Beautiful, everyone!

BTW, thanks Sue, for importing my pics to the database.

Rob, your Camelias are gorgeous! And the pictures you shared recently of your camelia garden were stunning! Your yard must be beautiful right now!!

I have to admit I'm a bit envious of all of you and your beautiful gardens. I have only recently been ripping out lawn to make planters and my plantings are sparse and immature. I have had a few blooms here and there so I'll post what I can.


Saucer Magnolia































They are a little bit chewed up, but Jurassic Park has been blooming!


I took these at the Merced National Wildlife Refuge last week:








And these are a few photos I took at Yosemite on Saturday:

Thanks for all the Spring Things! Awesome pictures all of them! It's back to 0 this morning and snow in the forcast, so keep the pictures coming!

Marilyn, those photographs are wonder-bee-yew-tee-califragilistic!

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Mid-Late April 2014

Gizmo Rose // Daniel Deronda Clematis (I killed it, though ) // Fourth of July Rose


Raspberry Sundae Peony // Filigree Clematis // Gazania


Orange Bulbine // Gazania // Opening Night Rose

Deb -- might want to edit your post above and change the date. Don't think you have photos yet of April 2015 blooms -- just sayin'..............

Time traveling.

At a nursery yesterday.......

Is that a thornless quince in the fourth photograph?

Looks like it.

Thanks Deb! I've been taking a lot of photos trying to learn how my new camera works, of course I only show the good ones...not all the 100's of others that don't make the cut!

Marilyn, thank goodness for digital, yeah? We can dump what came out imperfect.

Beautiful pics!

Yes Celia, without paying the cost of the wasted film, processing and printing!

Yup! I remember my mom fussing over whether to take a picture or not. I didn't get in then but I do now.

Thanks for the nice pics. It's been snowing lightly all afternoon. I suppose it's better then freezing rain. If I don't go postal by Saturday, it looks like the temps move up a bit into the low 30's.. So I'm going to need lost of pics of spring to get me to Saturday! If on the other hand they find me walking the strees in a tu tu telling people my name is Rob, and I need an iris, someone come and get me out of jail!!!!

Buahahahahahahaha!!!! That was GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tom, you just made my whole WEEK!!!!!

Here, have some flowers!

We are at the end of the almond blossom season. Here is a picture of one of the orchards I passed today.



And here is a Noid iris that is growing in a patch outside our company office. DH runs the business...I try to stay out of the way! I'd much rather be working in the garden!