See Previous | See Next Well, this week it snowed again. It was a pretty slushy sort of snow, that started dripping down and melting almost right away, but it was multiple inches, so the melting and dripping took a bit. In the meantime, new things were still blooming, including the dastardly vinca (annoyingly pretty when it blooms), and the redbud, which does not like the cold, but it forging ahead none-the-less. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows…
See Previous | See Next (sorry for the late posting – I was having login issues…) So what’s your preference? Apple blossoms or plum blossoms? Frothy and lush, or simple and elegant? Because this seems to be the week for both! Of my three sets of plum bushes, these are my earliest blooming (and much beloved by the bees). I would say that it’s a tad early for the apple blossoms, but I’ve been seeing them blooming all over town,…
See Previous | See Next Check it out! I have dwarf irises and daffodils blooming! …on the order of 2 of each, but still! More flowers! More flowers are coming! Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years really makes it look like this is the season of flowers. (My actual garden may be a bit sparser yet than this would seem to advertise…) Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows the dreaded time of the camera malfunction when I…
See Previous | See Next The very red tulips are here, poking up out of the leaf mulch and opening wide in the sun. I look forward to them, and they are always startling. Also, some of my other scattered hellebores are starting to bloom as well. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows just how very consistent my very-early red tulips like to be, marching in a straight, red line down the years. The crocuses dance around near…
See Previous | See Next Well, this week the snow melted, the crocuses and hellebores emerged from beneath it to bloom gleefully, and then it snowed again. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years confirms that it is definitely pretty crocuses season! (And crazy red, front-garden tulips season soon to come!) Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows off a bit of haunting, snowy March symmetry, but also promises that the snow will be giving way to lots of…
See Previous | See Next And now is the season for knocking snow off of tree branches with a stick lest they get so bowed down they break – or at least it was, for a day or two there. Snow now starting to melt, but there’s a lot of it. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years shows almost no concurrence with snow, but rather with hens-and-chicks, and hellebores, and crocuses. Before it snowed, I did spot one crocus…
See Previous | See Next Well, ‘tis the season to go hunting around in the leaf mulch, uncovering the poor tulip shoots all valiantly trying to force their way up to somewhere there’s light! Sometimes one or two other green things gets discovered too, but mostly it’s tulips, erecting dead-leaf tents as their way of shouting, “I’m here! I’m here!” Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years is a reminder that this time of year can be variable about just…
See Previous | See Next It’s been warm, feeling like spring. The snow finished melting off my white lentin roses (hellebores), and apparently they were even more ready to bloom than the fancy red one up front that’s still working on its buds. All of the sudden, pretty spring flowers! Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years doesn’t corroborate the lentin-rose phenomenon, but does agree that hens-and-chicks and maybe some other little things do start peeking out around now. Looking…
See Previous | See Next The snow is steadily melting down in my garden, and like some sort of sneaky alien, the buds from my beautiful, red hellebore are now starting to emerge! Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years suggests one or two other things may be emerging soon – along with critters, apparently? or maybe they’ll just be getting cuter shortly. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows other examples of struggling out from under the snow…
See Previous | See Next With one more round of snow and melting, my back garden is sunny and thawing, while my front garden is pretty well buried. Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years confirms that this is a pretty standard dual state and that this season is supposed to be a nice mish mash. Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years seems to be forecasting both new garden growth and more snow both at the same time. Definitely…