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Daffodils and Thalia narcissi in front.
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Creeping Phlox and Thalias.
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Our front yard
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Ahh, spring! Thus far it's been a changeable one, with the usual ups and downs in temperature: one beautiful mild sunny day here and there, interspersed with drizzly or wind-blasted ones, and bloom-burning frosts. Every year I find the seasonal progression of plants and flowers as they come into bloom in my garden ever more marvelous.
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| Prince Alfred daffodils with Forsythia in the back yard. |
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A week later the daffodils in the back bed are in bloom.
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| Blue grape hyacinths (Muscari armeniaca) among Mt. Hood daffodils. |
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Same bed a few days later.
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Every day is full of surprises as I discover plants I thought had
perished are sprouting, while others that were doing so well have disappeared, eaten by the
usual garden pests. The daffodils and narcissi predominate at this time,
along with the grape hyacinths. Sadly, my yellow magnolia 'Butterflies' was frost-burned this year--no flowers to enjoy except for the branch I cut to paint indoors.
The buds of the Kwanzan cherry in front are still a week to ten days away from opening, yet other plants are starting to show signs of life. I'd all but forgotten about the Grecian anemones I planted two autumns ago, what a charming surprise to see a few of them popping up!
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Tiny purple anemones
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"Pink Charm" daffodils in the back bed.
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The back bed a week later.
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Spring truly is the season of rebirth! So many more flowers to come in the next months, I can hardly wait to see what surprises my garden will bring this year!
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Thalias by the driveway.
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My neighbor's weeping flowering apricot tree.
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Muscari at the base of the Zelkova tree.
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