tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post5157814159877800850..comments2024-03-29T07:16:09.835-05:00Comments on The Nature of Things: Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - April 2016Dorothy Bordershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-47567161040033186872016-04-24T09:00:45.367-05:002016-04-24T09:00:45.367-05:00It has been a particularly floriferous spring beca...It has been a particularly floriferous spring because so many things that normally would have had winter dormancy are already blooming, but I'm sure we'll get those 100 degree days sooner rather than later.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-19209270144736718112016-04-23T23:38:32.896-05:002016-04-23T23:38:32.896-05:00Your blooms are so lovely! It HAS been a confusing...Your blooms are so lovely! It HAS been a confusing Winter/Spring, hasn't it? My brugmansia has just put out a single sad-looking bloom, like it's really tired and could have used the break of a die-back in Winter. :-) I'm as confused as my plants - I feel like it should be 100 degrees every day already (not that I'm wishing for it).Wendy Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18316450203702279663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-36435179352805004782016-04-20T09:53:08.091-05:002016-04-20T09:53:08.091-05:00We used to live next to a family who kept peacocks...We used to live next to a family who kept peacocks. I remember the noisy springs!Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-23778661290762886252016-04-20T01:24:26.731-05:002016-04-20T01:24:26.731-05:00They were left behind in the neighborhood by the p...They were left behind in the neighborhood by the people who raised them some years before we moved here. So now they are somewhat feral. Some of the neighbors feed them but I feel that is not right. In other LA suburbs where they are found it is illegal to feed them. They seem to be flourishing here. Very noisy now because it is mating season!Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-58257326406920523932016-04-17T17:01:17.408-05:002016-04-17T17:01:17.408-05:00Are these feral peacocks? Must get quite noisy at ...Are these feral peacocks? Must get quite noisy at times!Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-33928926872584900512016-04-17T16:21:07.473-05:002016-04-17T16:21:07.473-05:00So much beauty! My yard is stellar this spring bec...So much beauty! My yard is stellar this spring because we actually had some rain. But some things you have I can't grow. The peacocks (there were 19 on my property today) would eat all the flowers. I am still learning to cohabit with them.Judy Kruegerhttp://keepthewisdom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-66503599491210403732016-04-16T15:40:03.587-05:002016-04-16T15:40:03.587-05:00I've never looked that closely at a kangaroo&#...I've never looked that closely at a kangaroo's paws, but I guess the person who gave the plant its name had! Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-34652163079255531482016-04-16T15:36:07.814-05:002016-04-16T15:36:07.814-05:00I always did wonder why they were called Kangaroo ...I always did wonder why they were called Kangaroo Paws. I suppose if a kangaroo was to hold up its paw and wave? Maybe? rusty duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12238493821002258459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-49188289672067260762016-04-15T17:49:28.232-05:002016-04-15T17:49:28.232-05:00Thanks for visiting, Martin.Thanks for visiting, Martin.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-84934070111135075372016-04-15T16:11:17.447-05:002016-04-15T16:11:17.447-05:00beautiful, thank youbeautiful, thank youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-10189863525195723452016-04-15T14:58:35.318-05:002016-04-15T14:58:35.318-05:00I think sunflowers are always the happiest flowers...I think sunflowers are always the happiest flowers in the garden.Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-36134909918412109582016-04-15T13:16:58.932-05:002016-04-15T13:16:58.932-05:00The Molineux rose and the sunflower were my favori...The Molineux rose and the sunflower were my favorites. But you have so many beautiful blooms to choose from...Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242364668293349799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-8054558880204972982016-04-15T12:11:12.879-05:002016-04-15T12:11:12.879-05:00I do love that rose, too. The wild blackberries he...I do love that rose, too. The wild blackberries here are covering the sides of the roadways with their white blooms. I think it must be a very good "blackberry spring."Dorothy Bordershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12441731296027227394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3560838335414244511.post-87198386346654218922016-04-15T12:06:21.482-05:002016-04-15T12:06:21.482-05:00It's always such a pleasure to see your blooms...It's always such a pleasure to see your blooms because of how far ahead of us in upstate New York you are. It's been years since I heard the expression "blackberry winter" and it has made me nostalgic. I can't say I have a favorite bloom but if I had to pick one, it would be the Moleneux rose.Alanahttp://ramblinwitham.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com