Comments on: Bloom day scans: Mugshots and Dragon Day

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:08:06 +0000

I like these… particularly the curled-up aconite.

Kathy, if I might chime in… I researched the aconites a bit when I went to plant some this fall. I soaked them and such like you’re supposed to, but I did also read that sometimes they STILL don’t come up the first year… but that you may see them the second.

By: Mr. McGregor's Daughter

Mr. McGregor's Daughter — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:42:29 +0000

It seems odd that they would burn the dragon rather than the Phoenix.

By: Craig

Craig — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:34:06 +0000

Susan: The scanner I use was a cast off from a friend four years ago. It’s got a huge scratch in it that I work around. I’d love to have a great scanner. But technology costs shouldn’t get in the way of doing this.

If you scan documents, you can scan flowers. Put some stuff on your flatbed. Set it for color and start around 150 to 300 dpi. It’s like one of those games that takes minutes to learn and a lifetime to master.

Kathy: The ones I got were pass-along plants from a rock gardening friend. She dug them out after they went dormant and I planted them very haphazardly. They are not in good soil. They’ve come back a couple years now. They seem to be spreading some, but not yet taking over. I’d like nothing better than to have a thick patch of them. But that might take a few years. I don’t know enough about them to know if they are are going to come back for you or not. I know at my place there is a lot of variation on the early ephemerals based on where they are planted.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:26:52 +0000

I planted some eranthis last fall and I don’t see a sign of them, even though the snowdrops are up and the crocus are at least showing foliage. Do you think they will bloom late the first year, or are they most likely no-shows?

By: susan harris

susan harris — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:31:45 +0000

I swear if you lived in my area I’d be hounding you to let me come watch you create these amazing scans. But then I’d want a really good scanner and that’s SO not in my budget, so just as well.

By: Lisa at Greenbow

Lisa at Greenbow — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:28:37 +0000

I like the scanned flowers. Dragons. hmmmm they are colorful.

By: Nan Ondra

Nan Ondra — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:11:53 +0000

Now, wouldn’t that tradition be even more interesting if the horticulture students would come up with something to rival the dragon and phoenix? Perhaps something that could be then chopped up and composted, if they really wanted to be politically correct. Maybe a giant mantis built with the cut-down stems of warm-season ornamental grasses. (Or not.)

Here’s hoping you get a bit of milder weather so you can get outside and enjoy your garden during the break.

By: Carol, May Dreams Gardens

Carol, May Dreams Gardens — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 00:56:29 +0000

I like that 2nd from the bottom scan. It really stands out against the black. And what an odd custom. I am glad we didn’t have to do that when I was a freshman ag student at Purdue!