Epimedium
'Lilofee'
planted last Spring (2009)
'Lilofee'
planted last Spring (2009)
Tiarella
'Neon Lights' (in front of Heart Leaf Brunnera, ferns, emerging hosta, etc.)
'Neon Lights' (in front of Heart Leaf Brunnera, ferns, emerging hosta, etc.)
'Iron Butterfly'
'Iron Butterfly'
'Pink Skyrocket'
(My favorite) 'Heronswood Mist'
Back of the four-leafed, four-petaled
Trillium!
(click here for last year's post)
Have a Wonderful Day!
It's just such a lush Spring - I can hardly contain myself! :-)
Hope you're enjoying the same.
Lilofee is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYour Tiarella look fabulous, with loads of blooms. Iron Butterfly has very attractive leaves, too. I've been wanting to add some Tiarella to a garden bed that purple foliage. My Lilafee is just starting to show the little leaf curls, but I'm looking forward to those pretty purple flowers.
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting a picture of your Epimedium blooming. I have never seen one bloom before.
ReplyDeleteAshley in Nebraska
Tatyana, This is my only Epimedium (so far). I've been forewarned about Lilofee's propensity for spreading. We'll see how she does... (She IS cute, though!)
ReplyDeleteNorthern, You would love having Tiarella! Mine get so much shade that they're slow in enlarging their clumps. But most of them are 4 to 5 years old, now. You can tell they're not just a little single plant anymore! :-)
Ashley, Thanks for leaving your comment. It is a very cute, very diminutive plant at this stage. :-)
What a great choice to pick 'Lilofee' if that is your only Epimedium. I just added one last spring and it's blooming now too ~ it's one of the more common ones tho (I think) 'rubrum.'
ReplyDeleteYour trillum is fabulous too.
What a pretty Epimedium. This is my first year growing them and I can't believe I missed out on them for so long!
ReplyDeleteYour tiarellas look so pretty and happy. I think I finally found the spot that mine will be happy in. Maybe next year I'll have as many flowers as you.
Kathleen, Iowa Boy (who no longer blogs) had several varieties of epimedium... I finally succumbed to 'Lilofee.' I'm sure your right in thinking it's the most common. :-)
ReplyDeleteCatherine, Thanks. Aren't tiarellas just so great??
You know, my tiarella doesn't even have buds yet... pretty sure it's still alive, though. Trillium is blooming, but Jacks are mysteriously gone. :(
ReplyDeleteHappy Green Thumb Sunday, Shady ... isn't spring grand!
ReplyDeleteShady, I love your tiarella collection! They are such sweetie pie plants. Did you know that your 4 leaved trillium is much studied? It's called a tetramerous trillium! gail
ReplyDeleteHi Monica, Is it the cool weather perhaps? Otherwise, I believe everything here is growing approx. 2 weeks earlier than normal.
ReplyDeleteHi Joey, Absolutely!
Gail, I looked up your term. Interesting. But did you know that the when I found it 3 years ago, it actually had 5 petals and 5 petals? The next year - 4; last year - 3; and this year - 4! Pretty fun!
SG, your epimedium is lovely! as are the Tiarellas... so delicate.
ReplyDeleteI love all your tiarellas, Shady! I really need to plant more of these...I had a "Heronswood Mist," but it hasn't appeared yet. I remember last year I thought I'd lost it, and then it showed up later in the season. I'm hoping it's just late again.
ReplyDeleteOooh! I want to plant some tiarellas. They are very, very pretty. :)
ReplyDeleteEverything is looking simply Splendid around your garden. Just the name Tiarella is intriguing to me. I would love to name a cat that.... Since I am done having kids.
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful collection, I am especially drawn to Pink Skyrocket. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful Epimedium you have there Shady - it really caught my eye.
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Exotic is what comes to mind. I think I need to spend more time in the catalogues or a Sargeants in Rochester catching up.
ReplyDeleteHi Shady, It's great to be back :)
ReplyDeleteYou have lots happening in your garden. I'm not familiar with your plants but they all look interesting.
Diana, Thank you for your visit. I've enjoyed your recent post, also!
ReplyDeleteRose, When you look through the tiarella photos, just remember that the largest groups were planted as single plants around 4 - 5 years ago. :-)
Kate, Isn't this what garden blogging is about? Gaining inspiration (and adding to the "wish list)? :-) Glad to oblige!
Hi Rosey, Tiarella - tiara... Definitely female! :-)
Hi Rebecca, I purchased Pink Skyrocket because I saw it on Kylee's blog a few years ago!
Karen, I'm enjoying it this Spring. I've never had this plant before, so it will be interesting to see how it "behaves." ;-)
Hi troutbirder. I attempted to look up Sargeants in Rochester, MN but didn't know what I was looking for. (Unsuccessful search) I have ordered most of these tiarellas, however they're becoming available... even out here in the "sticks!" ;-)
Hi Shy Songbird, Good to have you visiting! It won't be long and the birds here will be hiding amongst the tree leaves and I'll have a hard time finding them!! ;-)
Wow, i love all your flowers and plants most especially because they don't thrive in the tropics, so we dont have them here. It would be very disappointing when they start to fade and succumb to fall and winter, they are so lovely. Here in the tropics we have ours all year round except for the dry season when some of them die!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tatyana, lilofee is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAndrea, You are right about their leaving during Fall and Winter... however, absence makes the heart grow fonder and it also makes the arrival of Spring much more of a thrill! (Just like the arrival of old friends.) :-)
ReplyDeletecatmint, The lilofee is now growing new leaves and they're the very pretty rusty color. :-)