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New Spring Blooms
This is the first time I have tried direct seeding poppies. I planted them in the fall, and they are finally rewarding me for keeping them alive through the winter.
California Poppy
The ice plant over-wintered well and I expect it will produce many blooms this year. I am planning to take some cuttings off this plant so I can get some started in my new rock garden in the courtyard.
Ice Plant
The Cyclamineus Narcissus is just beginning to bloom. I love the delicate yellow color. Kind of creamy yellow – not too bright.
Cyclamineus Narcissus
This Grand Primo Narcissus is quite pretty. The red yucca behind it is sending up a bloom spike and should be in bloom soon as well.
Grand Primo Narcissus
Eowen has decided to brave the dogs in the back yard so she can hunt birds from the arbor.
Eowen in the Arbor
I spotted new fruit on both our apricot and plum trees today for the first time this spring. The few fruits we harvested from these trees last year were really tasty. It looks like we might get a much bigger harvest this year. Perhaps enough to make a little jam or preserves.
Baby Apricot
Baby Plum
I’ve been trying to get a shot of this moth for several days now. This is the best shot I’ve gotten so far, and it is mediocre at best, but this moth is beautiful. It is a white-lined sphinx moth, and it mimics a humming bird in the way it feeds.
White-lined Sphinx Moth
This is the first evening primrose I have spotted this spring. I wish I had more of these on my land. They seem to be hearty in that they come back every year, but they don’t seem to spread much.
Evening Primrose
Every day seems to bring new joys. I love spring.
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Hi Carol,
That poppy trick seems to work around Central Texas – one of these years I’ll plan ahead, too. It’s interesting to see your Grand Primo blooming now. Mine are planted in 3 different locations and bloomed a few weeks ago, with the bloom staggered.
Good luck with the fruit crop!
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Hey Annie – it seems like your garden is always around two weeks ahead of mine. You grow many of the same plants that I do, so I find it interesting to look at your garden to compare it to mine.
Your garden is looking very nice these days.
Carol — I love all your little buds and blooms. And the cat photo is so cute. I’ve never seen your moth – it’s very interesting. And a baby plum already – wow. Do you normally have them start this early or is this an unusual year?
Diana, this is only the third spring for the plum and apricot trees so I cannot say what is ‘normal’ for them here. We have an interesting micro-climate on our land created by being on the south side of a very large river valley. Our land experiences cooler than normal nighttime temperatures, but we warm up quickly in the morning because we face south. We do seem to be having an early spring this year though.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I love to share my little successes with everyone.