Comments on: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day April 2009

By: How to Plant a Lot of Crocuses — Cold Climate Gardening

How to Plant a Lot of Crocuses — Cold Climate Gardening — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:37:47 +0000

[...] years now, we’ve enjoyed the crocus display along one side of our driveway. This spring I decided it should be even bigger, and over the last two days I planted a hundred more, bringing the total to over nine hundred. The [...]

By: Craig @ Ellis Hollow

Craig @ Ellis Hollow — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:10:24 +0000

Ken in Sweden has some great hepaticas: http://kenschill.blogspot.com/2009/04/hepatica-nobelis-flora-plena-nu-blommar.html

Save some seed for me.

Craig @ Ellis Hollow’s last blog post..Snowdrops in NY Times

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:03:15 +0000

I also really love the picture on the upper right hand corner of the swath of daffodils. Sometimes I really miss living in WI where spring bulbs stole the show! Lori’s last blog post..Garden Blogger's Bloom Day - April

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:01:32 +0000

Oh, your bank of crocuses glowing in the sun is GLORIOUS! Lori’s last blog post..Garden Blogger's Bloom Day - April

By: Cadie

Cadie — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:57:12 +0000

I can’t remember for sure if I was just leaning over the crocuses to get the picture, or if I was laying on the grass. I think I was actually just leaning over them, but holding the camera down low so that you get a straight-on view. I took quite a few pictures of them from this close-in perspective, trying to show the swathe of beautiful blooms in a way that makes it feel like you’re looking at them up close. I always look forward to the crocuses blooming, and we all always take pictures of them every year, but to me they seemed especially striking and beautiful this year. They’re especially beautiful when the late afternoon sunshine is slanting down and shining through them. I tried to take pictures so that you could see all the colors of the blooms extending downward, giving you the feeling of lots and lots of crocuses blooming, but also so that you can see them up close in detail as well. I fiddled around with the manual focus on my camera to get that effect–nothing carefully calculated, mind you, I’m not good at that, just making the focus range go up and down to what looked about right. If I get around to it, I’ll post more of the crocus photos on my Flickr account.

By: Town Mouse

Town Mouse — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:36:29 +0000

Lovely post! How did you get the crocus at an angle like that? Really tells the story... Town Mouse’s last blog post..GBBD: Late bloomer

By: Carol, May Dreams Gardens

Carol, May Dreams Gardens — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:40:29 +0000

You sure saved the best for last... that Hepatica is a beautiful flower. And I like Annie's idea of using golf tees to mark where spring flowers are blooming. I might try that. Thanks for joining in for bloom day! Carol, May Dreams Gardens’s last blog post..Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - April 2009

By: Sweet Bay

Sweet Bay — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:33:33 +0000

I love Hepatica. That one is just beautiful. And the crocus shot is truly wonderful! Sweet Bay’s last blog post..Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

By: salix

salix — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 01:56:12 +0000

There IS nothing like spring flowers, is there? I have a special weakness for the scillas – my mom used to have lots. I’ll have to make a note to plant some in the fall.

By: healingmagichands

healingmagichands — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:08:53 +0000

I’m with all the rest of them, I LOVE that hepatica. I am wondering how it would do down here in the miserable frying heat of August, though? I might try it anyway.

What I like best about GBBD is the opportunity to see what is going on elsewhere in the gardening world.

Your crocus bank is delicious. I have one too, but not nearly so well populated. The squirrels think the corms are a delicacy.