Bloomers!

[adavisus]

It's a bit of a quirk to photograph the first decent bloom that shows up in a water garden.

Perhaps because they are so fleeting in their passing, its kinda nice on a long dark night to be able to go look at them a little better.

Regards, andy ([email protected])
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[addy1]

Beautiful! thanks for sharing

 

[j.w]

Very pretty....................I can't get those to grow in my pond. Not enough warmth here for their liking.........boo hoo :lol:

 

[adavisus]

Water hyacinth do respond well to higher temperatures than the hardy waterlilies. First blooms have been popping for the last two weeks, among the pink hardies mostly

Regards, andy
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[addy1]

I see buds starting on my lilies, all new last year, will be fun to see what blossoms I get, what colors. Starters from friends.

 

[j.w]

Very pretty Andy. I haven't noticed buds on mine yet but little pads are shooting up........surprise, surprise even w/ our unseasonably cold weather
Maybe snow tomorrow......................THAT IS JUST NUTS!!!

 

[addy1]

tornado watch right now, then cooling again................

 

[j.w]

Be safe addy and do you have a basement? When we lived in Michigan we had a basement and when the sirens would go off I would take the kids and cats down there and DH would lay up in bed on the top floor above the living area and ignore it all

 

[addy1]

We have a basement, so i keep track of my yorkie, so i can grab her and run if need be. We are not in a high hit area, the last warning the tornado touched down about 8miles from here.

 

[j.w]

Yikes 8 miles doesn't sound that far to me but you know your area

 

[addy1]

It is, lol, we are up in the mountains, well they call them mountains here, breaks up the storms.

 

[j.w]

Ah, we are near the foothills of the mountains too and so we get colder weather here and lots of wind to remind us when the weather is going to change.

 

[addy1]

We could run this house with a windmill, constant wind. It is an indicator of pressure changes.

 

[j.w]

Well there ya go............get yourself a windmill and make the city buy the extra power back from you

 

[addy1]

lol would be nice!