First Flush & other flowers

16 years ago

I brought a new house last year and I have been going over the property and seeing what is here on my new 4 acre property. I has been fun a real treasure hunt.

It was an older couple that had not been able to do any work on the house or garden for years. Sap trees were everywhere bindweed, ivy and kudzu covered everything.

Some of these were pics of what I have found.

First pic is a peony I found, I found a iris garden deep in what I thought was a wooded area.

The others are roses I have dug out from under the jaws of life.

and......Drum roll please

My first Brug flush. In my climate I have never had a flush this early. I put my brugs in the basement and water a little once a month. I put them outside in April. I am very proud of my first large flush ever this early.

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Comments (9)

karyn1
16 years ago
That really does sound like a treasure hunt and you found some beautiful plants. The iris in the second to last pic is spectacular. This is the earliest I can remember having a brug flush as well. I read that we had the warmest meteorological spring on record here and you aren't that far away.
marquest
Original Author
16 years ago
Thank you Kayrn. That iris is really odd. The center is strange. I have never seen an iris like it. All the iris that have come up in that area are different there were three others I did not get a chance to take a pic of. Maybe she was a iris collector.

I get up in the morning and tell my daughter I am going into the jungle to search for treasures. LOL She says if I am not back for lunch she will come looking for me. There were times she did come looking for me. I really have to dig for the treasures and I have the cuts and bug bites to prove I have been in the jungle.
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figara
16 years ago
That's sound like fun marquest. I like that iris too. Can wait to see the other iris' pictures. Congrats on the flush.

Pat
tommysmommy
16 years ago
Good news all around! Have fun and keep those photos comin'!
Frances Coffill
16 years ago
Aren't found plants just the best ever!!! Fabulous to have a flush so early in the season! Those roses are a spectacular find, love the orange colour!

Good luck with your treasure hunting, really seems to be paying off! All we got with our house was some old trees and hollies for foundation planting

Frances
kasha77
16 years ago
How exciting! I never dug anything up the first year we moved in- cuz I didn't know what anything was down here! To my sheer delight, a bush that was about 4 feet high & wide, was laying on it's side, half out of the ground. I discovered that it was a lushious gardenia, so I replanted it, and it has rewarded me with the most heavenly scent! Congratulations on your new home & new finds!
kasha77
fool4flowers
16 years ago
You are sooo lucky. Those are great finds. I really love the iris. Unusual looking! Nice flush on the brug too! Congrats. All I got with my house was a holly hedge and a few trees too, lol.
sultry_jasmine_nights (Florida-9a-ish)
16 years ago
Your irises are so pretty. I love iris especially the bearded ones. I was told they don't do well here so haven't even tried them yet. I tried growing bearded ones in Louisiana and they didn't do very well there either. Congrats on your first flush!!
gardenpaw
16 years ago
What fun! Your flowers are gorgeous!
Have fun finding more treasures!

Karen