Petals At The Corner 27 March

The weather is sunny and the temperatures are pleasantly warm. The frequent question comes to mind “Is it time to plant?”

The grass is green and it could be mowed if only to remove the seed heads from unwanted grasses and broadleaf weeds. I have already begun to add some fertilizer and broad leaf applications to the lawn. I started to irrigate the lawn today but only because we don’t expect any rain for the next week.

Ornamental shrubs are blooming. The azaleas, camellias and paperbush have all bloomed. Some of them prematurely it seems since a mid-March frost ruined some of the early blooms.

I have planted some onion sets, cool weather vegetables and some zinnias.

Is it time to plant tomatoes? Is that what you mean? Even here in Zone 8, I will not plant summer vegetables for another 2 weeks.

Here is my 6 for this week. I will post on Six On Saturday tomorrow. Here is the link https://gardenruminations.co.uk/

The double daffodil on the left is a beauty. I have forgotten the name. Anyone recognize it?

On the right is Kerria japonica. It is also known as Japanese kerria and Japanese rose. It is very beautiful this spring.

The Spanish bluebells on the left (Hyacinthoides hispanica) have such beautiful blue blooms and have popped up in several locations this spring.

The little daffodil on the right was a surprise. The iphone plant identifier calls it a Rush-leaf jonquil. I’ll take that. It is a very delicate plant.

For your pleasure, here is a bluebird pair on the left that are very busy foraging today. They watched warily as I worked in the area. I could not hear cheeping and I could stare into the next box but I could not discern any gaping mouths.

The right photo is a cloudless sulphur sugar snacking at the coral honeysuckle.

I hope your weather is beautiful and you are enjoying some gardening.

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Happy Gardening!!