The one good thing to come out of the time change was a whole half hour of light after I got home from work yesterday. That could only mean one thing: time to get back into the garden!
At the Flower Show last week, I bought two plants: a bright yellow rannuncula, destined for the front yard, and a magenta paeony for the back. I love both kinds of plants, and attempted to plant both last year with neither appearing. But I will not be deterred!
I started my gardening time with a tour around the grounds. I discovered:
A lovely clump of crocuses in back that I did not plant last fall. Where did they come from???
One lone snowdrop in front. Will there be more to follow???
I also found assorted other green shoots that I hope will grow into some of the 50 bulbs I planted last year, early leaves on the lilacs and hyacinths, a rose bush in desperate need of pruning, and some leafy action on the cheap daisies I bought from Produce Junction and then stuck in the ground, just in case.
And....
...just where I planted one of the failed paeonies from last year....
...some red shoots sticking up from the ground!!!!!!!!!
Stay tuned for news and more photos taken with a real camera in actual daylight!
2 comments:
Happy Spring!! "We like March, his shoes are purple, He is new and high" - Emily Dickinson
Crocuses? Unless others of your bulbs were somehow mis-labeled, I'd blame the squirrels. Yay, shoots! My street will blush pink pretty soon--redbuds and dogwoods and Japanese maples.
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