This is one of my favorite times of the year, when I get to go out and garden, and see new things popping up and growing larger each day. I thought I'd document some things that are blooming now.
This is a Bergenia of some kind that a friend gave me a few years ago.
I don't know the names of my daffodils, but they have all been planted quite a number of years. I'm glad so many of the different bulbs come up each year, since I don't plant any anymore. Oh, I see Grape hyacinths in the background. They have spread around a bit and seem to do well in the parking strip.
I have dug out quite a few irises to make room for native plants that will look good and provide for the pollinators for a longer season than irises, but I will keep some for the lovely spring color they provide.
Some Pasqueflowers are native, but these are not. They sure are blooming well this year!
There are just a couple clumps of this Merrybells plant. It's quite small, but I hope they self sow a bit. I'd like to have more of them.
I'm trying to remember where I first saw and fell in love with Fremont's clematis. It could have been the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum's East Campus location. I know I was tickled to get some there. I have also gotten some from a local garden center. They are more expensive, but the plants are larger. This one has been in this location a year or two.
Isn't it unique? I love the blooms!
The early spring blooms of the hellebores, which come in an assortment of colors are such a treat, and they look good for quite awhile.
It seems like these tulips look a little different each spring. Some years they are a deeper pink than others.
The Phlox divaricata are opening their buds now.
Lovage is related to Golden alexanders. It blooms earlier, but the blooms are almost identical. I'm trying to remember if I've seen swallowtail caterpillars on it, as I have on the Golden alexanders.
The other day, someone asked me what I use for fertilizer. Some years, I'll have enough compost to put on the beds in the fall, or find a container of manure of some kind that you mix with water, but other than that, I don't fertilize. I like how this clump of tulips has so many blooms each season.
Just a few daffodils here and there provide lots of cheer while waiting for the other flowers to bloom.
I planted a few strawberries in a few different places a few years ago, and they are now spreading themselves around. The birds and us should get a good number of berries to share this season.
I have mentioned my memories of violets in one of my grandmothers' lawn when I was a girl. I like having some around. I forgot what kind of caterpillars they are host plants for. These are in the vegetable garden. They seed some, but I don't let them take over. I am feeling kind of bad, though, because our next door neighbor has a whole bunch of purple flowers in her yard from young violet plants. She said something about not liking them a year or two ago. Is it my fault?
This post ended up being a few days in the making. After a number of nice, warm days, we are now in the midst of highs in the 50s, with rain off and on. While I would rather have the 70s back, and won't even mind the 80s, which we could see in a week or so, the rain has been very good for the plants.
This is a Bergenia of some kind that a friend gave me a few years ago.
I don't know the names of my daffodils, but they have all been planted quite a number of years. I'm glad so many of the different bulbs come up each year, since I don't plant any anymore. Oh, I see Grape hyacinths in the background. They have spread around a bit and seem to do well in the parking strip.
I have dug out quite a few irises to make room for native plants that will look good and provide for the pollinators for a longer season than irises, but I will keep some for the lovely spring color they provide.
Some Pasqueflowers are native, but these are not. They sure are blooming well this year!
There are just a couple clumps of this Merrybells plant. It's quite small, but I hope they self sow a bit. I'd like to have more of them.
I'm trying to remember where I first saw and fell in love with Fremont's clematis. It could have been the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum's East Campus location. I know I was tickled to get some there. I have also gotten some from a local garden center. They are more expensive, but the plants are larger. This one has been in this location a year or two.
Isn't it unique? I love the blooms!
The early spring blooms of the hellebores, which come in an assortment of colors are such a treat, and they look good for quite awhile.
It seems like these tulips look a little different each spring. Some years they are a deeper pink than others.
The Phlox divaricata are opening their buds now.
Lovage is related to Golden alexanders. It blooms earlier, but the blooms are almost identical. I'm trying to remember if I've seen swallowtail caterpillars on it, as I have on the Golden alexanders.
The other day, someone asked me what I use for fertilizer. Some years, I'll have enough compost to put on the beds in the fall, or find a container of manure of some kind that you mix with water, but other than that, I don't fertilize. I like how this clump of tulips has so many blooms each season.
Just a few daffodils here and there provide lots of cheer while waiting for the other flowers to bloom.
I planted a few strawberries in a few different places a few years ago, and they are now spreading themselves around. The birds and us should get a good number of berries to share this season.
I have mentioned my memories of violets in one of my grandmothers' lawn when I was a girl. I like having some around. I forgot what kind of caterpillars they are host plants for. These are in the vegetable garden. They seed some, but I don't let them take over. I am feeling kind of bad, though, because our next door neighbor has a whole bunch of purple flowers in her yard from young violet plants. She said something about not liking them a year or two ago. Is it my fault?
This post ended up being a few days in the making. After a number of nice, warm days, we are now in the midst of highs in the 50s, with rain off and on. While I would rather have the 70s back, and won't even mind the 80s, which we could see in a week or so, the rain has been very good for the plants.