By gisette
Outdoor Flowers 2010
Submitted on Mon, 2010/03/15 - 8:17pm
The crocuses have come, and I've put out my first two test pansies, which survived the Great Rains this weekend. 
And the overwintered pansies are starting to bloom again. And the chives are taking off - expect the purple pom-poms to arrive in a few weeks.
So, time to start my flowers topic!
And these guys are still patiently waiting to move back out:
Sun, 2010/04/04 - 10:19pm
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Sun, 2010/04/11 - 9:23pm
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The impatiens are doing fine, despite being planted out too early. Grown a lot, and starting to bloom. Pansies are dawdling into bloom. My daffodils and tulips just started blooming today. Ferns and hosta are up. Usually this week in April (my birthday week ) is when spring flowers really get going in CT. Though it's also usually the week the cherries bloom. This year, the apples are already leafing out!
Tue, 2010/04/27 - 4:59pm
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Mon, 2010/05/03 - 1:37pm
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Sun, 2010/05/09 - 12:17pm
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Sun, 2010/05/16 - 9:37pm
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Only pansies, snapdragons, and chives could love the weather we had this week. But nothing died of it.
I'm hoping my mediterranean vinca catch up. I didn't read the instructions soon enough 
- turns out I should have started them with the pansies, yet in a warmer spot, and probably much bigger pots...
Mon, 2010/05/24 - 5:44pm
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The vinca and gazanias finally seem to be getting somewhere.
Mon, 2010/05/24 - 8:00pm
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Very nice Gisette. Love the colors you plant. Did the nasty Home Owner Association lay off of you?
Beth
Mon, 2010/05/24 - 8:13pm
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Thanks, Beth. A little more purple in the pansy-season composition than I intended, but, eh, close enough. 
So far (knock on wood) the Board of Directors hasn't issued any new directives. Last fall, I was ordered to keep my plants on the sides of the driveway. So they do not block my garage. For, you know, all those people besides myself who need to drive into my garage. 
My point that the only place they aren't in the way, and a trip hazard for lawn guys and mailmen, etc, is in the middle of the driveway, was too complex for those who know better than myself how to manage my driveway.
Sun, 2010/05/30 - 7:01pm
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All annuals now in bloom. Pansies had a rough week with the heat - need mulch delivery. 
Tue, 2010/06/08 - 12:34am
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Sun, 2010/06/13 - 5:30pm
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Mon, 2010/06/28 - 1:37pm
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Sun, 2010/07/04 - 2:55pm
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Sun, 2010/07/11 - 5:13pm
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Sun, 2010/07/18 - 3:43pm
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Tue, 2010/08/03 - 10:31pm
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Thu, 2010/08/05 - 1:59pm
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Your flowers are stunning! I planted some recently (I am in zone 9). I'm not sure what type at the moment however I quickly realized that when the nursery man said they do not like full sun- he reallys means it! ; P They quickly wilted and unfortunately died. I am the type of person who has to learn for herself. Well, needless to say.. I learned!
I am very jealous. The colors are so bright and cheery! I bet they bring a lot of character to your home : )
In your last reply to me about the business idea and possibly talking over email- I am definitely open to that. But how do we exchange emails? Just over a reply? Please let me know and I will share my personal email with you! (I am not sure if it is proper etiquette to share my email over a reply)
Thu, 2010/08/05 - 9:02pm
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LOL! Zone 9 full sun is pretty strong stuff! Around here, most summers a part-sun plant would survive full sun - tho not this year.
Thanks re my flowers. I try for cheerful and not elegant. Most people walking past my condo unit make some friendly comment that amounts to "you really ought to get a house". A house with garden... maybe some day.
Yeah, never post your email address in the clear. But if you click on my name (brownish gisette link) it takes you to my profile, and there's a button to contact me. That works for everyone. But as it happens, this is my site, so the Contact button at the top of the page also reaches me.
Sun, 2010/08/08 - 7:41pm
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Trying to save seeds from my salmon-orange profusion zinnia. I bought more profusion zinnia seeds from Park, and they're growing, but I really like this peachy one I bought from a garden center. The lady there said they would breed true - you could plant the seeds to grow more. And there aren't any other zinnias nearby - yet.
Calibrachoa clone so easy... Shame I couldn't find any cheap 6-packs with assorted colors.
Sun, 2010/08/15 - 2:29pm
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The saved-seed salmon profusion zinnia germination test worked. Put one seedling out in a saddle planter, though it probably won't get enough sun to succeed. Not sure why, but the gazanias seem to be giving out. Have deleted all the marigolds now - they seem susceptible to fungus.
Sun, 2010/08/22 - 5:46pm
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Season's continuing to turn on the flower garden. Hoping to sort of segue into cabbages and lettuces in the flower bed. I'd love a pretty group of pansies again. They're hard to find, though, and my house is too warm to grow them from seed for September. Most garden centers around here push mums in fall. Pansies are much better...
Wed, 2010/09/01 - 6:12pm
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Sun, 2010/09/12 - 7:31pm
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Hope to find a source for pansies next week. In the meantime, started greens crops where the giant herbs used to be. I loved the idea of a tea garden, but in practice, rarely felt like cutting and cleaning that much herb to brew tea. And for once, suffered no shortage of basil this summer. Wish the dill had done better. Could use a bit more oregano, too. But no more pineapple sage.
Sun, 2010/09/19 - 8:24pm
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Didn't find many pansies for sale. May try growing them inside for fall next year, though our house is too warm in summer for pansies.
Sun, 2010/10/03 - 8:51pm
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Feels like the weather's turning - more pictures before garden seasonal succession sets in. Though it's already starting - the snapdragons came back to life.
Sun, 2010/10/10 - 2:12pm
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Mon, 2010/10/18 - 9:00pm
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Mon, 2010/10/25 - 10:02pm
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The other summer flowers are getting pretty whiny-looking, but the zinnias are still going strong, and the colors getting more vivid. (Zinnias get sun-bleached - the brilliant color is a thin veneer on a pale petal.)
Planted out all my remaining baby pansies yesterday after turning the front bed, renovating the railing planters. My first baby pansy bloom opened!
The weather has been stunningly beautiful ever since the Nor'easter last weekend - daytime sunny 60's, above freezing at night. Due for more rain and cooler temps now, but the little spell of May was a delight!