Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
One Liners
Been kinda busy lately - no joke. I've even been in the garden instead of in front of a computer screen! Things happen, whether I have time to blog about them or not, so here is the briefest of summaries of things I've noticed or done recently.
Creeping Phlox was blooming Saturday in somebody's front yard in Richmond.
Red maples are blooming along I-64 west of Richmond.
Purple Finches are still at the bird feeder at Tangled Branches South.
A song sparrow was hanging around with the juncos and cardinals under the feeder at TBS on Friday and Sunday.
It was so warm yesterday I drove with the sun roof open.
Winter aconites are blooming at Tangled Branches North, but I haven't taken a picture.
Crocus chrysanthus 'Cream Beauty' has been blooming since at least February 21, but I haven't blogged about it.
The floating hellebores' petals are still in good shape after almost 2 weeks, but the stamens are withered.
Seed starting is starting in earnest, and that deserves a longer post.
I planted coriander seed outdoors yesterday.
I just finished planting my narcissus bulbs yesterday, but don't tell anybody that.
9 Comments:
that crocus is the most beautiful one I've ever seen. lucky you!
This is the first part that I missed .. another BIG sigh ! LOL
Joy
Those crocus are so striking up close - I can't wait for mine to sprout!
Great looking crocuses!
This crocus looks awesome! I love the yellow - orange combination!
Gina: Cream Beauty is a beauty, but it needs a dark background to show up well - something I haven't done for it. It's great to see so many garden bloggers from Chicago (I'm originally from northern Illinois).
GardenJoy4Me: Spring is coming, I promise! I think the purple finches will be leaving me soon to spend the summer with you.
Mr. McGregor's Daughter: I think my favorite flowers are all ones that look good up close - I wonder why? I bet yours will be springing up as soon as the snow melts.
Connie: Thanks! BTW, I just started some seeds of Dolce Flambe petunia over the weekend. I think it was your blog where I saw them first.
Bek: Thanks - the flowers are small, but they make up for it in quantity. I really like your beautiful bilingual blog. Great for practicing my German!
This is like getting little telegrams from your garden, Entangled - please keep up the bulletins as you work out there!
Maybe the narcissus will be so glad to escape your custody that they'll still bloom.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Annie: I have spring fever so bad you wouldn't believe. Can't stand to be indoors now. I may have to start blogging from my cell phone ;-)
I think the narcissus will be fine despite their maltreatment. The bulbs were sound and sprouting.
Exquisite! Happy Happy Spring's a comin!
XXKHT
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