Oh Grow Up! » Flowers http://www.patsybell.com At home in the garden and on the road Tue, 31 Aug 2010 02:15:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2010 http://www.patsybell.com/2010/05/16/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-may-2010/ http://www.patsybell.com/2010/05/16/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-may-2010/#comments Sun, 16 May 2010 10:04:40 +0000 Patsy Bell http://www.patsybell.com/?p=392

chive and sage blooms

Most herb flowers are small and unremarkable, but I look forward to these lavender colored chive and sage blooms every spring. They are edible, but I prefer to gather a kitchen bouquet so I can enjoy the flowers even longer.

Kitchen bouquets make herb leaves close and easy to use for cooking.

Flowers in the kitchen

Chive flowers will turn this white wine vinegar pink

More lavendar colored flowers

clematis “President” is a homeless plant I have yet to move to a permanent home. It has faithfully lived in this plastic pot for over a year.

( It takes just a little imagination to view the next blooms which are in my camera but not in my possession right now.)

Strawberries

Roses

Astillbe

Daylilies

Columbine

Carol, garden blogger at May Dreams Gardens started the Bloom Day tradition Garden bloggers Bloom Day May 2010.

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Spring 2009 was fabulous. Can Spring 2010 be as fine?

Q   What is the difference between daffodils and narcissus? They are the same. Narcissus is the Latin or botanical name for all daffodils. Daffodil is the common name for the genus Narcissus.

Old House Gardens has heirloom bulbs and will consume hours of your time reading and learning about these rare beauties.

is one of my favorite bulb buying sites because daffodils and tulips just need to be planted in massColor Blends.

This is a practice post.

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First day lilies of the season.


Bitsy 2002 Earliest Blooming Variety;
Blooms 85-275 Days Per Year.

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Miss Mary Mary 2005 All-American title is granted only to those rare daylily varieties that have demonstrated superior performance in dozens of criteria across at least five USDA hardiness zones. The AADSC All-AmericanDaylily Award differs from others in that its results are based on rigorous scientific methodology.

From our friends at
All-American Daylilies

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