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