Pianolady Showing Great Promise

 Joined: 02 May 2006 Location: Zone 4b Iowa (Map) Posts: 504 PlantStew: 259 |
| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:08 am Post subject: May 3rd photos |
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There's a few things in bloom right now (zone 4b). The iris are starting to bloom, I've got two colors right now, many more to come. Here's my favorite pics from today. Iris, Blue Flax, Fern, Ajuga.
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dooley Official Garden Turtle
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What a nice color the blue flowers are! I like it a lot. I like your iris's too. I think mine are darker. I used the iris pictures of mine for wallpaper on my desktop. Dooley
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jubabe296 Official Garden Fairy
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Ohhhh Pianolady !!! What beautiful photos!! Your flowers are gorgeous!! I look forward to more photos soon, please!!!!!
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Pinkiered The Rose Queen
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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:10 am Post subject: |
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Oh How lovely! I have nothing in my yard that purple and blue! Just lovely!
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eileen Moderator & Resident Taxonomist

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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject: |
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Oh Pianolady those are absolutely beautiful!!!! I love blue flowers. At the moment all my bluebells are out and soon my blue poppies will be appearing. I did have scillias but they died back about a week ago. I really must buy some flax seeds though they are such a delicate shade of blue.
Thank you for posting your piccies and please keep them coming!!
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Frank Happy Gardening

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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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Your photography skills are great PianoLady. Is it a hobby of yours by any chance? The Ajuga looks particularily splendid, I like the cartwheel in the background of the photo. It really adds to it
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jubabe296 Official Garden Fairy
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I agree with Eileen I neeed blue flax seeds now too!! Eileen I would love to see your blue poppies when they bloom, please post pics when they bloom!!!! Blue is my favorite color, so blue flowers are always appealing to me!!!
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Kimberly On The Way Up

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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:21 pm Post subject: |
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Just beautiful!!! Thanks for sharing!!
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Palustris On The Way Up

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| Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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And very nice too!
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Pianolady Showing Great Promise

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| Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 1:46 am Post subject: |
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Thanks everyone.
Photography is actually my husband's hobby. I've learned a lot from him though. My digital pics come out pretty good, but his are much better (and he's got a great camera). Mine's just a point & shoot, but I still get pretty decent pics.
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Frank Happy Gardening

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What model of camera does your husband have PianoLady? It takes magnificent quality shots.
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Pianolady Showing Great Promise

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| Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Dh has a Nikon N80 & several lenses (but not the macro). It is not a digital. We get all the prints on a disk when they are developed.
I'm using a Fuji Finepix 4.0mp camera. It's not fancy, but gets the job done.
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catkins On The Way Up

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| Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 7:59 am Post subject: |
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I have just realised that i have nothing blue in my garden,as im just a beginner, what can i plant that is easy grow and blue? Your irises are fabulous and the photos are so clear!
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Pianolady Showing Great Promise

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| Posted: Sun May 07, 2006 3:01 am Post subject: Blue flowers |
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Since I plant mainly perennials, I'll give you a list of all my blues.
Ajuga
Blue flax
Campanula
Balloon Flower
Delphinium
Spiderwort
Veronica (speedwell)
Geranium
Phlox
Aster
Other Blues:
Bearded Iris (although mine are more purple/blue)
Siberian Iris
Crocus
Hyacinth
Allium
Clematis
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eileen Moderator & Resident Taxonomist

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Ceanothus is a lovely plant too - evergreen, hardy, perennial, dark glossy leaves with lovely blue flowers. It can be trained as a climber too.
Then there's grape hyacinth (Muscari);
I took this piccie in Holland - lovely aren't they?
Of course there's always bluebells:
Here's my all time favourite blue flowers. My Himalayan blue poppies!!!
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