Flowers 2019

[TnKidd]

Pond Lilly this morning.



Pond Lilly this afternoon!

 

[Carol 83]

Weigela

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

My daughter commandeered this azalea about 10 years ago. Here is a shot from 2008:

In bloom in March 2019:

And cut back last night when she wasn’t looking.?


Pot is a commissioned piece by Byron Myrick. The trunks are slowly developing some character.

 

[Carol 83]

Star Jasmine I picked up from the clearance rack last fall for $1.50.

 

[TnKidd]

More Lillies and Hibiscus

 

[Wilson]

Cheapy azalea for our cold winters.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

@Underdog
Mark, that deciduous azalea is stunningly beautiful. Is it fragrant too?
Looking forward to seeing how it develops.

@Wilson - that looks like a northern lights azalea - similar breeding for cold hardiness as the orange one above. Nice.

 

[Carol 83]

Barbados cherry

 

[Underdog]

@Leo in N E Illinois Didn't sniff them Leo. I don't think. Flowers were fading fast. Cut it back and put it in a plastic trainer. Not a bad trunk under the duff.

 

[Cajunrider]

Two years ago I was walking around the garden section at Lowes and found a broken branch of a giant variety of gardenia. I asked and they gave it to me. That branch is now a bush with flowers around 3" across. Unfortunately I don't have any shade for the gardenia to hide under so the leaves struggle to stay green. The tree has acclimated to the sun so it is healthy and growing.

 

[Bonsaidoorguy]

Got this rosebud azalea last year and I am pleased.

 

[LanceMac10]

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

Chionanthus virginicus - American fringe tree. These flowers are female. When I bought the tree it had fruit. The male fore some reason has not bloomed. Currently in a 15 gallon nursery pot, sizing up trunk before downsizing the tree to bonsai.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

High bush blueberry 'Toro' early midseason, noted for large berries and large diameter, sturdy branches, thought this trait might make it better for bonsai. 4 th year, not old enough to know how it will work out.

 

[Wilson]

@Underdog
Mark, that deciduous azalea is stunningly beautiful. Is it fragrant too?
Looking forward to seeing how it develops.

@Wilson - that looks like a northern lights azalea - similar breeding for cold hardiness as the orange one above. Nice.

You are always on point Leo!

 

[Wilson]

@Leo in N E Illinois or @Brian Van Fleet do you guys have any experience with japanese quince "geisha girl"? It won't upload a photo right now, but I will post one when I can.

 

[Leo in N E Illinois]

@Wilson - I don't have any experience with that cultivar of flowering quince.
Most ''flowering quince knowledge" transfers pretty well one cultivar to another as far as horticulture & disease issues go.

 

[Farwest]

Satsuki: Yata-no-kagami​

 

[Farwest]

 

[Clicio]

My Manacá this morning. This is a native from São Paulo, where I live.
Flowers open in white, get pink at noon and die purple in the evening, so one gets the three colours at the same time during the day.
from Wikipedia:
"Tibouchina mutabilis is an evergreen tree with an open crown that grows in Brazil , mainly at the Serra do Mar zone.
Also known as glory bush in Australia, where it is a popular ornamental plant.
In Brazil, it is named Manacá-da-serra."