My gardens today

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[catherine]

Beautiful! What flowers are they? It's hard to tell--I wish I could make the pictures bigger. I do click on them and that helps, but they're still not big enough to really appreciate them.

[iris lilies]

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if I load the photo directly from my photo file, it’s probably bigger, but it’s either sideways or upside down.

these coral colored flowers are peonies. they are not native to the US, but they are native to China although this is a hybrid, of course

[Tybee]

Just gorgeous, and your view is wonderful, too. Really smashing the setting.

[KayLR]

Lovely, Iris. And I too appreciate your view!

[rosarugosa]

Beautiful! We grow a lot of peonies, but no blooms up here in the north country yet.

[Tybee]

Beautiful! We grow a lot of peonies, but no blooms up here in the north country yet.
My peonies, planted from roots at the end of last summer, are only 3 inches tall right now.

[iris lilies]

I find the peonies to be a little puny down here in the lower Midwest. They like it to be colder.

but then, the biggest peony grower and hybridizer in the U.S., Hollingsworth, is in Missouri, so I don’t know what to say about that. I just know that the peonies of my relatives up in Iowa and Minnesota are bigger.

[nswef]

Wowie! Iris! Those coral peonies are beautiful. I have only pink and one deep pink. They are large- MD must be a little colder than Missouri. Mine were from Pennsylvania 40 years ago and I think they were about 20 years old when I dug them up. Are the yellow ones iris? I agree you have a lovely view!

[iris lilies]

Wowie! Iris! Those coral peonies are beautiful. I have only pink and one deep pink. They are large- MD must be a little colder than Missouri. Mine were from Pennsylvania 40 years ago and I think they were about 20 years old when I dug them up. Are the yellow ones iris? I agree you have a lovely view!

peonies do have a range of bloom time. My coral ones are early. I still have some in tight bud.

yes, there are yellow peonies. They were once very expensive but now you can get Bartzella for $29.

here is a yellow peony I once had, now lost in our many moves.

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[littlebittybobby]

okay---hmmm---but yeah---when it said "gardens", i was anticipating neat rows of cabbage and of course---beets. so, how come there are no cabbage & beets? ETA: Turnips, too. just curious.

[iris lilies]

okay---hmmm---but yeah---when it said "gardens", i was anticipating neat rows of cabbage and of course---beets. so, how come there are no cabbage & beets? just curious.
The vegetable garden here is huge, but I dont take photos of it it because IT ISN’T FLOWERS IS IT? And therefore does not count. We have beets but not sure about cabbage. Currently we have spinach coming out of our ears.

[Tybee]

Just going to tag onto your garden thread here to say my potatoes are doing really well. I had a 5 gallon bucket leftover from last year and they were sitting by the back door and they had sprouted, what we did not eat, so back the first week of April I just laid them on the ground and put flakes of the sodden house hay (used to insulate house) over them. They are coming up through the hay, nice green plants about five inches tall now. No tilling at all, just laid them on the frosty ground and covered them with the hay. We even had a snow after I did it, and they were still okay.

[iris lilies]

Just going to tag onto your garden thread here to say my potatoes are doing really well. I had a 5 gallon bucket leftover from last year and they were sitting by the back door and they had sprouted, what we did not eat, so back the first week of April I just laid them on the ground and put flakes of the sodden house hay (used to insulate house) over them. They are coming up through the hay, nice green plants about five inches tall now. No tilling at all, just laid them on the frosty ground and covered them with the hay. We even had a snow after I did it, and they were still okay.
I abandoned an iris bed for being too wet and DH has taken it over and put in potatoes. We shall see how well they do.

[Tradd]

I don’t garden and never liked digging in the dirt, but I love seeing your photos and hearing about your gardens!

[catherine]

I abandoned an iris bed for being too wet.

I thought iris did well in moist/soggy soil. I was somewhat considering planting iris versicolor down by the lake. Does it depend on the variety of iris?

[iris lilies]

I thought iris did well in moist/soggy soil. I was somewhat considering planting iris versicolor down by the lake. Does it depend on the variety of iris?
Oh yes .

the bearded iris I grow hate water.

probably we were talking about Iris versacolor earlier and that is a water iris

[happystuff]

Beautiful!

[catherine]

Oh yes .

the bearded iris I grow hate water.

probably we were talking about Iris versacolor earlier and that is a water iris

Yes, I recall... I didn't know if other iris also liked water.

[iris lilies]

Yes, I recall... I didn't know if other iris also liked water.
Louisianas and Japanese iris like water. Pseudacorous iris like water too.

Most bearded iris are desert plants but they do fine in the Midwest with normal Midwestern rains.

Aril iris ( a bearded type) struggle in my climate and barely make it, but they love the arid Western United States. They are native to Iran.

[iris lilies]

I thought iris did well in moist/soggy soil. I was somewhat considering planting iris versicolor down by the lake. Does it depend on the variety of iris?
I stopped by the Missouri botanical gardens today and saw this sad little clump of Iris versicolor. It is quite diminutive so perhaps it is desperately unhappy because it’s not getting enough water. Or perhaps it is a small sub species, I don’t really know.

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[catherine]

I stopped by the Missouri botanical gardens today and saw this sad little clump of Iris versicolor. It is quite diminutive so perhaps it is desperately unhappy because it’s not getting enough water. Or perhaps it is a small sub species, I don’t really know.

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Aww, poor iris! Here is a good example of it literally in a koi pond.

https://playitkoi.com/products/iris-versicolor-blue-flag-iris-bare-root?variant=12263966474274&Plants-ROAS_with_west_coast_focus&tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=17495414323&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17347646075&gbraid=0AAAAADSOA0JX8hBRpVgrdj3-PekUcEi9E&gclid=CjwKCAjwuIbBBhBvEiwAsNypvXGgoHLSfHJ1LB3_7rBR 5ttWFOsHDOKzgbkJOo82m67y6o80TFNAABoCjjsQAvD_BwE

[iris lilies]

Aww, poor iris! Here is a good example of it literally in a koi pond.

https://playitkoi.com/products/iris-versicolor-blue-flag-iris-bare-root?variant=12263966474274&Plants-ROAS_with_west_coast_focus&tw_source=google&tw_adid=&tw_campaign=17495414323&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=17347646075&gbraid=0AAAAADSOA0JX8hBRpVgrdj3-PekUcEi9E&gclid=CjwKCAjwuIbBBhBvEiwAsNypvXGgoHLSfHJ1LB3_7rBR 5ttWFOsHDOKzgbkJOo82m67y6o80TFNAABoCjjsQAvD_BwE
Yes that looks like a healthy clump, it is loving its water

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6455Onion harvest today. I tell DH “just because you CAN grow truck farm levels doesn’t mean you HAVE to.”


some of these will have to go to the food bank. We had so many peaches a few weeks ago some went to the food bank.

Maybe this post belongs in the Agerculter thread.

can you all see the image?

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[happystuff]

Can't see the image, il. Yay on so many onions (I guess that is what the pic is of). Don't care for them, but still. Yay!

My plots are producing. Not a lot, but more than last year!

[iris lilies]

Can't see the image, il. Yay on so many onions (I guess that is what the pic is of). Don't care for them, but still. Yay!

My plots are producing. Not a lot, but more than last year!

I LOVE onions and use lots in cooking, but even this load is too much. We usually have enough onions in a harvest to last through the following March or April. Last year it was May before I had to buy them at the store.m

[rosarugosa]

I can see the picture, but boo hiss, do I ever loathe onions!

[frugal-one]

Not me! I love onions and cook a lot with them too. Still have some left from the onion fest here in March(?)!