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| New growth on Picea abies 'Mucronata' |
Can someone explain why during the mildest Wisconsin winter since 1932, I am so homesick for the spring gardens? I suspect it's a perpetual case of spring fever... one simply can't get resigned to the fact that winter is here... on every turn there is a promise of the coming of spring. Helebores are budded, witch hazels are showing color... and I am constantly ordering plants as never before. After all, it's only February. We are blessed that at least the temps are before the freezing mark most nights... the last thing this garden needs is swollen magnolia buds struck down by a sudden cold spell.
The pictures today are of things that I anticipate each season... the new growth of conifers, flowering trees in bloom, hellebore blossoms... I must resign myself in the fact that I have no control over any of these things and will appreciate them for however they perform in this very strange year. Larry
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| The first signs of the baltimore orioles |
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| Hellebores in bloom such as this Elegance White |
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| Patches of self-seeded bloodroot throughout the gardens |
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| Walks through the garden paths many times a day |
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| Daffodils in abundance |
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| Pulmonarias in bloom |
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| Misty mornings |
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| Fresh growth on the poppies next to rail fences split by one's own hand |
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| Flowering trees such as this Prunus avium plena |
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| Dawn in the gardens |
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| Blooms, color, and texture surrounding us wherever the eye can see |
7 comments:
Maybe it's because of the MILD winter this year --that all of us are thinking about Spring.... George said that he is probably going to have to take the container roses out of our garage early this year since they are spitting out new growth NOW.... Crazy year!!!!!
Relax and Spring will happen ---when IT is good and ready... ha
Betsy
No wonder you're looking forward to spring, your garden is like a taste of heaven when in flower.
I see little green heads poking through all er the garden but nothing that looks like a bloom yet. I feel I should be doing something but I am not, can't believe winter is over!
Eileen
I totally agree Larry. When you're waist deep in snow and freezing temps there's no choice but to accept the fact that winter is here, and it's here to stay. But when you've got bare ground with brown grass and snow melting it lends hope that Spring is right around the corner, which sadly I don't think it is.
I agree also, Larry. It just strange to be so close to spring, yet so far away for constant temps. I hope your buds do make it through... as well as all of my new bulbs!
I really wish that I could visit your gardens. How long did it take to build up that patch of bloodroot? I have never had good luck with any pink-flowered cultivars of pulmonaria. Which one is in the photo?
Hi Carolyn... I wish I could give you an answer regarding the bloodroot... I actually don't even recall planting it there... there is a clump about 20 feet from this one that I did plant... I assume it seeded from there but in what manner the transport I can't say. This pink pulmonaria really spreads and the expanse is probably 4 to 5 feet across at this point in time. It was given to me by a friend perhaps a half dozen years ago... I'll check with him to see if he knows the name. Sorry that I can't be more helpful... Larry
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