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Post by grayfingers on Jun 11, 2013 14:04:02 GMT -5
A few more flowers blooming in yard in town. I have been at this house since the mid 1970's and the following plants were here long before then. I maintain and propagate them, I like the plants that are hardy enough to live here. I have seen it get colder than - 40 here numerous times, and we can have snow (and have) any month of the year. Growing season (frost-free) is as short as 90 days. These all started blooming within the past two days. Centaurea montana  Common garden peony (Paeonia lactiflora) These can live for well over a hundred years!  Rosa foetida ( Austrian Copper Rose ) This one is 9 feet tall. Flowers are single, cupped nasturtium-orange with a yellow reverse to the petals which makes it glow in the sunlight.   Lupine  Shasta daisy  German Iris   Night-scented Stock They smell very sweet and spicy.  |
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Post by Toad on Jun 11, 2013 19:04:42 GMT -5
Great flowers. I really like those Australian roses.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2013 20:23:35 GMT -5
how fun is that? Thanks for sharing the gorgeous images!
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Post by Sabre52 on Jun 11, 2013 21:19:37 GMT -5
I love flowers and birds almost as much as I love rocks.It's especially fun to see the flowers that grow in different regions of the US. Great pics!.....Mel
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Post by helens on Jun 11, 2013 21:23:13 GMT -5
Wow... those peonies are something else. Peonies and lilacs are the only reason I miss the north:).
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Post by jamesp on Jun 11, 2013 21:44:51 GMT -5
Great photography too!
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Post by jamesp on Jun 12, 2013 4:40:36 GMT -5
I think short seasons are the most colorful.The bloom colors on those are rich and variable.All those blooms in 2 days?That is amazing that so many different species would crank up simultaneously.What altitude are you at?
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Post by grayfingers on Jun 12, 2013 6:50:45 GMT -5
James, we went from a week of rain and cooler temps to 80 plus degrees the day before yesterday. Lots of the spring bloomers here will sort of hunker down in cooler rainy weather with buds swelled, and the next sunny day things explode. They 'know' that the pollinators will not be around in the rain. We are at 4900 ft.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2013 6:57:30 GMT -5
I can remember when I was a kid we had those iris' all over the place around the yard. Stunning in hand and your photo is just about as good as in hand. Thanks for the memory and the beautiful photos.
Jim
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Post by texaswoodie on Jun 12, 2013 7:39:25 GMT -5
Great to see different flowers Bill. We don't have any of those except the iris and daisy. The iris is long gone this time of year but the daisies are going strong. Thanks for the pics!
Curt
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Post by kk on Jun 12, 2013 7:53:30 GMT -5
Don't know the first one, but man; from the second picture onward I get homesick.
Have not seen Lupines since I left Europe, 25 years ago.
Funny enough, its fauna and flora that I miss more than anything from back home.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 12, 2013 7:57:57 GMT -5
4900 feet dang it man.Down here at 94 and full humidity.Yesterday i got nausea sick from the heat.Still got the winter coat on Ha.Air is heavy and thick.I imagine that air is thin and stingy w/the oxygen at that altitude.Both situations make processing oxygen difficult.The hot humidity smothers oxygen intake.
I have seen LA and Phoenix people stop bragging about their 110 120 temps when they get a dose of 92F at 95 humidity.One summer 12-14 years ago i had a huge outside landscape timber job.2 months.It was 100-105 and 90-100 temp/humid every day. But cold is torture LOL
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Post by grayfingers on Jun 12, 2013 8:12:42 GMT -5
Thanks all, for the comments! After the long white time the colors of spring are most welcome here. After years of working in greenhouses that popped 125 degrees in summer, (with 60% shade, swamp cooler north walls, vents and fans running full blast) and the humidity, I can imagine how it is in the south! I heat stroked a time or two, and nowadays I don't like temps over 80. The lower oxygen levels are not noticeable to us who grew up here, but we often hear comments from visitors. Also, sadly, a lot of people come up here to hunt, and have heart attacks, the mountains (elk country) are 8 to 9.000 ft. with peaks commonly up to 11,000, Montana's Highest Mountain-Granite Peak, (12,799')is in the Beartooth Mountains.
Kurt, my friend in Germany took a trip to Austria last year, the photos looked like they could have been taken here in Montana! Very similar climate. The peony is a Chinese herbaceous, you must see some there?
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Post by kk on Jun 12, 2013 8:24:36 GMT -5
Grew up at close to 3000ft and spend lots of time at 5000 and more, but after 25 years of life at sea-level, I would need to take it slow when returning. Oxygen levels are very noticeable when you are not used to. The first time I flew into Kadmandu 23 years ago, I had no problem adjusting, but 7 years later I needed nearly 3 days.
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Post by kk on Jun 12, 2013 8:33:58 GMT -5
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Post by jamesp on Jun 12, 2013 9:22:51 GMT -5
You guys get to live in spectacular settings.I can not imagine.
I am 56 in OK shape but the heat that i once loved is not so desirable anymore.
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Post by helens on Jun 12, 2013 10:37:32 GMT -5
I don't think anyone really likes super heat... but it's the freezing cold that gets even harder to take as you get old is what I've heard. It gets in the bones.
I never liked the freezing cold, 3' of snow, digging out cars, shoveling out driveways, and then driving on ice. The first snowfall every year is beautiful tho.
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Post by jamesp on Jun 12, 2013 13:25:03 GMT -5
Costa Rica is the way to go.Low 70's all year in the mountains,low 80s at mid altitude and 90's down low.All within an hour.
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