Green Thumb Sunday - Yellow is for

Daffodils

Wait! Those aren't daffodils!


What?

These aren't daffodils, either!

Where are the daffodils?

Oh! Here they are!

A number of different varieties, but I don't know "who" they are. I just can't keep track of everybody! ;-)

Not "shady," just fun!

A Pause for a Perusal of Plenty (My Sunny Bed)

"How Peculiar," did you say?
"There seems to be a preponderance of P's!"

In explanation, while entering our driveway last Thursday,
after having been away for 8 days,
it was the Front Yard Sunny Garden Bed
that took my breath...
with a
Plethera of Pretty Daffodils! :-)

In the photo above, you'll see a couple of daylilies in the foreground,
Pink Chablis sedum to the right,
Matrona sedum in the background under the grow ring.

Below, you'll also spot some iris on the left with
another daylily in the back,
allium in the center, etc.

I had to sneak in a photo of my rhubarb.
It looks much happier out here!

And you'll be happy to know that all the leaves were cleared
this weekend.
It's raining gently this morning.

It's a wonderful time of year!!

Stanza four from
The Daffodils
by William Wordsworth

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They (the sight of the many lovely daffodils) flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

Have a great day!
SG

Green Thumb Sunday

I'm not feeling as though my thumb is green these days... I've been so excited about the growth of my 9 large amaryllis bulbs. However, only one (1!) is going to blossom. At least for the moment.

Did I do something wrong? Should I NOT have watered the bulbs with anything besides plain water? I admit to adding fertilizer... The rest of the bulbs are growing strapping, strong, green leaves. Hmmm. Oh, well. There's always another year.

In the meantime, I Knew we were going to have a snowfall. They'd predicted over a couple days' time, last week. So on Friday, I finally didn't want to wait any longer and brought in a bunch of daffodils that were budded and nearly ready to open. This is what I found Saturday night!

At 1:45 P.M. Saturday afternoon, it began to snow.
(Can you tell I'd raked a lot last week?)
At 2:45 P.M., it looked like this.
At 4:10 P.M., it looked like this.
It stopped snowing shortly afterwards. In all, we may have received
between two and three inches of snowfall.
This morning I took this picture for your enjoyment!
Do you see all the little black specks? Click on the photo.
Those are some of my plant id markers!
(I do need to make just a few more,
for those plants that were added
last Fall.)
ha!
Here are those daffodils, as photographed this afternoon.
A bit of a close-up.
Getting personal.

Happy Green Thumb Sunday!

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Our snowfall is already beginning to melt. If that's the last of it, I'm looking for some Real Greening very shortly! :-)

Hope you enjoyed a great day!!
SG

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Rhododendron Buds!

Virginia Bluebells

Virginia Bluebells close-up!!

"Carlton"

"Ice Follies"

This has turned into a gorgeous, blue-sky, "balmy" day! I finished the wall and hauled the rocks to other beds.

Tah-dah! Here's the complete view,

with Barbie's tree in the foreground.

This little daffodil is one of 15 Carlton Daffodils I planted last Fall.

The continuing saga of the lone hyacinth.

The Bleeding Heart is growing!

As is the Pasque Flower.

Here's a new little fellow that 's shown up over the past few days!Last, but not least. This is called "getting up close and personal"
when you're about the business of digging and planting rocks in the ground!

Not Shady. Just slightly "buggy." :-)

Fall Busy-ness!

So far I've planted 60 daffodil bulbs, with another 60 to go! I've been anxious to try Fritillaria meleagris ("snake's head fritillaria") and I found some bulbs at a great nursery west of Cedar Rapids yesterday (Saturday).
I received the following information about fritillaria meleagris on-line:

This is a Mediterranean species and you’ll find it will grow in a dampish area.

The flower stem holding purple or white flowers will reach to 8 to 10 inches.

Plant the base of the bulb to 3 to 5 inches deep and put these smallish bulbs 2 to 3 inches apart for the best show. Bob, of Bob's Garden, tells me to angle the bulbs at a 45 degree angle when I plant them, so they won't hold moisture and rot. Great clue!! (Thanks!)

They will take full sun and light shade so they perform very well in rock gardens as well as on the edges underneath shrubs and trees. Here's some captivating information: They are interesting bulbs to grow but don’t grow them for their fragrance. Mostly they smell like rotting meat with a touch of old-egg thrown in for good measure. Doesn't that sound enticing? ;-)

They do tend to like somewhat acidic gardens so peat moss can be added before planting. After planting, a little can be gently cultivated between bulbs but do not disturb the bulb if possible. Like most fritillaria, they do resent being moved once established.

Good tips, don't you think? They should be fun to see next Spring!