tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post5660879131667969925..comments2024-01-21T11:55:43.853-08:00Comments on Just a girl with a hammer: Garden bloggers' bloom day, May 2014Heatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-5113818042600879702014-05-22T19:49:28.431-07:002014-05-22T19:49:28.431-07:00Very nice! I'm right there with you on the Cor...Very nice! I'm right there with you on the Coral Honeysuckle and the May Night sage. Fun and fabulous to see the same flowers blooming on the other side of the continent! :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-88768927602783337522014-05-19T16:00:59.804-07:002014-05-19T16:00:59.804-07:00I always take all the house plants outside about n...I always take all the house plants outside about now and spray them liberally with insecticidal soap. Seems to do the trick.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-20868294078719709042014-05-17T11:09:17.727-07:002014-05-17T11:09:17.727-07:00You have so many beautiful flowers, Heather! I wi...You have so many beautiful flowers, Heather! I wish I could grow the Camassia and the Geum. The Nicotiana is looking good. I tried giving mine fish fertilizer and extra water as I believe you suggested in response to a post some months ago - they were looking pretty good until those blankety-blank heatwaves we had down here fried them.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-16809146917611110072014-05-17T09:18:00.226-07:002014-05-17T09:18:00.226-07:00Haha! Apparently yes :) I need to rethink my tacti...Haha! Apparently yes :) I need to rethink my tactics.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-79309081684310497062014-05-17T00:54:34.540-07:002014-05-17T00:54:34.540-07:00You've never grown salvia? Are you too busy gr...You've never grown salvia? Are you too busy growing difficult plants? I love them--they are so forgiving and so pretty.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-11358890795078532522014-05-16T21:22:05.841-07:002014-05-16T21:22:05.841-07:00So many pretty blooms..how can you have too much...So many pretty blooms..how can you have too much? I love the camassia and your salvia. I haven't ventured into either of those!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-10860763216133733812014-05-16T20:54:06.298-07:002014-05-16T20:54:06.298-07:00Yes! I have Vertigo for you!Yes! I have Vertigo for you!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-73462099927906684632014-05-16T20:31:09.872-07:002014-05-16T20:31:09.872-07:00I KNOW. Bad girl. I will remedy the situation. PS ...I KNOW. Bad girl. I will remedy the situation. PS - back in town, do I owe you some $$? :)Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-87396294417483865812014-05-16T16:27:43.784-07:002014-05-16T16:27:43.784-07:00Totally! There's an allium called 'Hair...Totally! There's an allium called 'Hair' that's a little shaggier; it looks like a fraggle.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-12868927382950198332014-05-16T16:11:29.649-07:002014-05-16T16:11:29.649-07:00Oh, come on, you can never have too many flowers. ...Oh, come on, you can never have too many flowers. And you have a lot of happy ones. I love that Allium christophii, it looks like someone turned Albert Einstein into an allium, or maybe an allium stuck its finger in the electric socket.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-22893671261309667262014-05-16T12:17:20.183-07:002014-05-16T12:17:20.183-07:00I have been so pleasantly surprised by how much I ...I have been so pleasantly surprised by how much I love that one.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-67212813300027055602014-05-16T12:16:21.275-07:002014-05-16T12:16:21.275-07:00Oh, that's a bummer on both counts. I always a...Oh, that's a bummer on both counts. I always assumed cold was the harder extreme on gardens and your blog has been such an eye opener.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-79858926239247618412014-05-16T11:39:11.171-07:002014-05-16T11:39:11.171-07:00Love the Deschampsia so much!Love the Deschampsia so much!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-54550998236122024932014-05-16T11:19:24.582-07:002014-05-16T11:19:24.582-07:00'Is it too much?" We should all have suc...'Is it too much?" We should all have such a reaction to spring! I think the heat wave did away with my lessertia. Too bad it wasn't planted last fall. And I'm totally infatuated with your prairie smoke/geum and wish it didn't mind warm winters.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-80040968528256934892014-05-16T10:33:02.914-07:002014-05-16T10:33:02.914-07:00Mine have been super picky. I bought five bulbs an...Mine have been super picky. I bought five bulbs and usually I have one or two that will bloom. I'm shocked that I got three to cooperate this year!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-27066866282785227352014-05-16T10:05:30.952-07:002014-05-16T10:05:30.952-07:00I'm waiting and waiting for my Allium schubert...I'm waiting and waiting for my Allium schubertii to open. I have so many other flowers, why is there always one that just tries my patience? Happy GBBD! You have some beautiful flowers.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-84378076885956816112014-05-16T09:34:13.636-07:002014-05-16T09:34:13.636-07:00They were never on my radar until I read about the...They were never on my radar until I read about them in Fine Gardening. Now I'm thinking I need a lot more!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-26310966327567038432014-05-16T09:33:30.171-07:002014-05-16T09:33:30.171-07:00I was thinking about you and how it should be in y...I was thinking about you and how it should be in your garden. I got it from Annie's last summer and it got smothered by my Echium 'Star of Madeira.' Right now it's 18" and pretty spindly. You totally have room for one!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-77312259415168100102014-05-16T09:29:24.225-07:002014-05-16T09:29:24.225-07:00Too many flowers? Is that possible? I love that Le...Too many flowers? Is that possible? I love that Lessertia montana SO MUCH! Did you order it from Annie's? When did you plant it? How big is it? How come I don't have one???Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-23314798563741622982014-05-16T09:28:11.911-07:002014-05-16T09:28:11.911-07:00I can't believe you don't have any! They&#...I can't believe you don't have any! They're one of our prettiest natives!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-6349507480456324962014-05-16T09:24:42.626-07:002014-05-16T09:24:42.626-07:00Oh man, that's such a bummer about your allium...Oh man, that's such a bummer about your alliums! I'd always heard they were more reliable than tulips.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-6898734086838059992014-05-16T09:19:08.183-07:002014-05-16T09:19:08.183-07:00I just added geum last year and I really like the ...I just added geum last year and I really like the wispy seed heads. Plus, I can't get enough of those deep dark purple salvia. Lovely photos. Thanks for sharing!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-9782945841325306472014-05-16T07:26:02.034-07:002014-05-16T07:26:02.034-07:00Oooo..those are some purdy blooms, Heather....now ...Oooo..those are some purdy blooms, Heather....now must get Cammasia for next year. Love those. And the salvias...mine died too, I guess I must admit and move on. Good replacement plant, though - I may copy you!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-30487391913971960682014-05-15T23:57:50.721-07:002014-05-15T23:57:50.721-07:00Yet another reason to love May--deep blue reigns s...Yet another reason to love May--deep blue reigns supreme!Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-814656844817347020.post-78175379041272048322014-05-15T23:12:23.764-07:002014-05-15T23:12:23.764-07:00I'm loving the deep blue of your Salvia 'M...I'm loving the deep blue of your Salvia 'May Night' and 'Amistad'. And your alliums - such great shapes, all of them.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404180898034770946noreply@blogger.com