Lunaria
Dicentra spectablilis, old-fashioned bleeding heart
Emerging dogwood blooms
Narcissus poeticus, "Poets" narcisus. A very old variety
Pretty pansy faces
Redbuds (cercis canadensis) everywhere
Wild pear
Everywhere you look is a "Kodak moment" with spring! I just can't seem to stop!
Luscious lips: wild ginger. "Give us a kiss?"
New oak leaves
Newly emerging maidenhair fern frond. How delicate!
Rhubarb! I foresee pie in the future!
Wasn't there supposed to be another rhubarb here? What ARE these things?
"Yeah, lady, we ate your rhubarb. Whadda ya gonna do aboudit?"
And the enemy....Poison Ivy (rhus radicans). Where is my Roundup?
Today is a beautiful, rain-washed morning after thundershowers last night. The sun is glowing, the petals of the tulip magnolia litter the deck like a bridal aisle, and I see that there are lilacs blooming and viburnum "Carlessi" is open today. I must go smell them!
"Nature does her spring housecleaning
with rainclouds for her buckets
And the wind for her broom." --S.P.
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Love them all and what is the name of that tulip?
ReplyDeleteHello from Illinois (zone 5). We're having spring, but not like this. I think I'll indulge in some zone envy.
ReplyDeleteThank you! Lily, I got that tulip in a mixed bag of Rembrandt tulips a long time ago, so I never did know exactly which one it is.
ReplyDeleteHi Isadora. Wow spring is really bursting out in your area. I cannot believe the dogwoods are in bloom already.The fruit trees and violas are so beautiful. I have a tulip just like yours. Sure liven up a flowerbed doesn't it LOL!
ReplyDeleteI have never seen oak leaves that colour before! that is a great picture (one of many I might add)
ReplyDeleteThe tulips are sometimes the only spice in a wonderland of pink, yellow and blue! I love them too!
ReplyDeleteThe tiny new oak leaves are on a sapling. The ones on the mature trees are green. Thanks for the kind compliments!