ya'll are, likely, going to grow weary of my garden posts. but i just can't help myself! i just LOVE our yard so much. this is what it looks like right now....although it is changing daily with all this warm weather!
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| flowering almond |
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| more forsythia |
now, how does a daffodil bulb migrate to the middle of the backyard?
please tell me, if you know.
our street's namesake
camellias are tricky. they are really, really beautiful flowers - but they bruise so easily! the day after i took the photograph, this pristine white camellia had bruised fingerprints all over it from my handling. the other thing that is always so surprising is that (at least from what i can detect) camellias have no scent. nada. zero. zilch. they are completely non-fragrant. which i find incredibly disappointing. it's a good thing they're so darn pretty.
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| pink perfection |
in a previous post, i mentioned the delightful visiting lilac from our neighbor's yard. it had bent over from the ice & not been righted. several lilac buds were turning purple, & i was coveting them. well, sadly, it was yanked from the ground and tossed to the curb. i looked to see if it was salvageable; alas, it was broken off at the root. i tend
not to think this was a lesson in coveting thy neighbor's lilacs.
our lilac, on the other hand, is only putting out green leaves.
not a single lilac bud on the entire plant.
i came out to my car this morning & found a fine, yellow dust
had settled in over the night or early morning.
ah, pollen, i have (not) missed you.
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| laurel (with pollen-dusted leaves) |
i find great joy in weeds. after all, they are so easy! really, all you have to do is let them go for a season &, then, encourage the ones you like for years of no-maintenance delight. i highly recommend this gardening style. here are some sweet violets among what will be some sort of tiny daisy-like wildflower this summer. i make my mowers (aka children) go around these daisies all summer long. i'm sure you'll see a photo of them later on & see the appeal.
