Spring Update

The last few weeks have been busy ones as I have tried to get the garden in shape. I always think I can get the garden cleanup done and get ahead of the weeds, but mother nature usually wins the round and I just consider myself fortunate for every bed that I can get through. There are still a couple that need some major work but at least there has been some progress.

 

Just a couple of pictures to highlight plants that I have really enjoyed so far this spring.

 

 

A new tulip was added to the garden for this spring, Tulip 'Spring Green'. I first heard of this tulip in a post by fairegarden last November. Because of her comment that they had been perennial for her since planting them in 2010, I decided to give them a try. Their first year has been beautiful. Now if they will just return for me. I love the simplicity of the green and white bloom.

 

A large weeping cherry tree is under planted with candytuft (Iberis sempervirens) and forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica). Both are easy to grow ground covers for me and create a lovely blue and white scene in the spring garden. The forget-me-nots reseed themselves readily and there I times that I am fussing as I pull them up when they seem to taking over the garden, but they can also make me smile when I see them like this. The candytuft has also been especially lovely this spring.

 

 

Boxes arriving in the mail with new plants for this year. There are still a couple more to come so I will be busy planting over the next few days. I am lucky that I have a shade house where I can hold plants if they come during a rainy week. 

 

Spring is Here!! Well Maybe Not.

Spring has been here in bits and pieces so far this year. Last weekend we had temperatures in the mid to upper 50's. I checked the buds on most of the flowering trees and even saw a few buds opening on the Star Magnolia (magnolia stellata). Mid week we had a low of 19 degrees. Most of those buds are now a dirty brown. It has been a chilly rainy weekend so I spent my time looking at some older pictures and realized that this time last year we had lots of bloom.

 

Prunus subhirtella



The weeping cherry was in full bloom.

 

 

 

There were tulips blooming. They must be planted close to the house to keep the deer from eating them, so they are always special when I get to see them bloom.

 

 

These were the blooms I could see from my kitchen window last year. There are only a few green leaves up this year.

 

These photos were taken on March 22 of last year. Even though there is part of me wishing this is what I was seeing outside today I know that it is probably better to wait a while longer because I also remember the late freeze we had in April of last year that ruined most of the first rose flush and so many other plants that were rushing to bloom because of an extra early spring.

 

I will be content to wait for the weather to warm just a little more, and enjoy the pictures that I took last year to remind me of what lays in store. Spring just has to be around the corner now!