Archive for April, 2008
Purple Hyacinth … this is the first one to bloom in my garden this year. Oh I now have several hyacinths in bloom, but this was the first to fully flower. Isn’t it lovely? The weather was so nice last week that we had our doors and windows open most of each day. The scent [...]
My crocus’ are almost finished blooming, but I did manage to capture them when they were at their finest. I love this purple and yellow combo. Most of my crocus flowers are in little clumps in the grass beside the garden beds. I don’t know why I didn’t mix more of them, as most are [...]
I have a lovely pink Hydrangea growing in my back garden, but when I saw this potted hydrangea in a local store I couldn’t resist buying it. It’s now sitting in a plant urn on my front porch and looking lovely. Luckily this hydrangea is supposed to be hardy in this region so I’ll try [...]
Now that the snow finally melted in the garden and our yard it’s time to get outside and clean up the garden. There’s lots of dead foliage from last fall to cut down or remove. The above photo is of a Crocosmia seedpod. I actually took the photo in the fall. The seeds wouldn’t have [...]
There’s still snow on the ground here in Toronto, but it’s melting. I’m hoping it will be all but gone by sometime next week. At this point there’s obviously no hyacinths blooming, but I can look forward to blooms like this one soon! Do you have any spring flowers growing in yard or garden yet? [...]
