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For days now I've been failing to get pictures of the crocuses which bloomed in our yard on Saturday. When I came back outside with my camera in the evening, they had already closed up. Sunday was an all-day rain. I was too tired from DST to even check on them yesterday, despite the persistence of daylight. Today I left work early in order to get my voting in before dinner, but even so they were in shade. I was determined to photograph them anyhow--and then my camera died just as I was about to press the button.
In the meantime, I've seen a few pop up elsewhere, but at the time they were not only the only crocuses in bloom in our 'hood but the only spring flowers at all. Now there are squill and reticulated irises and daffodils in bud at the house across the street. Tulips are sprouting as well and I'm chuffed to see that, despite the manky condition they were in, most of the ones I planted out front seem to have survived--at least on the north side of the walk. But that's in clear view of the windows of the couple who planted them, so I don't feel so bad.
I thought the tire treads across the edge of the parkway corner had obliterated the rudbeckia, but two out of the three I planted in the fall are still there. Precious little of the seeds I planted there are sprouting, but I think it's still early days for prairie plants. Least I hope so. I thought that another set of tire tracks paralleling the alley had crushed the irises, but they're coming up as well. It's going to be the most colourful spring in quite some time (if everything doesn't get slaughtered by hail tonight).
In the meantime, I've seen a few pop up elsewhere, but at the time they were not only the only crocuses in bloom in our 'hood but the only spring flowers at all. Now there are squill and reticulated irises and daffodils in bud at the house across the street. Tulips are sprouting as well and I'm chuffed to see that, despite the manky condition they were in, most of the ones I planted out front seem to have survived--at least on the north side of the walk. But that's in clear view of the windows of the couple who planted them, so I don't feel so bad.
I thought the tire treads across the edge of the parkway corner had obliterated the rudbeckia, but two out of the three I planted in the fall are still there. Precious little of the seeds I planted there are sprouting, but I think it's still early days for prairie plants. Least I hope so. I thought that another set of tire tracks paralleling the alley had crushed the irises, but they're coming up as well. It's going to be the most colourful spring in quite some time (if everything doesn't get slaughtered by hail tonight).