Flowers 2020

[Brian Van Fleet]

Dwarf native iris in an old DaSu pot:

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Dwarf native iris in an old DaSu pot:
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Nice, I need a couple of those.

 

[atlarsenal]

Sorry no blooms this time. This is more of a question and a show and tell. Does anyone else have blue flag or yellow flag iris? For anyone who is not familiar with them, they are an iris that grow submerged in water. We first discovered them a couple of years ago when we were visiting Gibbs Gardens in North Georgia. We started with 4 little plants in a 6” colander in a pot with no drain. I filled the pot with pea gravel and the plants are in bonsai soil topped with lava for aesthetics. We repotted them yesterday and one pot with 4 little plants has turned into 18 plants in 4 pots. The original pot is a 6” opened and the three new ones are 12”. Does anyone else have these?

 

[Woocash]

£1.79 Aldi evergreen azalea ‘orange’. Bought just before the madness ensued.

 

[atlarsenal]

 

[CasAH]

Sorry no blooms this time. This is more of a question and a show and tell. Does anyone else have blue flag or yellow flag iris? For anyone who is not familiar with them, they are an iris that grow submerged in water. We first discovered them a couple of years ago when we were visiting Gibbs Gardens in North Georgia. We started with 4 little plants in a 6” colander in a pot with no drain. I filled the pot with pea gravel and the plants are in bonsai soil topped with lava for aesthetics. We repotted them yesterday and one pot with 4 little plants has turned into 18 plants in 4 pots. The original pot is a 6” opened and the three new ones are 12”. Does anyone else have these?
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I have some in my pond.

 

[Deano]

A small Anisodontea capensis (Cape mallow). I got this just for the flowers, maybe I'll make a mini topiary out of it.

 

[_#1_]

Got permission to collect this poor Forsythia middle of October last year. I didn't think it will make it through the winter but luckily this winter was unseasonable mild. It even produced a couple flowers!

 

[CasAH]

Spring wildflowers.

 

[jimib]

My ghetto quince...Texas Scarlet

 

[atlarsenal]

Some of my wife’s zinnias.

 

[Carol 83]

My landscape pear.

 

[Mellow Mullet]

More flowers! I love this little guy.

 

[0soyoung]

Usually, woody plant leaves reduce in size but not the flowers in bonsai training. Camellias, or at least some camellias, do the opposite. For example, in these pix the cutting that I have been growing (stem on the left) as a bonsais has leaves that are the same size as on the mother plant , but the flower is definitely smaller.

Anybody noticed anything similar, camellia or another species?

 

[Mellow Mullet]

Usually, woody plant leaves reduce in size but not the flowers in bonsai training. Camellias, or at least some camellias, do the opposite. For example, in these pix the cutting that I have been growing (stem on the left) as a bonsais has leaves that are the same size as on the mother plant View attachment 294329, but the flower is definitely smaller. View attachment 294330

Anybody noticed anything similar, camellia or another species?

I have noticed on my azaleas, it seems to vary from year to year. If they are really pot bound the flowers are almost always a little smaller. I have also noticed it when I remove the post bloom flowers; there are almost always a few buts that have not opened. If I leave them, the flowers will almost be considerably smaller than the early ones.

 

[Forsoothe!]

It's Forsythia time in SE Michigan and this one is just beginning...

 

[Brian Van Fleet]

My daughter’s azalea. She’s had it for probably 13 years. Byron Myrick pot.

 

[sorce]

Down the block.

Sorce

 

[Shibui]

More stapelias flowering as the weather cools.

 

[just.wing.it]