Looking out at Missouri River from Klondike Park



Beautiful 60 degree day

The Wild Asters were blooming

 

 

The Many Colors of Petunias

What a lovely addition to summer flowers the petunia is.  Easy to grow and vibrant in colors, from a pale yellow, vigorous red, deep velvety purple, the list goes on and on..  They will fill a pot in no time.  Petunias will always be a part of my summer pots.  Thank you petunias!

Joining fun at Mosaic Monday!

Campanula

Latin for Little Bell.
Genera family Campanulacea.
Common name Bellflower.
Naturally occur in wild in Northern Europe.

Cultivars ot campanula that have gained The Royal Horticultural Society's Award: Birch Hybrid, Burghalti, Joe Elliot and Kent Belle.

Birch Hybrid-  Perennials, Ground Cover, Height 6 inches, Bloom time late spring to late summer.

Azaleas or Rhododendrens

Apply mulch and an acid forming fertilizer after they bloom in the spring.  Do not mulch in fall for this will delay dormacy.

Pruning- start tip pinching after blooming and continue to mid June.  Do extensive pruning in late winter or early spring.

Great information at southernliving.com



Happy Friday!

Crocus

First Blooms of 2013! Hooray!

I thought it would be fun  this year to capture the beauty of the blooms for  that week. Then next year see how the flowers compare from week to week here in Saint Louis, Missouri.  The weather here is so diverse from day to day.  And some times hour to hour.   Not much activity in the way of flowers yet.  So far we have the winter aconite out there and the crocuses are peeping up. I know the witchhazel has been out there blooming but have not gotten a picture, yet.  I started to name this post First Blooms of Spring when I realized its not spring, I am jumping the gun. This came about because the temp was 68 degrees, then I reread when temp was back to normal of 30 degrees.  Geez What was I thinking.

The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.  ~Gertrude S. Wiste