Lots of things are in bloom this week and so many more have buds that will be opening soon. It's been a beautiful week: lovely weather (at least until the storm last night and the constant rain today), perfect temperatures, and lots of things coming to life in the garden. I saw my first hummingbird of the year on Friday the 26th. I haven't yet filled the hummingbird feeder, but he was getting sips from the Chinese fringeflowers that hang over my back fence. I also saw my second snake of the year this week, but I saw him too late because he got his head accidentally cut off by the lawnmower. Sowwy. A moment of silence for our fallen comrade.
A lot of things are still blooming from last week: candytuft, narcissi, pansies and fringeflower.
As far as the newly-blooming things go, my favorite ones at the moment would have to be the bearded irises. So far, there's deep purple, yellow, and a pale lavender one with violet falls and a yellow beard.
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| A lovely bi-color iris grows next to a hydrangea. |
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| I love the pure violet color of this iris. |
The azaleas have been blooming this week; for my taste, there are too many colors of them in one yard, but they're pretty anyway.
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| White azalea |
Also beginning to bloom this week are garlic chives, wiegela, amsonia, oxalis, shrub roses, paperwhites, the new daffodils planted this fall, and tulips.
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| The wiegela is just starting to open its buds. Soon it will be a huge hummingbird attraction. |
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| Amsonia blossoms; the leaves of the amsonia turn golden in the autumn. |
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| Happy, happy clumps of pink oxalis |
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| The shrub roses are just beginning to bloom. |
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| Paperwhites |
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| The new daffodil addition this year, Narcissus 'Season of Sunshine' |
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| I love this dark, velvety tulip. |
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| A pretty little tulip pokes his head up in the garden. |
The chickadee continues his nesting activities in the new wren box. Whenever I get too close to his nest, he flies out and lands on a nearby tree limb, from where he vehemently scolds me until I leave.
Wishing you happiness in spades,
M.R.S.
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