This next series of pictures will show close-ups of inidivudal plants on the right side of the picture (right of the steps). The bush closest to the steps has light pink flowers, which are just arting to bloom. Next to that in the flower bed, we have some crocuses & dafodills that have come up. They have great leaves, but no flowers. I have no idea why they don't have flowers up yet.
The next group of pictures are plants on the left side of the first picture (left of the stairs). There is a pink flowering bush in this side too, but the flowers are a deeper pink and the bush has a lot more blossoms. I think this is because this area gets more sun than the right side. The snapdragons we planted last fall survived the winter and some are blooming already again (pink and yellow). They are hardy (apparently).
Brian planted some bulbs this afternoon. The bulb types are pictured below. These plants are supposed to get pretty tall, so we will see how the front yard looks when they grow in.
Around the side of the house, you can see the great palm that mostly hides our back porch (laundry area) from general view. There are also a couple of bushes with nice red berries. I have been told that these are an invasive species, but I enjoy them. The window with red curtains is the kitchen window, so I stand at that sink and look out at these plants fairly regularly.
These last few pictures are of the tree that just starting flowering this week. This tree is located off to the right in the first picture. It is between our house and our neighbor's house, right by where we park our car. I have been observing it's progress when we head to work every morning.
So cloudy!
4 comments:
Lovely!
I like how you said "It will eventually come to your home as well, but it may take a little time." Ha. We need that reminder sometimes! I arrived home from mild-weathered London to all kinds of snow here on Saturday - a bit of a setback in achieving spring for us....
thank you for sending the pictures of the flowers. It is something good to look forward to.
Do your bulbs do well ever? or is it not cold enough in the winter, so they won't have a long enough "rest'? Mom
It looks like your redbud is blooming already. By the time spring arrives here (in May), I'll be leaving for Iceland (where the ice melts off the lake by June).
Maybe we should get together around the Christmas holidays in Florida this year?
Our bulbs did well last yearm but this year I haven't seen any new blooms (the leaves look fine though). I suppose it might be related to the temperatures, although we have had freezing nighttime temps several times. Brian put in some new bulbs, and the next morning we found them all dug up again! Apparently some animal thought they might be tastey, but I guess they taste bad because the bulbs were all intact and have not been dug up since.
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