Tag: daffodils
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Late Winter 20 Feb 2026
This has been a beautiful week of weather. It has been warm with several mostly sunny days. There is a cold front coming. It will bring some frosty nights for 2 days so winter still has some punch left in it. It is so wonderful to have the increasing amount of daylight. The plants have…
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Late Winter 13 Feb 2026
There has been such a dramatic change in the weather this week. It is spring-like with a gentle breeze and warm sunny days. There is no frost in the forecast for at least the next 10 days. The spring bloom display has begun. The daffodils, the crocuses and the snowdrops are full. There are some…
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April Is No Fool
The progress in the garden has been very encouraging. We will have some rain on Sunday which will be followed by some cooler weather. No frost. It is time to bring some of the tender plants out. The hardwood leaves have emerged with their brilliant green. The irises are beginning to show blooms. The grass…
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Still Waiting for Spring 7 March 2025
It’s been dry and then we had a heavy rain. It’s been calm and then we had 3 blustery days. It’s been pleasantly warm and then near freezing temperatures returned. I keep waiting for the sunny days of spring. Not yet. The daffodils are up but they have not all opened. The bluebells are up…
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Daffodils, Daffodils 1 Mar 2025
March has arrived as a lamb. It is beautiful weather. Sunshine, calm and warmth prevail. The garden is showing signs of advancing. The best show is being displayed by the daffodils. Garden tasks this week have included trimming some hollies to shorten the skirt but not before they were stripped of berries by migrating robins.…
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Setback 14 Feb 2025
It has been a stormy few days with heavy rains, wind and flooding in some locations. It’s a grim reminder that Mother Nature still packs a punch in the winter. The hardy plants will still keep growing and spring is still on the way but thoughts of the end of winter have been shattered. I…
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Spring is so close
There has been a dramatic change in the landscape this week. The weather seems little changed but the daffodils have appeared. As a young man growing up in Canada, daffodils were not seen. We had tulips but they appeared in May and June. When I moved to the American South in the 1970’s, I witnessed…
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Mid-Winter 9 Feb 2024
I am settling in after last weeks sunny break in Florida. The weather definitely is warming and I was able to play golf yesterday for the first time in a month. More color is appearing and there are new growth surprises nearly every day. I have some plants started from seed and I am itching to plant…
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Five for February 3 Feb 2023
Its a sunny day which is especially delightful since we have had a run of gloomy rainy days. We are storing up the rain now since we can expect dry hot weather in the summer. The plant world is showing more evidence of emergence aided by the increased duration of sunlight. I am seeing more…
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Five for Friday 27 January 2023
In Alabama, the days are lengthening and more signs of spring growth are appearing. There are still some frosty nights this week but just a few degrees. I have started some seeds but mostly these are some herbs and some perennials. Today, my photos are from the Birmingham Botanical Gardens as well as my own…