Show me your Spring Flowers!

[Gussie]

Pool urns are so fun to fill every year!

 

[Queenie60]

Pool urns are so fun to fill every year!

Beautiful pot of flowers. Wow!

 

[Gussie]

The magnolias are blooming now.

 

[meely]

Pool urns are so fun to fill every year!

This is so bright and cheery! Love it

 

[Gussie]

My daughters' fairy gardens. We can't find the fairies. The dog must have taken them, lol!

 

[Calliecake]

Beautiful pictures Ceg!!! I love the fact that your daughter enjoys it too.

 

[WinkHPD]

Can anyone identify this flower? I am titling it "A Flower Grows in Brooklyn"...tough little guy.

My guess is ranunculus. I reserve the right to be completely wrong...

Wink

 

[Queenie60]

My daughters' fairy gardens. We can't find the fairies. The dog must have taken them, lol!

Lovely!!

 

[VRBeauty]

Taken after a windy rain shower.



Wink

Mmm... I can smell that heady fragrance just by looking at your photo, Wink!

 

[VRBeauty]

Can anyone identify this flower? I am titling it "A Flower Grows in Brooklyn"...tough little guy.

I'm pretty sure that's some sort of camellia.

My city unofficially calls itself "the camellia capital." It used to hold an annual camellia festival, parade, and camellia queen contest... all long gone. It still has an annual camellia show however, and there are still quite a few camellia bushes around, particularly in older neighborhoods like the one I live in.

 

[VRBeauty]

Such beautiful flowers! Spring really is amazing!

Here's my offering, from the planting strip between the sidewalk and the curb in front of my house. I Replaced the lawn there with flowers +/- 7 years ago (?) when I put in a dry creek bed to drain a low spot in the sidewalk when it rains. It's taken this long for the area to really fill in and for the hardiest species to emerge. Shown below: groundcover (tapien) verbena, Veronica, and celery-scented cranesbill geranium. The Veronica isn't blooming just yet.

The big picture:

I've just finished planting the other side of the planting strip, which is drier (more tree roots) and gets more shade. I'm using some verbena and Veronica cuttings, and introducing some new types of plants. A few years from now, we'll see what survived the heat, drought, and watering restrictions!

 

[missy]

Thank you @Wink and thank you @VRBeauty.

More lovely flowers in Brooklyn.

 

[Luce]

My ground cover going crazy!

 

[Luce]

 

[meely]

Such beautiful flowers! Spring really is amazing!

Here's my offering, from the planting strip between the sidewalk and the curb in front of my house. I Replaced the lawn there with flowers +/- 7 years ago (?) when I put in a dry creek bed to drain a low spot in the sidewalk when it rains. It's taken this long for the area to really fill in and for the hardiest species to emerge. Shown below: groundcover (tapien) verbena, Veronica, and celery-scented cranesbill geranium. The Veronica isn't blooming just yet.

The big picture:

I've just finished planting the other side of the planting strip, which is drier (more tree roots) and gets more shade. I'm using some verbena and Veronica cuttings, and introducing some new types of plants. A few years from now, we'll see what survived the heat, drought, and watering restrictions!

That's lovely - So much better than grass! Verbena struggles in my garden as the soil isn't free draining enough so I'm envious.

 

[TooPatient]

Our tree is just opening! Also happy to see my favorite tulip was not eaten by a rabbit...

 

[missy]

Daffodil delight in Brooklyn today

 

[TooPatient]

Daffodil delight in Brooklyn today

Beautiful! Daffodils have always been a favorite. I still plan to find an area in my garden for all of the beautiful daffodils I used to look at and dream of seeing in person one day.

 

[ringbling17]

Here are some of mine from last spring. So far none of my flowers are blooming yet.

 

[missy]

Thank you @TooPatient. I love daffodils too. The Narcissus genus I believe. And the name fits. If I was as pretty as those daffodils I would be a narcissist too

@kayla17 beautiful flowers from last year and I hope your 2018 Spring flowers start blooming soon...it has been a weird weather spring and I think they need some gentle coaxing.

 

[ringbling17]

Thank you @TooPatient. I love daffodils too. The Narcissus genus I believe. And the name fits. If I was as pretty as those daffodils I would be a narcissist too

@kayla17 beautiful flowers from last year and I hope your 2018 Spring flowers start blooming soon...it has been a weird weather spring and I think they need some gentle coaxing.

Thanks missy! This weather is so strange. So far nothing is blooming but it did rain a lot so hopefully that will bring them out. This past Saturday we did clear up all the old leaves and mulch. We have a lot of weeds this year compared to last year too.

 

[ringbling17]

More pics.

 

[missy]

More Brooklyn flowers. Tulips. Our building planted them all around our trees on the block.

 

[House Cat]

Can anyone identify this flower? I am titling it "A Flower Grows in Brooklyn"...tough little guy.






and some progress on the Magnolia tree. Woohoo.



The temps hit high 80s here yesterday. And right now it's 41 degrees which is also the expected high. Yup officially cuckoo weather.

That is a camellia. What type, I can’t tell you because there are so many and I’m not an expert. When I look up “pink camellia with white edges,” I only find one stock photo that matches without it’s formal name.

 

[missy]

Pretty purple petals.

 

[Queenie60]

Beautiful blooms everyone! Keep them coming, so nice to look at. My roses are coming in - photos coming soon.

 

[Queenie60]

My roses are blooming! Now I have to keep up with them all summer long! Cutting off the dead blooms so that the new ones can bloom! This is one of my most therapeutic jobs in the yard.

 

[Luce]

Love all the beautiful flowers! My yellow roses , that my old son gave us years ago,are in full bloom and my artichokes, that my young son gave us years ago, are also in bloom! We have been feasting on the artichokes but will leave some to bloom!

 

[Luce]

Cactus in bloom!!

 

[Queenie60]

Love all the beautiful flowers! My yellow roses , that my old son gave us years ago,are in full bloom and my artichokes, that my young son gave us years ago, are also in bloom! We have been feasting on the artichokes but will leave some to bloom!

Gorgeous!