tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post68902900030524616..comments2024-03-24T10:06:36.115-03:00Comments on Bloomingwriter: Gardening in Nova Scotia: More interesting new blues from plant breeders.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12107236871193698777noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-45142276839706387942010-04-04T23:01:25.776-03:002010-04-04T23:01:25.776-03:00Wow, that blue poppy is impressive! However, when ...Wow, that blue poppy is impressive! However, when I see a unique colored plant I'm so hesitant. I find that sometime a photo can be deceiving and its not the amazing color that was promised when I grow it. Is it really that blue? If so, I must have it!!!Sprouts, Shoots and Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15654202593838621559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-10652341271969985162010-04-04T17:38:16.614-03:002010-04-04T17:38:16.614-03:00You had me going until you got to the hemerocallis...You had me going until you got to the hemerocallis. Happy April!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-32225740999412030872010-04-04T12:12:49.569-03:002010-04-04T12:12:49.569-03:00Yes, even this southern gardener is glad to be out...Yes, even this southern gardener is glad to be out of March! Love the blues, and am always envious of those remarkable blue poppies. If I end up further north, I'll get those in celebration of a new zone! The others were interesting too - some blues that I wasn't as familiar with. Thanks!Pamhttp://www.talesfromthelaboratory.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-79672459325693564452010-04-02T22:28:25.455-03:002010-04-02T22:28:25.455-03:00LOL! Nice, Jodi... did you Photoshop all of these...LOL! Nice, Jodi... did you Photoshop all of these yourself?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14395380166485303934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-33465170535386331842010-04-02T22:23:37.630-03:002010-04-02T22:23:37.630-03:00Thanks so much! I have ordered 3 of the blue dayli...Thanks so much! I have ordered 3 of the blue daylily and 4 of the blue rose. Good thing you gave me the heads up.EALhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339266900036592543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-72501599969634068182010-04-02T21:42:19.880-03:002010-04-02T21:42:19.880-03:00Whew! Glad that this was a hoax. The blue daylil...Whew! Glad that this was a hoax. The blue daylily looked downright creepy.<br /><br />JoanneJoannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-41462972669141633142010-04-02T16:00:38.778-03:002010-04-02T16:00:38.778-03:00These blue flowers are absolutely beautiful! I hav...These blue flowers are absolutely beautiful! I have to content myself with pansies here, since the poppies and delphiniums don't tolerate the heat.Green Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00656198658892433240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-45592898676933032202010-04-02T15:59:26.023-03:002010-04-02T15:59:26.023-03:00Blue flowers are just the most beautiful in the wo...Blue flowers are just the most beautiful in the world! The best I can do here in the deep south are blue pansies in the winter/spring and bachelor buttons in the late summer. Your photos are gorgeous. It's too hot here for delphiniums, although our Lowe's garden center sells them. I found out quickly that they don't like our humidity.Green Irishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00656198658892433240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-6537318395981130842010-04-02T11:49:12.081-03:002010-04-02T11:49:12.081-03:00LOL!! You got me! Having worked in gene splicing f...LOL!! You got me! Having worked in gene splicing for years I thought 'of course it's possible', makes perfect sense. Great post!!Rebecca @ In The Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17513002032328432666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-16195530943648650792010-04-02T11:12:29.782-03:002010-04-02T11:12:29.782-03:00Jodi, I am such a great patsy for April Fool's...Jodi, I am such a great patsy for April Fool's jokes; I completely fell for it. I was feeling righteous indignation over that Frankenstein daylily! LOL -JeanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-81608822464370557762010-04-02T07:38:11.899-03:002010-04-02T07:38:11.899-03:00Chuckle. Jodi - you are so naughty! Everyone knows...Chuckle. Jodi - you are so naughty! Everyone knows your fondness for the blue poppy so I think that must have lured so many of your regulars into a false sense of security when they read your post even though you made your photos almost nuclear fallout standard in their hues!<br /><br />I started my April 1st 2010 joke on 1/4/09 which is why when I went to the links in my most special of VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-91274270097952905582010-04-02T00:52:00.950-03:002010-04-02T00:52:00.950-03:00A blue daylily! That would be just weird. I love b...A blue daylily! That would be just weird. I love blue, especially when planted with white and yellow. I also like lavender and orange together. I think there are many beautiful blue plants already, and we can live without the blue hemerocallis!debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-65729196399197430492010-04-02T00:15:45.762-03:002010-04-02T00:15:45.762-03:00Happy April Fools Day to you, too! You got me goin...Happy April Fools Day to you, too! You got me going for a while there. I was ready to go online and order the daylily. Thanks for a fun post!!Pam's English Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01359787694149174369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-32646192463109082892010-04-02T00:11:00.441-03:002010-04-02T00:11:00.441-03:00My goodness, what a blue collection! I am amazed ...My goodness, what a blue collection! I am amazed all those different shade of blues. Oh, that blue poppy! I love blues, and just published a post with "blue, purple and lavender" title, and then I saw your post! I guess a busy working day made me missed this post earlier.Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07744078497819915126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-81815295735153516482010-04-01T22:32:55.683-03:002010-04-01T22:32:55.683-03:00I totally wouldn't have guessed it if I didn&#...I totally wouldn't have guessed it if I didn't get the heads up from others here. :) Despite the fact that my boss told everyone today that our assistant had quite. I believed that too.Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524574998937986323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-43186336972807682462010-04-01T21:15:25.687-03:002010-04-01T21:15:25.687-03:00I will never feel blue again after reading this, J...I will never feel blue again after reading this, Jodi! Wow, a blue plant lover, I never have seen some of these beauties. What would we do without you to tease and temp us! Happy April 1st, you temptress! Perhaps, in our lifetime ... the hemerocallis or rose!joeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09569378877717221045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-32461721227279536062010-04-01T20:42:57.018-03:002010-04-01T20:42:57.018-03:00Great post, not sure I would ever buy that color o...Great post, not sure I would ever buy that color of blue daylily though:)A Garden of Threadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02311416568496969279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-80212474555867386552010-04-01T16:55:07.461-03:002010-04-01T16:55:07.461-03:00Jodi, some these blues almost don't seem real....Jodi, some these blues almost don't seem real. Goodness. I remember when my grandmother would call a flower blue, and would think myself 'to you maybe...looks purple to me'. There's no denying these are true blue! The hemerocallis looks more orchid-like than daylily...amazing.Curbstone Valley Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06714297348566721344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-46532115627400442010-04-01T16:41:17.888-03:002010-04-01T16:41:17.888-03:00lol Jodi I was thinking about doing something for...lol Jodi I was thinking about doing something for 1st April but never got a chance. Oh if only there was such a thing as a blue hemerocalis..........Rosiehttp://www.leavesnbloom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-52670815063292160682010-04-01T16:31:56.006-03:002010-04-01T16:31:56.006-03:00Oh dear Jodi, now your really tempting me with the...Oh dear Jodi, now your really tempting me with these blue blooms. Hope this is not an April Fools posting LOL! Just to think there may be a blue rose and lily just thrills me. I have seed for the Himalayan Blue Poppies and I just hope they will grow for me. What beauties!<br />LonaLonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07060003333138052194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-73586566934659321392010-04-01T16:16:44.419-03:002010-04-01T16:16:44.419-03:00Hilarious Jodi! Happy April Fool's Day. You ...Hilarious Jodi! Happy April Fool's Day. You and the folks at Google have been very busy.~~DeeDee @ Red Dirt Ramblingshttp://www.reddirtramblings.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-44084060469853366012010-04-01T14:33:19.745-03:002010-04-01T14:33:19.745-03:00What a great catalog of blue. Why is it that there...What a great catalog of blue. Why is it that there are more blue spring plants than in any other season?Commonweederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10913336590036045901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-65554408238733602742010-04-01T14:19:26.152-03:002010-04-01T14:19:26.152-03:00Jodi, how in the world were you able to contain yo...Jodi, how in the world were you able to contain yourself enough to take these photos? I don't have any blue in my garden...usually prefer purple, burgandy and bright yellow. But THESE specimens are unreal!! The blue poppy grabbed my attention right away...not far from my favorite combo of purple and yellow. Then I spotted the 'Til I'm Blue Cooky' and the 'April Blue Nose'.Kimberlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18123627573356760362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-87897020205782351992010-04-01T14:11:16.126-03:002010-04-01T14:11:16.126-03:00This makes me blue. What wonderful blue hues.This makes me blue. What wonderful blue hues.Lisa at Greenbowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743973292900758183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20831949.post-4702367676441338262010-04-01T13:49:29.540-03:002010-04-01T13:49:29.540-03:00Happy April! I don't know whether I'd rush...Happy April! I don't know whether I'd rush out to get any of those blue flowers if they actually existed. Well, maybe the coneflower. Great job with the photoshopping.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.com