Gardening, Home and Nature Thread Apr 25

Didn't know what to do with this amaryllis a couple years ago, stuck it in the flower bed and it's done marvelously well!

tom servo

Not everyone can get their gift Amaryllis to re-bloom in the garden. More people might have some luck with tom's second plant below:

The oak leaf hydrangea has come out nicely this spring

Edible Gardening/Putting Things By

The first strawberry ripened! After taking the picture I tried it, it is indeed as flavorful as advertised. They are very small, though. I'd say this one was maybe 5/8 inches, seems to be the typical size. It's continuing to flower, and there are more berries forming--as long as the squirrels don't find the bowl on my porch I might get a few more. It also looks like I probably should divide the plants, they're rather over filling the bowl!

There seems to be some confusion among various sources on line about this plant, Fragaria vesca. I've seen it called the wild strawberry, woodland strawberry, alpine strawberry. I've also seen pictures of the fruits varying from the cone shape of mine to almost round. Don't know, I'll just enjoy the plant I have.

Lirio100

Whichever it is, YAY!

Ah, Nature

Mountain laurel blooming at the creek this week.

- fd

Such interesting flowers . . . . .

Want to try growing it at home?

Lurker here: SmokyMtVol

I sent pics of our dog once before about a year ago for the pet thread.

Not much of a green thumb here, so we often go hiking to experience God's garden - particularly, starting this time of year.

Springtime is in full swing in East Tennessee - and if you're a hiker, you'll discover large patches of "Virginia Bluebells" (Mertensia virginica) on hillsides and in hollows at this time of year. We always pause when we come upon on them.

Thanks for all y'all do.

-SmokyMtvol

We love bluebells here. Thanks for the photos. Keep in touch.

These bluebells tolerate rabbits and black walnut.

Puttering

Interesting rooting technique to try, courtesy of NorCal Sierra Foothills Lurker.

We'll see if Kindltot has some commentary.

Gardens of The Horde

The iris is "Bequest" from Schreiner's Gardens last summer. It's the first of them to pop. I've got 2 others, "Air Time" and "Ghost Train." Pics to follow later, as they flower.

This peony is now 3 years old and has bountiful buds. We're not expecting rain for the next week, so we'll be able to enjoy them for a long while. I've got some of those curved support posts for when it does rain and they want to flop over onto the ground. They look like the ones Mom-Mom had when I was a little girl.

Miley

What's happening in your garden?

Hope everyone has a nice weekend.

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Week in Review

What has changed since last week's thread? Gardening, Home and Nature Thread, April 18

I closed the comments on that post so you wouldn't get banned for commenting on a week-old post, but don't try it anyway.

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