Just a Beautiful Day

Yesterday started early, got to watch the sun come up.  Our oldest dog has an internal clock that gets her up at the crack of dawn.   I love seeing the sunlight sparkle through the trees.  The problem is that it is so early.  Once she settles down, I go back to sleep.

Having cool nights as the lake is warming up gives us fog rising off the water in these wee hours.   Fog is always a great photo opportunity.

This morning I got to get see sunrise and more fog.

The gardens have been calling for me to come out and explore the new growth and lovely blooms.
Come walk with me through the yard ---

Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow' 

Red Buckeye, leafing out
Aesculus pavia

A daffodil from a mixed assortment, variety unknown

Hellebore 'Pink Frost'

Muscari 'Blue Sky'

 This sweet light blue Muscari is planted by the blue Cypress ... a little color echo going on.  Hope it reseeds and spreads in this area a bit more.

Callitropsis glabra 'Blue Ice'  and Loropetalum 'Ever Red'

Viburnum tinus 'Sweet Bouquet' with Narcissus 'Tahiti' behind it

A butterfly on the Edgeworthia chrysantha, this screams 'SPRING'!

And finally Magnolia x 'Jane' is blooming, another year or two and she will be quite a stunning focal point in the front gardens.

At this point, I am happy Jane is alive and growing.  There are difficult areas in my yard.  Do you have any spots that drive you crazy?


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A Little Bit of Sunshine Inside

Yesterday I thought it would be good to bring in some of the things that are growing/blooming in the garden.   I have lots of plants that are getting their spring foliage and some of them are flowering as well.
I have multiple daffodils in my bouquet.  The large trumpet facing us I believe to be 'Glen Cova', the tiny one is 'Grand Soleil d'Or'.  The dark foliage in the front is Loropetalum 'Ever Red', blooming its head off now.  For filler I used some Acorus 'Sweet Flag Grass' think it is Ogon.
Also included was a handful of Grape Muscari armeniacum, love those little blue bell shaped blooms.

 This beauty is 'Tahiti', a wonder spicy scent!    Behind the Tahiti is a Red twigged Dogwood, Cornus sericea 'Kelseyi' and Spirea Van Houttei, just starting to leaf out.   Some of the red leaves of Nandina 'Harbor Dwarf' add a little more red.

Tucked in the middle is Viburnum tinus 'Spring Bouquet', I haven't had any fragrance from it yet.....maybe it is the wrong time of day when I am trying to catch a whiff?  I know some plants put off their scent different times of the day.  

For some added height and texture I also put some dried Panicum foliage, a nice soft beige.   I like having a bouquet in the house of whatever is blooming in my garden.  Do you bring in any of your blooms?

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Great Nights and Lovely Mornings

We have been having some gorgeous sunsets. There are some great angles of the sun as the vernal equinox gets closer, bringing spring.  

The phase of the moon gives that Cheshire Cat look in the tree.  I am glad we didn't have too much cloud cover, hiding the moon.



Clear nights are leading to foggy mornings.  We didn't really have rain, it was just heavy dew.   Some mornings we can't see the water.   The water droplets hang like little jewels on the spiderwebs.

There is something magical about the foggy mornings.  Love how the Edgeworthia's fragrance it still on the breezes.  All the buds are open now...

This morning is looked as if the garden fairies had had a party.  These little webs were everywhere.

 See how they are all over the floor of the woods?  

Guess we have a lot of spiders in this part of our woods.  It was funny that other spots in the area were less web filled, ours must be a great place to find dinner.   Later I went across the street to check the blooms in the drain-field.  I noticed some movement as  I walked around.  Looking down, expecting a little lizard/anole, I was surprised to see this guy..hiding in his den.

We are getting closer and closer to spring.  I enjoy finding new blooms open each day.  

A new Narcissus in my drain-field, Narcissus 'Grand Soleil d'Or', a Paperwhite.  Think next year it will bloom earlier.  It is a sweet little bloom.  I think I should have planted this one closer to the walkways or street.  It is up in the field.  Didn't think about the blooms being so tiny.  

 The Quince has opened.  What a great delicate salmon colored bloom.  The daffodils behind it are open as well.

One of the daffodils I brought with me from Virginia is N. 'Cum Laude' a lovely peach ruffled corona.

I have two different varieties of Hyacinths.  'Jan Bos' bloomed earlier and now 'Pink Pearl' is blooming.

The Pulmonaria longifolia 'Diana Clare' is opening more and more every day. Love how the blooms are different colors as they mature.

 How are things coming along in your garden?



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