants

    January 16, 2022 at 9:54 am

    @raven: ​The counter looks great, and the kitchen overall is also very nice — I especially like the big window area on the sink side. One of my neighbors did a similar counter/passthru setup — no live edge however — and it is a very useful workspace.

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    laura

    January 16, 2022 at 10:12 am

    Wow Raven- love the live edge!

    I spent many hours over the last 2 weeks weeding and cutting back and tidying up. After quarantining, I ran out and got some salads, herbs and winter veg planted, spruced up the porch with some shirley poppies and the Daphne is just starting to bloom. Can’t wait for that scent.

    Because the Rona is tearing through town we’re not hosting a breakfast party, so we’ll have to start seriously picking oranges and having them to the food bank for the foreseeable future.

  44. 44.

    Kristine

    January 16, 2022 at 10:55 am

    @raven: I do like that counter! My house is on the rustic side and that would fit in so well with my kitchen update plans.

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    Kristine

    January 16, 2022 at 10:59 am

    Thank you for the lovely photos, SkyBluePink. They make me long for spring even more.

    Sunny and calm 20’s here in NE Illinois. Possible snow showers tonight, but nothing after that for the next week. I have indoor flowers–African violets, gerbera daisies, and one of the mini roses–to brighten the scene. They’ll have to do for now.

  46. 46.

    Jeffery

    January 16, 2022 at 11:04 am

    Tomato seeds for this summer went into pots yesterday. They are in a south facing window.
    Got an email the seeds I ordered are on their way. Will try winter sowing in plastic bottles outside. No need to harden the plants that grow.

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    debbie

    January 16, 2022 at 11:12 am

    @satby:

    Pictures demanded!

  48. 48.

    jnfr

    January 16, 2022 at 11:13 am

    Definitely no flowers outside at this time of year. At least my (indoor) amaryllis is finally starting to bloom. I potted the bulb up on Nov. 12.

    https://twitter.com/jnfr/status/1482447363285389316

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    susanna

    January 16, 2022 at 11:15 am

    @raven: Very good looking, Raven.   Every kitchen would do well to have some warm wood for morning coffee and whatnot.

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    raven

    January 16, 2022 at 11:30 am

    @Kristine: This is a 100 year old mill house that was probably a duplex with two 45 sq ft rooms! Now it’s an 843sq ft cozy!

  51. 51.

    WaterGirl

    January 16, 2022 at 11:37 am

    Amazed at how happy just seeing pictures of flowers makes me this morning.  Tired of zero degrees.

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    waratah

    January 16, 2022 at 12:15 pm

    @SkyBluePink: thank you for sharing your beautiful garden.

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    frosty

    January 16, 2022 at 12:59 pm

    @raven: …we’re so far over budget the hell with it!

    No kidding! All of my projects have gone like that!

    We’ve got a clawfoot tub with the shower curtain surround, I bought a new faucet for it – needed something with 4″ on center and a connection for the riser to the shower head. IIRC it wasn’t hard to find and I got it at a plumbing supply shop. The riser and shower connection came with the house so I can’t speak to how hard it would be to find.

    When we renovated the bathroom I wanted to get rid of the tub and get an easier shower to get in and out of but because of the location of the windows and door there was no way to fit it in.

    After it was done I looked at the room and realized we could have moved the door to a different location in the long hallway and it would have worked. Oh well.

    OK, garden. I put my 4×4 square foot veggie gardens to bed for the winter and covered them up with leftover shingles to keep the weeds down. Covered the mulched parts of the house plantings hoping the weeds don’t poke through until late spring. Next year I’m going to try to get to more of the landscaping, but nothing to show this year.

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