It's true - Spring is really here! We've had several days where the temp made it to 60 degrees. Of course, the next day it might be 30, but we're making progress. Spring is my favorite time; I love the blue skies, the warmer temps and all the trees and flowers starting to wake up. Last week, I wandered around the yard with my camera to document a little of that beauty.
Beautiful sight of buds on trees
Even the pine trees are showing new growth.
These are Lenten Rose plants. Many of you said you had never seen them before. They like cooler climates and grow in the shade. They are one of the first plants to bloom in the Spring and bloom for a long time. We have two plants, the green/white one and the rose color.
Miniature daffodils
The sun shining on new leaves is a beautiful sight!
These are Grecian Windflowers. They are quite small and grow in a carpet, low to the ground. Once their season is done, the whole plant disappears and isn't seen again until the next Spring.
This is their usual color, but we get a few pale ones, as pictured above.
This is Siberian Squill. It's another tiny plant, only 4 inches tall. It grows in patches, creating these lovely spots of blue.
"To everything there is a season and a time for
every matter under heaven."
Ecclesiastes 3:1
5 comments:
Love the photos, Mari. Those flowers are so pretty. It looks like spring has sprung up north. Enjoy!
Gorgeous captures, dear Mari.
I never get tired of seeing the Lenten Roses. Miniature Daffodils! There are some here, and I did not know what they were, they are so much smaller and shorter than the regular kind. The Grecian Windflowers are gorgeous, as are the Siberian Squill. I have never seen these, either!
The name reflects something the Greeks noticed:
The flowers sway and tremble in the slightest breeze, as if responding to the wind itself.
In Greek lore, they were believed to open and close with the wind, and even to be created by the gods — especially in myths involving Aphrodite and Adonis.
Your flowers are beautiful. I have planted hundreds of bulbs in the years we have lived here. This year I got 1 daffodill.
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