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Related: About this forumFor all who are suffering under the grip of Winter
Spring is coming.
Hang in there.
From our yard last Spring.
herding cats
(19,549 posts)It helps lift the gloom and ice that's a reality here today and remind me of sunshine, warmth and the sweet scent of wisteria blooms in the spring.
Beautiful shot! ❤️
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(19,459 posts)I'm glad it helped.
enough
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(19,459 posts)It doesn't look like that at the moment but will come springtime.
We are socked in with rain at the moment.
Solly Mack
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(19,459 posts)But Nature does all of the heavy lifting.
DarthDem
(5,253 posts)Thanks for sharing!
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(19,459 posts)akraven
(1,975 posts)It's 21 ABOVE!!
And when spring does arrive, my plants grow so fast in near-24 hour daylight (the veggies, too, that I can save from marauding moose).
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(19,459 posts)Not sure how I'd handle 24-hour daylight.
akraven
(1,975 posts)24 hour dark in winter! Well, maybe sorta dark.
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(19,459 posts)Did you take that? It's a really nice photo.
akraven
(1,975 posts)It's the aurora that are awesome.
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(19,459 posts)It's a great photo.
Callalily
(14,885 posts)We've been under a wind chill advisory for the last several days. Warmer temps today (high of 5 yippee), but now another snow system is heading our way.
Spring can not come soon enough for me.
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(19,459 posts)I actually fed the outdoor plants on time last Fall, so should look pretty nice when blooming season gets into full swing.
lark
(23,003 posts)And what are those awesome blue flowers? I love flowering plants. I've grown Dendrobiums before but lately have been sticking to phalaenopsis and cymbidiums. I have my first flower spike of the year on one of my phals right now, yay. More to come soon, I'm sure.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)had a trellis covered with wisteria along side my front porch some years ago. It was heaven to sit outside and read, and smell their lovely perfume.
lark
(23,003 posts)Wisteria grows on my back fence and the flowers don't look like that. Of course, there could be more than one type so maybe....
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(19,459 posts)also called Blue Potato Bush: Lycianthes rantonnetii 'Royal Robe' http://www.onlineplantguide.com/Plant-Details/1583/
The hanging ones are a pink Japanese Wisteria: Floribunda-Rosea https://www.gardenia.net/plant/Wisteria-Floribunda-Rosea-Japanese-Wisteria
EDIT: the bush with pinkish/red flowers at bottom is an Azalea. It usually blooms twice during the year, which is nice.
Dendrobiums are lovely!
lark
(23,003 posts)The wisteria that grows around here is all lavender so wasn't familiar with that kind. I will have to see if Royal Robe can be grown here, it is so pretty.
Where I live azaleas only bloom once a year, where do they bloom twice?, ior is there a secret to making them bloom again?
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(19,459 posts)I think it's a Bloom-A-Thon Red variety, but I've forgotten. Anyway, it's a Reblooming Azalea so it's in its nature to do it. This one's an evergreen. We named it Robert.
I live in the San Francisco East Bay Area. It will sometimes freeze here during winter, and maybe get some brief light snow on our higher elevations. Our summers can get pretty hot, and we don't normally get rain during the summer. I feed it a couple of times in summer and fall with azalea/rhododendron food, and try to remember to give it regular water.
Most of our plants thrive on neglect.
lark
(23,003 posts)and the humidity is very high. Regular azaleas grow like weeds here in No. FL. I have 2 patches - ones been there for over 40 years and the one I planted has been here for over 20 years and both bloom gloriously in the spring for a week or 2 of heaven. People who have theirs planted in full sun are already getting lots of blooms, but mine are planted under an oak trees' canopy so bloom later. It'll probably be 3-4 weeks before mine are in full bloom this year.
lillypaddle
(9,580 posts)delicious.
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(19,459 posts)Rebl2
(13,311 posts)Im in Missouri (or at this moment I call it misery) and its about 15 degrees right now. This has been a bad winter for us this year. Weve had more snow/ice this year than the 3 previous winters all together. Getting really old and it all started last mid October. We had the earliest snow for us (K.C. area) on record.
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(19,459 posts)I'm told that it's beautiful in Spring and Fall, hot and humid in Summer, and brutally cold in Winter.
SWBTATTReg
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(19,459 posts)I hope you guys get an early spring.
Rebl2
(13,311 posts)pandr32
(11,447 posts)This has been a brutal winter in so many ways.
Thank you for this.
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(19,459 posts)magicarpet
(13,941 posts)... it looks like Shangri-La.
Such a comfy cozy place to be to relax and unwind.
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(19,459 posts)There are no blossoms on those plants, but I have some in pots on the porch (azaleas, cyclamen, fuchsias) that still have blossoms. It's poring down rain here, temps down into the low 40's (that's starting to get chilly for around here) and a little breezy. I just put a heavy sweatshirt on and went out and sat in a chair on the front porch for awhile.
It was nice.
chillfactor
(7,566 posts)second time this winter... .spring can't come fast enough for me.....living in the cold is not the best for my frail health.
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(19,459 posts)Hopefully, spring will come early.
Duppers
(28,094 posts)I want to plant that. Seriously.
Beautiful. Thank you, AL.
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(19,459 posts)Royal Robe, or Blue Potato Bush: Lycianthes rantonnetii 'Royal Robe' http://www.onlineplantguide.com/Plant-Details/1583/
The hanging ones are a pink Japanese Wisteria: Floribunda-Rosea https://www.gardenia.net/plant/Wisteria-Floribunda-Rosea-Japanese-Wisteria
The bush with pinkish/red flowers at bottom is an Azalea. I think it's a Bloom-A-Thon Red variety Reblooming Azalea.