Comments on: waiting, waiting (part 3)

By: margaret

margaret — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:53:31 +0000

Dear Farmgirl,
Welcome to A Way to Garden. Sounds like you have found heaven on earth.
Yes, the pinxterbloom azalea, Rhododendron nudiflorum or R. periclymenoides depending on how up to date your taxonomy is, is an exceptional thing. Not sure what’s going on with it in your area; I know that at North Carolina State they have written about some issues affecting it in the home landscape:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/pp/notes/Ornamental/odin16/odin16.htm.
Funny, I almost bought some plants recently to add to the fringe of my property…your comment gets me thinking I should hurry back to that nursery and snap them up.
Margaret

By: High Valley Farmgirl

High Valley Farmgirl — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:28:03 +0000

Up here in paradise I am waiting for the trout lilies to appear. They are one of my favorites of the spring ephemerals. Then I start looking for the pinxter-flower (I like the name as much as the flower!). When I find one in bloom in the woods, it’s the most wonderful gift, but they’ve been more and more scarce each year. I wonder if the deer browsing is to blame?

By: Kassie

Kassie — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:29:13 +0000

I’m already waiting for my poor little tree peony to bloom…the thing is just a stick growing toward the light [I planted it in the wrong place], but its buds are already swelling, and despite its crippled appearance, it gives me gorgeous flowers. Is there anything so sublime?