{"id":2758,"date":"2017-02-20T04:03:22","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T04:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=2758"},"modified":"2017-02-21T04:15:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-21T04:15:25","slug":"presidents-day-weekend-more-clean-up-and-blooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/20\/presidents-day-weekend-more-clean-up-and-blooms\/","title":{"rendered":"President’s Day Weekend–More Clean Up and Blooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some of the prettiest things in the garden aren\u2019t plants\u2013these ceramic mushrooms are pretty awesome. \u00a0Leon made them all and he continues to add to the grouping. \u00a0These are a great solution for this area that hasn\u2019t been easy for growing anything very ornamental.<\/p>\n

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More toadstools along the fence. $\"\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

A different view, showing all the different fungi.
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The old Hellebore that friends Bonnie and Pam gave us maybe fifteen years ago still blooms reliably. \u00a0It is an amazing deep red color.<\/p>\n

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I take entirely too many pictures of the Masdevallias in the greenhouse, but how can I resist. \u00a0Especially welcome this time of year, when dreary days pile one on top of the other, I love stepping in to see these electric wonders.<\/p>\n

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Close-up.<\/p>\n

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Clivia miniata is a beautiful spring burst of color. \u00a0A few of them are early this year, but the rest are just budding now, so I should have flowers February through April.<\/p>\n

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Holiday cacti are still blooming, too.<\/p>\n

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Mom\u2019s Cymbidium blooming in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n

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Older flowers on a different plant of Mom\u2019s Cymbidium. \u00a0At least four of these plants have bloomed or are blooming in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n

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The pastel Clivia clone hasn\u2019t opened any new flowers lately. \u00a0I watered everything in the greenhouse today.<\/p>\n

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A different holiday cacti flower.<\/p>\n

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Slightly different view.<\/p>\n

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Veltheimia budding up in the greenhouse.<\/p>\n

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Aloinopsis rubrolineata, grown from seed four or five years ago\u2013getting a flower for the very first time!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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Osmanthus in a pot starting to bloom. \u00a0The fragrance isn\u2019t out yet, though\u2013maybe all the rain washed the sweet smell away!<\/p>\n

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I pulled a few pots out of the cold frame of forced bulbs\u2013they are looking pretty yellow, but should green up in the next few days and they should all bloom nicely.<\/p>\n

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Kalettes have finally formed on this odd plant. \u00a0I\u2019m not exactly sure what to do with these!<\/p>\n

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Close up of the Kalettes. \u00a0They are kind of cool\u2026<\/p>\n

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One of the veggie raised beds. \u00a0This one has all the garlic in it, including the elephant garlic I planted last fall.<\/p>\n

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Species crocus budding up in the Doug fir bed.<\/p>\n

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A different species tulip in the Doug fir bed\u2013amazing color.<\/p>\n

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Another crocus bloom with Baltic ivy behind.<\/p>\n

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Group of species crocus in the Doug fir bed. \u00a0They weren\u2019t open because the sun wasn\u2019t bright enough.<\/p>\n

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Hellebore from Plant Delights blooming in the Doug fir bed.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, the flowers face down and the soil has sunk in that garden, so it isn\u2019t easy to look in the flowers. \u00a0Maybe on a sunnier day they will open up more.<\/p>\n

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Stepping back with the camera, you can see that the plant is about two and a half feet wide.<\/p>\n

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Daphniphyllum seedling looking cold, but alive in the Doug fir bed. \u00a0This seedling is at least five years old and was planted out about two years ago.<\/p>\n

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The Hellebore from brother Tim is just getting flowers near the drain pipe at the front of the house. \u00a0This plant is easily two feet across.<\/p>\n

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Crocus next to the planting bed in the front of the house.<\/p>\n

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More crocus pics.<\/p>\n

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Another view. \u00a0These beauties weren\u2019t shy today, despite the spotty sunshine.<\/p>\n

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Stepping back, the bloomiferous crocus against the brick.<\/p>\n

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I pruned the clematis and the climbing rose on the Jeff Tangen arbor today, and I have the scars to prove it! \u00a0This rose is very vigorous and I cut it back pretty viciously to get it to stick closer to the arbor and bloom better.<\/p>\n

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Tag to record the type of cherry in the right driveway bed\u2013this is Vandalay.<\/p>\n

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Not a clear picture, but you can make out the many flower buds expanding on Vandalay.<\/p>\n

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Tag of the Morello cherry in the right driveway bed.<\/p>\n

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Flower buds on Morello.<\/p>\n

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Tag for Tangy Green apple.<\/p>\n

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Tangy Green columnar apple.<\/p>\n

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Slugs have have been after the primroses in the garden, but a few flowers are still showing.<\/p>\n

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Flower buds on the Beauty plum in the orchard bed.<\/p>\n

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Swelling buds on the Glacier cherry in the orchard bed.<\/p>\n

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Daphne laureola blooming under the Camellia near the north fence. \u00a0I rooted out about five or six seedlings from these weedy daphnes, but I do love the fresh leaves and the flowers. \u00a0I think they would be great for containers.<\/p>\n

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Blackberry bud on Apache.<\/p>\n

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Another shot of crocus flowers. \u00a0These were tough to ignore.<\/p>\n

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Bodhi and Mona were helping me out in the garden by warning me whenever any dog or person (or leaf) moved within their sight. \u00a0They got cold, though, and I had to let them in the house after an hour or so.<\/p>\n

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Close-up of Bodhi.<\/p>\n

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Ready to go inside\u2013and letting me know about it.<\/p>\n

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Some of the prettiest things in the garden aren\u2019t plants\u2013these ceramic mushrooms are pretty awesome. \u00a0Leon made them all and he continues to add to the grouping. \u00a0These are a great solution for this area that hasn\u2019t been easy for growing anything very ornamental. More toadstools along the fence. A different view, showing all the … Continue reading President’s Day Weekend–More Clean Up and Blooms<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2768,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions\/2768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}