# Spring flowers! What'cha got blooming? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963 "2009-02-15T16:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/21 "2009-02-16T15:38:52Z")
We have nothing flowering here. I will share five pictures of flowering crabs I took in the beginning of June 2006. My camera was defective so after trying to take about 200 pictures I got about 25. This was a double row over a block long at French’s Creek and my favorite local place to go in spring. In early 2007 the DNR bulldozed down all but about 5 trees over the whole length. [Ancient Flowering Crabs or Secret Garden](http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w130/Mighty_Mite/June%202006%20Flowering%20Crab/?action=view¤t=RowofFloweringCrab1.jpg) You won’t see me complain that others have flowers they can show off. I welcome pictures of growing stuff at this time. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/22 "2009-02-16T16:06:01Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > **Karyn** , I prefer the Dutch Iris but the color of the first bearded iris you linked to is gorgeous. I have some yellow ones, which I dug up on the same trip when I got those daffodils - I don’t really like them but they have huge blooms. Also, I’m jealous of your redbud! I forgot to add that we have one dogwood tree, but it’s not blooming yet. I tend to prefer other kinds of iris also but every year I have to have my little Monet fix out in the yard. I think I have 5 or 6 colors of bearded ones now. I wish I could figure out how to keep them alive in water as cut flowers but they always shrivel up on me. My daffodils and crocus seem to be sulking this year and it looks like the freesias will bloom first. I’ve got some hyacinths starting to open too. We got that little redbud for free from a neighbor who was ripping it out to put in an outbuilding. It’s usually the first to flower. My dogwood hasn’t gotten started yet either. I’m glad that the fruit trees are also holding back thanks to this last round of storms because sometimes they bloom too early and we don’t get much fruit. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/23 "2009-02-16T16:09:17Z")
Some daffodils, [water hawthorn](http://www.fourthgenerationnursery.com/pictures/aq_plants/water_hawthorn.jpg) in the garden pool. Central Arkansas, Zone 7. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/24 "2009-02-16T16:10:20Z")
Those are pretty, **HD**. We had two of those dark-colored ones, but one broke in a windstorm. ☹ They were never that full of flowers, though! **Juliana** : Watch out or I will sneak over there at nite and plant bulbs in your yard. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/25 "2009-02-16T16:15:40Z")
Zinnias are going wild now, as are the Mexican Ruella. The Redbuds, Silver Maples and Lorapetalum are just about to let go and all my white azaleas came out this week. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/26 "2009-02-16T18:01:05Z")
We have hibiscus and birds of paradise blooming right now, as well as firecrackers and shrimp plants. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/27 "2009-02-16T18:36:25Z")
For the iris fans, here’s some photos of my flowers last spring (May 23, 2008). Still a few months to go before this year’s batch will appear. [iris](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file001/May232008iris1.jpg) [iris](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file001/May232008iris2.jpg) [iris](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file001/May232008iris3.jpg) [iris](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file001/May232008iris4.jpg) [iris](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file002/May232008iris5.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/28 "2009-02-16T18:36:42Z")
> [@hellpaso](#): > > We have hibiscus and birds of paradise blooming right now, as well as firecrackers and shrimp plants. I hate you, and it didn’t even get below freezing last night. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/29 "2009-02-16T19:12:54Z")
> [@3acresandatruck](#): > > For the iris fans, here’s some photos … \*sighs Those are so beautiful. I don’t have as many massed together in one place. I’ve always wanted open space like you have to spread things out in but I live in the woods so you have to carve out space and then defend it so that the woods don’t take over again. I end up with borders everywhere and little ‘rooms’ tucked away on the edges of the trees, and fruit trees stuck in wherever they’ll fit and still get sun. We do get a lot of sun on the acre or so around the house, though. Last summer I started landscaping a steep hillside on the back of the developed part because it’s clear of trees and brush and now I can start planting things out in the open in less organized and more natural looking ways. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/30 "2009-02-16T19:39:45Z")
I have crocus, Daffodil, and (damnable, miserable, hateful, yet pretty) [sleepydick](http://www.paghat.com/images/starbeth_earlymay.jpg). Oh, and the Asian magnolia is blooming now. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/31 "2009-02-16T19:49:41Z")
> [@3acresandatruck](#): > > For the iris fans, here’s some photos of my flowers last spring (May 23, 2008). Still a few months to go before this year’s batch will appear. > [iris](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file001/May232008iris1.jpg) [iris](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file001/May232008iris2.jpg) [iris](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file001/May232008iris3.jpg) [iris](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file001/May232008iris4.jpg) [iris](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn106/3aaat/file002/May232008iris5.jpg) Nice Iris. [Iris & Peony 2007](http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w130/Mighty_Mite/Peony%20Iris%202007/?action=view¤t=Iris3.jpg) [Daffodils 2008](http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w130/Mighty_Mite/042208%20Garden/?action=view¤t=1.jpg) You can go to different folders if you want to see other garden plants. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/32 "2009-02-16T19:54:52Z")
There’s some crocuses up in a spot I know a few blocks from my house. I always go by there to get my fix this time of year. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/33 "2009-02-16T20:43:11Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > **Juliana** : Watch out or I will sneak over there at nite and plant bulbs in your yard. 😉 Cool! Just make sure they’re idiot proof. I’ve killed a cactus before. I have a rubber plant that is still alive by the grace of the plant gods: it’s survived moves back and forth from the office to home. He almost lost all of his leaves at one point. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/34 "2009-02-16T20:53:00Z")
> [@Juliana](#): > > Cool! Just make sure they’re idiot proof. I’ve killed a cactus before. I can beat that - I killed an air plant once! ( **NinetyWt** , you’re completely welcome to sneak into mine as well, if you’re feeling generous.) ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/35 "2009-02-16T21:07:53Z")
> [@3acresandatruck](#): > > For the iris fans, here’s some photos of my flowers last spring (May 23, 2008). Still a few months to go before this year’s batch will appear. Oooo! Pretty lavender ones! Hey. How come in photos you always look like you’ve got a secret? Hmmmm? > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I hate you, and it didn’t even get below freezing last night. > 🙂 Don’t worry. He’ll be frying eggs on the sidewalk before too long. > [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > [Iris & Peony 2007](http://s175.photobucket.com/albums/w130/Mighty_Mite/Peony%20Iris%202007/?action=view¤t=Iris3.jpg) You have a lot of luck with peonies, don’t you? I hope you can have some this year. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/36 "2009-02-16T22:00:15Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Oooo! Pretty lavender ones! Hey. How come in photos you always look like you’ve got a secret? Hmmmm? > > Don’t worry. He’ll be frying eggs on the sidewalk before too long. > > You have a lot of luck with peonies, don’t you? I hope you can have some this year. :DYou’re probably right! This is the only time of the year that it is halfway tolerable. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/37 "2009-02-16T22:40:19Z")
Thanks, everyone, for the iris compliments. > [@NinetyWt](#): > > Oooo! Pretty lavender ones! Hey. How come in photos you always look like you’ve got a secret? Hmmmm? I don’t know why I look like I’ve got a secret…I didn’t even know I looked that way. My sisters all say I always look confused and bewildered. But to brag a little: the purple-y iris are the descendents of the iris my great-grandmother started when the family got to Missouri in the 1880’s, when they came over from Russia. At one point, I was the only person in the family who still had them, but I’ve given some to two of my sisters. Some nieces and nephews are just starting out, so I hope each of them will have a home where they can plant some, too. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/38 "2009-02-16T22:41:34Z")
You know, we Dopers should do a bulb swap sometime. Seriously. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963.md?page=1)