I hope to get out there and fix up the back 40* later next week, after stressful meeting with dissertation committee is firmly behind me. In the meantime, life marches on...

Tulips!

Daffies, and spiky tulips! Don't ask me what varieties any of my bulbs are. I care deeply and obsessively about the IDs of the "real" plants, but the spring bulbs and annuals are lucky if I bother remembering the genus. OK, I exaggerate a wee bit, but not much.

My Dicentra is underwhelming but bear in mind it's been moved, trampled, broken, or otherwise abused every year I've had it. I'm happy with whatever I get.

Pulmonaria something. What was that about obsessive taxonomy? It's written down somewhere, I'm sure.

Tradescantia zebrina 'Red Hill', just a baby a few months ago, surprised me by blooming all over the place. Always a pleasant surprise when houseplants bloom; I only grow them for the foliage.

Foley checks out the perimeter at the in-laws' place in Michigan.
*more like 40 yards than 40 acres
3 comments:
I like that Pulmonaria. Is the picture fairly accurate color? The only Pulmonaria flowers I've ever seen before were pink, not blue-purple.
It's pretty accurate - the flowers are pink when they first open, then turn purple, or is it the other way around? I mostly love it for the leaves, though!
Very nice! I know what you are talking about when it comes to weeds I have half an acre of creeping charlies, dandelions, and wild strawberries it usually takes me about 2 weeks to pull all of them out of my flower beds. Your daffodils and tulips are beautiful.
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