But all of a sudden, Spring has Sprung! New shoots and buds are appearing everywhere.
This little clump of daffodils somehow manages to survive getting flooded every year and reliably pops up in March -- encouraged, no doubt, by the metal daffodil staked into the ground to mark their location.
The Angel Trumpet I transplanted from the pot that fell apart to a half barrel is leafing like crazy. I hope I get some blooms on it in the fall.
The Sam Houston peach is starting to put out blossoms.Hopefully this year the fruits won't get beaten by a hail storm like they did last year.
All of the Rose of Sharon bushes are leafing out, including this one on the west fence. This came with me as a cutting from a bush I had at my previous house.
This volunteer sapling is a bit of a mystery. I have no idea what it is and can only assume it was "planted" by the birds that like to hang out around the Southern Wax Myrtle, in the midst of which it is growing.
I was going to hack it down a year of so back, but my curiosity got the better of me and I decided to let it grow and see how it does. At this point it's about as high as the Wax Myrtle - 15 feet or so - and has deeply lobed leaves.
Over by the utility boxes, the Homestead Verbena is spreading nicely across in front of the trellises that hide the utility boxes (and the brush pile). It's also spreading the other direction, under the Vitex tree toward where we have the grape vine. I love the purple flowers and so to the butterflies and bees, so wherever it wants to spread is okay by me :-)
That's it for today - I need to get out and weed -- the nutsedge is taking over the island beds!
Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Did you remember to move your clocks forward one hour last night?
Words and photographs by Jayne Wilson, Green and Serene, Jayne's Country Garden.
5 comments:
It's a wonderful time of year in the garden - something new every day. We got about 7 inches of rain this week and everything looks lush and green now. Of course, the ground is still a bit squishy, but still, it's a good time to be in the garden. Your mystery tree is intriguing. Have you checked a tree field guide to try to identify its leaves?
I've tried to ID it using online resources with no success, Dorothy.
Sorry, that was me who deleted. Typo! My fingers go faster than my brain sometimes, and then there's auto correct :( What I said was isn't it great to see everything coming back to life again? Lovely photos Jayne :)
Thanks for visiting Denise. Yes I love this time of year with everything coming back to life :-)
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