How beautiful a start to Spring. The sunny days and ample rain has been making it spectacular. It is such a treat after the dreariness of January and February.
It’s been a very busy week for me. Some potatoes appearing and my onions are large enough to enjoy as scallions. I have planted some verbena, some cosmos and some snapdragons in the perennial bed.
Several container plants have been repotted and this years first crop of propagated seedlings have been potted up.
This Saturday, look for the SixonSaturday group. Gardeners from around the globe will be posting 6 recent favorite photos and showing the best of their gardens. Here is the link https://gardenruminations.co.uk/. We are hosted by the capable Jim Stephens.
Solomon’s Seal
Blueberry
Florida anise
The Solomon’s seal should be bloom in a few days but the arching stems with the buds are attractive. The grouping is thriving and multiplying.
My three blueberry bushes are off to a great start and are covered in blooms. I can’t wait to be able to harvest some but I do have to keep ahead of the birds and even deer who really enjoy them too.
The Florida anise is a beautiful native shrub which has been thriving in my yard. It does need some attention in the heat of summer with extra water.
Golden Alexander
The Golden Alexander has reseeded in many locations in the yard much to my pleasure. It is a very elegant native.
The Columbine is in a planter that sits on a block wall. It has reseeded heavily in that location and it is a very agreeable bloomer.
The last photo is a late blooming daffodil. I have lost the name but it is a very pretty bloom.
I hope you have an opportunity to spend some time in your garden. It is a wonderful time of the year.
Happy Gardening!
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You’re ahead of me regarding the columbine. Here they are only leafy. The top of you Six to me is the Florida anise! A gorgeous flowering that I didn’t know
I have flowering Blueberries in the garden too. I didn’t think to feature them. Love the Columbine, mine are later.
That Columbine is a wonderful colour.
A few weeks ahead of us, lovely to see some of what is hopefully to come here. Your ilicium is beautiful, I don’t know this one, just the yellow flowered I. simonsii. I have sown some A. canadensis and just one (so far) has germinated, such a beautiful flower. I will strive to grow one as wonderful as your!
The Florida anise is lovely! I am excited to see my Golden Alexanders and Columbine. I could see some leafy growth before the snow buried everything again. I need to take a week off from work soon to get things ready. Seeing any hummingbirds yet? I am watching the migration map, but they have not entered Missouri yet much less Illinois. We don’t usually see them here until late April/Early May.
No hummingbirds yet. There are some trumpet vines and Carolina jasmine blooming so i expect them soon.
Love the little beasts!
Lovely pictures, I’d never heard of zizia but I think it’s yet another one to add to my wishlist as Mr/Ms Google says it’s good for pollinators:-)
Yes. It is a host for several.
That’s a very statuesque Columbine and the flowers are gorgeous colours. I’m sure you’re more than happy to give the Florida anise extra water during the hot months, it’s a plant I don’t know but its blooms are spectacular.
Yes. I keep an eye on it. Fortunately, it is in the afternoon shade so it is easy to keep it hydrated.
Lovely to see what is growing for you at the moment. The Columbine is so pretty – we grow the Aquilegia vulgaris which are in pastel pinks and purple, sometimes yellow or white. But these orange ones are something I should like to try in my garden!