Valentine bleeding heart, Orange Storm quince, and a new rose I just planted- Lemon Fizz. I'm normally not into single roses, but the rich yellow color got me!

Thank you Sue! In May I will have been here 8 years. Hard to believe it has been that long!

Wilhelmina photo bombing again today- cats seem to think if the camera is out, it must be for them, LOL

Wilhelmina is adorable! She is certainly enhancing the beauty of your garden.

Thanks Ursula, she certainly seems to know it too, LOL. Oh, here's the saucer magnolia in the middle of the hay field I mentioned, just showing the first bit of color.

If I had a Magnolia (and I want to buy one very soon), I would (will) plant it where I could (ca) see it as often as possible. It Is certainly strange to plant one so isolated and deprived of admiring eyes, unless this person planned to build a house not far from it.

Neil, you have an amazing amount of bulbs, but not just that: they are all sooo beautiful!

The soft curves of your hills are really harmonic, somehow Zen. You found a lovely place to live!

Beautiful, Neal. I have Lemon Fizz, too, and like it a lot.

Stunning Neal. I can't wait to see those parrots open.

gemini_sage said:

I had been many years since I'd grown any parrot tulips, I'd forgotten how gnarly and strange the buds look!

Your buds in that pic remind me of the the giant plant bud in the movie version of Little Shop of Horrors. No offense to what will soon be lovely (and hopefully non-man eating) tulips!

Leslie, you are so right! LOL Audrey II was the man eating plant, and they do look like it! They even appear to have teeth.

Especially the one on the far right. Be very careful in that garden Neal!

It looks like someone is just outside the frame of the photo and Audrey is trying to reach over and take a bite!

Actually looks like both the buds on the right are after the same morsel. Warn your kitty or he may lose a tail!

Still funky looking, but they don't look like they're trying to bite today.


The "Fire bed" today:





My favorite specie tulip, T. linifolia:


T.clusiana var. chrysantha

The entrance garden is changing daily, dwarf bearded irises, Virginia bluebells, and woodland phlox have started blooming. I've started moving potted tender bulbs outside, some were sprouting in the darkness. The colorful pots help give the area color during that lull between spring bulbs and the late spring perennials.

...sigh...beautiful...

The front and side yard areas today.