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For those of you who have come to my blog site via my gardening website, please feel free to send in any questions you may have concerning horticulture. I will try my best to find the information and answer your questions. Also sign my guest book, its nice to see who is looking at the site.

For those who have not visited my site there is a link to the site to the left and further down. Please visit the site and let me know what you think of it. Any suggestions for new topics to be covered are welcome. I plan to add information on Roses and Water Gardening in the near future.

Come on Spring time

Even though it looks like winter has decided to return after the last three days of absolutely gorgeous weather, spring is really not that far away. Even the plants in my basement are starting to feel the change in the seasons. SOme of my stored Canna Lily tubers are already sprouting and are about two feet high. This could post a problem when I move them outside. The tissue is not strong enough for outside light levels. Also I had a pot of Tom Piuce Oriental Lilies that I did not get a chance to plant last fall. Well one of the bulbs is coming up. Maybe the other two will join it and I can have an early show of Lilies in my house. This is a picture of the first Tom Pouce shoot. I have it under my Florescent lights so it will grow straight.

March is coming in like a lion here so it should go out like a lamb. Hopefully we will have a nice long spring and not get to hot to fast so we can enjoy the spring flowers and tulips in our Tulip Festival.

New Additions to website

Today I added two new features onto my gardening website. These are Photograph of the week and Tip of the week. The new digital camera is making it easier to add features like Photograph of the Week. Ita a little early for our flowers to be out but some of my orchids are in bloom so I will be using these for now. Hopefully im March the Algonquin College Spring floral show will be on again and I will take some pictures there to add to the site until my own flowers come out.
Take a look - website address is www.mikesbackyardgarden.org

Daylily Seedlings

One has to love the magic of digital photography. No more waiting for pictures to be developed. The latest photo I took was of my daylily seedling that I have growing in the basement under florescent grow lights. These are from my crosses during the summer of 2006. They are in their second growth session of the year. I find that they go through a couple of these sessions where they grow then turn brown and after a while start to grow again. It should take another two summers to get to blooming size. Some of the faster growing ones may bloom in the second year, but most will take until the third summer to bloom. More than likely by that time I will have more seedlings crossed.

Blooming Orchid

Today one of my Phalaeonopsis orchids finally opened it first bloom . I bought the plant a couple of years ago and has not bloomed until this year. This is also one of the first shots taken with the new digital camera. Nice true to colour shot taken with the flash right next to an outside window. I don't see any spill over from the outside light.