what's blooming now 2014 - Wildlife Gardeners

EllenW · 01-12-2014, 08:52 PM

dandelions! Another reason I love dandelions. They bloom when nothing else is blooming. What a welcome sight to see flowers outside today. They must have been relieved to experience some warmer weather after the extreme cold we had recently.

Sage · 01-12-2014, 09:40 PM

What's blooming now? In Buffalo?

Rebek56 · 01-13-2014, 07:03 AM

Ellen, I'll have to look for dandelions--haven't seen any yet. (With not much lawn, we don't have many dandelions anymore, Sigh.)

EllenW · 01-13-2014, 10:28 AM

When I moved here I had lots of dandelions. The horses love them so there are no more in the pastures. I'm sure the neighbors like that. I like them. While others are killing them and growing their grass I am digging up the grass and keeping the dandelions. Its a lot of fun watching the birds eat the seeds from all that fluff.

dapjwy · 01-13-2014, 07:05 PM

When I was a teenager, I remember seeing the bank along a roadside where the homeowner left the grass unmowed. Among the tall grass were many dandelion flowers. I remember thinking that was much more attractive than mowed Chemlawns. I still think that little section would be better for wildlife..but I evolved to thinking native grasses and wildflowers support so many more species. Now, if I ever get my dream, I'll plant my native meadow...without dandelions--except the native dwarf one (Krigia virginica) if I can find it. I already have K. biflora...two flowered Cynthia, I think is one common name.

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turttle · 01-13-2014, 09:03 PM

I am impressed you have dandelions, Ellen. The couple of days we had of frigid cold seem to have put a damper on things here. My winter blooming honeysuckle, which is an evil, pernicious invasive and I am not allowed to talk about, was blooming before the cold but now is quivering in shock having lost a bunch of buds. However, I do see basal rosettes of bunches of things coming up, so it won't be long. Sage, do you have any inside blooms? Ice flowers? When does the first flower come up in Buffalo?

dapjwy · 01-14-2014, 09:47 PM

I saw a dandelion blooming a few weeks ago...I almost took a picture, but since it is not a native, I didn't bother.

dapjwy · 01-14-2014, 09:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turttle

My winter blooming honeysuckle, which is an evil, pernicious invasive and I am not allowed to talk about...

Turttle, why aren't you allowed to talk about it? Does it get your blood pressure too high?

linrose · 04-14-2014, 09:17 AM

Some things blooming now, dogwood just starting, redbud and sassafras finishing up, serviceberry and Carolina silverbell just starting, fothergilla, celandine poppy, violets, moss phlox, tiarella, cutleaf toothwort and spring beauties that are shy on cloudy days like today.

linrose · 04-14-2014, 09:25 AM

More blooms minus the spring beauties, violets and toothwort.

01-12-2014, 08:52 PM	#1
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	what's blooming now 2014 dandelions! Another reason I love dandelions. They bloom when nothing else is blooming. What a welcome sight to see flowers outside today. They must have been relieved to experience some warmer weather after the extreme cold we had recently. __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

01-12-2014, 09:40 PM	#2
Sage POM Judge & Official Non Gardener Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Buffalo, NY, USA	What's blooming now? In Buffalo? __________________ *~Facebook~ ~Peregrine Place~ ~Flickr~ ~Instagram Pix~*

01-13-2014, 07:03 AM	#3
Rebek56 Offical Silphium Abuser Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Southeast Ohio	Ellen, I'll have to look for dandelions--haven't seen any yet. (With not much lawn, we don't have many dandelions anymore, Sigh.) __________________ "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." --Cicero ~http://rebeccas-window.blogspot.com/~

01-13-2014, 10:28 AM	#4
EllenW Alternate POM Judge Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Maryland	When I moved here I had lots of dandelions. The horses love them so there are no more in the pastures. I'm sure the neighbors like that. I like them. While others are killing them and growing their grass I am digging up the grass and keeping the dandelions. Its a lot of fun watching the birds eat the seeds from all that fluff. __________________ In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle

01-13-2014, 07:05 PM	#5
dapjwy WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	When I was a teenager, I remember seeing the bank along a roadside where the homeowner left the grass unmowed. Among the tall grass were many dandelion flowers. I remember thinking that was much more attractive than mowed Chemlawns. I still think that little section would be better for wildlife..but I evolved to thinking native grasses and wildflowers support so many more species. Now, if I ever get my dream, I'll plant my native meadow...without dandelions--except the native dwarf one (Krigia virginica) if I can find it. I already have K. biflora...two flowered Cynthia, I think is one common name. . __________________ "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~

01-13-2014, 09:03 PM	#6
turttle Curious George & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Chapel Hill, NC	I am impressed you have dandelions, Ellen. The couple of days we had of frigid cold seem to have put a damper on things here. My winter blooming honeysuckle, which is an evil, pernicious invasive and I am not allowed to talk about, was blooming before the cold but now is quivering in shock having lost a bunch of buds. However, I do see basal rosettes of bunches of things coming up, so it won't be long. Sage, do you have any inside blooms? Ice flowers? When does the first flower come up in Buffalo? __________________ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, this is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar. - Lord Byron Turttle's pollinator garden

01-14-2014, 09:47 PM	#7
dapjwy WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Pennsylvania	I saw a dandelion blooming a few weeks ago...I almost took a picture, but since it is not a native, I didn't bother. __________________ "If suburbia were landscaped with meadows, prairies, thickets or forests, or combinations of these, then the water would sparkle, fish would be good to eat again, birds would sing and human spirits would soar." ~ Lorrie Otto ~ A Native Backyard Blog ~

04-14-2014, 09:17 AM	#9
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	Some things blooming now, dogwood just starting, redbud and sassafras finishing up, serviceberry and Carolina silverbell just starting, fothergilla, celandine poppy, violets, moss phlox, tiarella, cutleaf toothwort and spring beauties that are shy on cloudy days like today. Attached Thumbnails

04-14-2014, 09:25 AM	#10
linrose WG Fundraising Coordinator Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky	More bloomers More blooms minus the spring beauties, violets and toothwort. Attached Thumbnails

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