Thursday, April 10, 2025

2025 Doing The Bud Watch!

 For the past week we have been
doing the bud watch.  Hope you
enjoy!






























































































































































All done!


Wednesday, April 2, 2025

March & April Bloomers 2025




 









Spring has sprung, the first tulip with hails
damage.











Pieris 'Valentine'

Brugmansia 'Cassie Curl'


























Above is some of our Hellebores














Verbena


















Anemone 'Mr. Focker'













Pieris 'Valentine'


















Daffodil
















Pieris 'Variegated'










































Above Primroses, ballerina variety.
















Christmas Cactus












Moving the Clematises to the front
driveway.










Our west garden bed, just taking off.





















Eppie Cactus, doing the bud watch.
















Grape Hyacines

























A couple of above Hellebores with seedpods. 
















My Japanese Fringe shrub in bloom.
















Wild woodland anemones. 



















Another wild woodland Bleeding Hearts.














Phlox 





















Candytuff





















Rhododendron














X Caliper Azealia

















Daffodil




















Daffodil / pure white.

















Buds from Wisteria 'Black Dragon'
















Buds from Wisteria 'Amethyst Falls' 

















Eppie cactus bud watch.


4/12/2025




















Starting to fade, but still nice.




















First Columbine to open...A. 'karma'
















A. 'karma'
















New Primrose



















































Primrose 'red'


















Primrose 'yellow'






















































































Early irises. 



















First white Calla Lilies.




















Here comes the Wisteria blooms.

Saturday, March 29, 2025

Last Date For Frost.......

for our area is April 15th!   
But last year we had cold 
end of April after we put
out the Brugmansia.

One should be cleaning up the 
yard and getting the soil
conditioned for this year's
season.   If you are buying 
plants, please protect them 
until after the last frost date.

How many of you buy and 
just put out in the yard?    
Or do you quarantine them 
before putting them out?

General rule is to put out or
do veggies after Mother's Day.
If you do plant early, protect them!

This year with the higher temps
we are currently seeing the 
Perennial Hibiscus coming up
early.  We usually see them in
mid June.