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11 comments:
Today's cover shot: The last of my Water Lily pics. Now they'll probably go dormant for a couple of years before I see them again. I don't know too much about them but that seems to be their blooming cycle. I seem to have gotten lucky with lots of blooms this year.
Hump Day! Have a glorious one!
Mariposa - I seem to remember July and August being pretty much unbearable from the heat and humidity in Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio. Am I defective in my memories????? Has the dreaded Alzheimer's taken over my brain or is it just CRS????????
Normally is quite miserable this time of year. We are just getting some strange weather patterns giving us some much cooler weather.
My Master Gardener friend tells me the Water Lilies blooming is tied to water temperature.... who knew??? Another mystery solved!!!
You learn something new every day.
What would happen to the water lilies if the water temp was controlled? Would they bloom more than once a year?
Ponds are so pretty... we don't have room for one and I wouldn't really want the upkeep.
Grey this morning, looking to thunderstorms later. Hope they don't happen on our bike ride.
Oooops, I hear rain drops!!!
Carol - According to my MG friend, the Water Lilies don't bloom until the water starts to warm up. They go dormant in the winter and the warming water in the spring pulls their trigger. But, I have no idea what that temperature is. From what she said I think they have to go through that cold spell followed by warming to trigger the blooming. Mine have gone a couple of years without blooming. Thinking back I believe the springs they bloomed were following winters cold enough for the surface to freeze. I'll have to pay more attention.........
Darn I'm too poor to pay attention.
Mariposa - Big toothy grin!
Makes sense about the bloom time - those are bulbs and seems like most bulbs need a few months of cold to trigger them for a spring bloom. Only ones that may not be that way are the ones we plant in March: Dahlias and Glads for example.
I do leave those in all year, don't dig them up in fall and they seem to thrive.
Carol - I lost about half of my Dahlias this year due to that cold snap we had. Normally they do fine but this was an exceptional year and the bulbs froze and then ended up as empty shells. Oh well, that's why they sell new bulbs I guess.
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