Leap Day Garden Details
Spring is well and truly here, and I'm finding it easier to notice its beauty in the details. I see things sprouting where I planted seeds in the fall, long since forgotten. From dormant branches that I'd almost concluded were dead, leaves are beginning to emerge. If I had to find something to be disappointed about, it would be the lack of rain. Our wildflower display won't be as nice this year as it was last year.February 29th is an imaginary date, isn't it? I took some time off to enjoy my garden and all the work I've done there so far, and I did some more work while I was at it. Here are some of the tiny details that I observed.
English Pea curlicue
Mexican Mint Marigold is a new addition to our herb garden, which I should cover in another entry soon.
Poppy
Phlox
I planted this phlox inside the enclosed vegetable garden last fall. After being dormant and unobtrusive for months, it's now blooming happily.
New growth on our (formerly) bare-root peach tree ('June Gold')
English Pea
Pansy
Small bed of pansies
Pink oxalis
African marigold and Gerbera daisies
Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus)
The coralberry kept its berries over the winter, but now it's bursting with new leaves.
Coral Nymph Salvia (Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph') is a new addition to our garden.
Bulbine frutescens
I love bulbines. This one is thriving in our front yard, where I planted it last summer, despite the complete lack of attention and watering that it has received. It spreads, but it's orderly about it, and it never gets unsightly or woody. I should be able to divide this plant and spread it out along our sidewalk border sometime this year.
This aloe vera is preparing to bloom. It's so prehistoric-looking.
The coralberry kept its berries over the winter, but now it's bursting with new leaves.
Coral Nymph Salvia (Salvia coccinea 'Coral Nymph') is a new addition to our garden.Bulbine frutescensI love bulbines. This one is thriving in our front yard, where I planted it last summer, despite the complete lack of attention and watering that it has received. It spreads, but it's orderly about it, and it never gets unsightly or woody. I should be able to divide this plant and spread it out along our sidewalk border sometime this year.
This aloe vera is preparing to bloom. It's so prehistoric-looking.0 TrackBacks
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Cool aloe vera bloom and English pea curlicue. There's a lot going on in your garden, it seems.
Your photo of the English pea curlicue is amazing! Happy Spring--I really enjoyed this post.
I love the close-ups. Are you using a macro lens?
They're lovely close-up looks at your plants, Rachel.
I've had the Mexican Mint Marigold for a couple of years and like it, but mine dies down to the ground each winter... it has just tiny leaves at the base right now. Was yours in bloom when you planted it?
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Wow, your photos are so crisp and lovely! How do you do that?
Lovely, lovely photos. And what a surprise when I saw the aloe blooming. I've never seen one bloom before and I noticed a stalk coming up on one of mine just before I left town a couple of weeks ago. It hasn't opened yet. You beat me to the punch. And with photos like yours, I'll just have to send people over here to show them what a blooming aloe looks like.
Hi Rachel,
Your photographs are wonderful! I love the Bulbine, Salvia and the Coralberry pictures very much. It seems amazing to me that Gerbera daisies grow outdoors there.
The English Pea is lovely too.