This one’s for you, Ashley.
It’s been lovely, sunny weather the past few days in Seattle – which draws me to my little garden. I’ve done a little weeding, trimming off dead branches and such, and joyfully discovered new growth from last years’ planting. All three of my clematis vines have buds.
Look at the cute new growth on the sweet woodruff I planted among the rock wall. It’s sending out shoots and hopefully will fill in nicely last year. It’s such a cute plant, isn’t it? Can’t wait for it’s beautiful white spring flowers to appear.
And look – even my delphinium is sprouting new growth…Â you know how I love delphinium. Who am I kidding – I just love flowers! Next to the delphinium is a campanula (canterbury bells) that will grow tall with beautiful white, bell shaped flowers on it. I’ve had it in a pot for 4 years and it’s grown so much I divided it and planted it in three different areas. I’ve done that twice now since I bought it. I love perrenials.
And here comes the hardy geranium. I have several of these – including one that has completely filled up a pot. I hope they get enough sun this year to flourish… against the rock wall is a bit shady.
Now, if only I could keep the stupid yard maintenance people from DIGGING UP MY PLANTS! My garden area is obviously well cared for…. it’s clear that these are wanted plants, rather than weeds. But 2 weeks ago, when I wasn’t looking, they dug up an expensive pink anenome that was LARGE. Left everything else, but they decided it must go. I tracked them down and begged them not to do that anymore. The head guy translated to the workers and told me they wouldn’t do it anymore.
Unfortunately, today while I was at the post office (why do they always come when I’m not here???) they came by and dug up 2 cute little plants that I’ve been so excited to see bloom. Idiots.
So I made a sign for them and put it in the garden, held down with rocks telling them to STOP DIGGING MY PLANTS! Since most of them don’t speak English, I also included a “do not dig” sign that they SHOULD be able to understand. We’ll see if it helps. But I’ve been very annoyed about it all afternoon.
On a happier note, because of the temperate climate here, many “annuals” I neglected to dig up in the fall appear to have survived and will have a head start for summer.  And, of course, the forever blooming pansies that have provided happy color all through the winter are still thriving. I’ll post a picture of them to take my mind of the random plant abduction by the maintenance crew.
So, how is YOUR garden looking?
I love it when plants start to sprout. And you have a lovely little garden. Those stupid maintenance guys have got to go.
I will send positive energy to the rest of your happy plants and encourage them to bloom.
My garden is looking rather dead at the moment.
Thank you for the happy plant energy.
Have you wandered your garden Kris, since returning from Hawaii? I’m sure your garden feels particularly bleak in comparison to the Garden Isle. But I noticed you have some daffodils starting to peek their heads up through the ground last week….
Thank you, thank you, thank you! That makes me very happy. You have an absolutely beautiful garden. Hopefully those dumb maintenance people will stop!
There is no sign of plant life around my home. The only beautiful plant I have is a Peace Lily in my office (which I absolutely love).
I actually had a dream about gardening last night… in my dream, I went to the store and they had daffodil and crocus bulbs (both yellow, of course)that you could plant right now and they’d actually stay blooming all spring. (I love dreams.) So I bought them and took them home with me, and I planted them, among other beautiful flowers, in the front of my house. I was so happy.
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It’s snowing this morning.
You know Ashley… I can do that here…
Yes, I’m going to Molbaks where they have rows and rows of bulbs they’ve been growing on our behalf. 6 packs and flats of all varieties of tulips, crocus, daffodils and Hycenths.. oh, and japanese iris, etc…. already sprouting. I can buy them now, put them in the ground and pretend like I planted them in the fall. Cool, huh?
Gardening dreams come true in the northwest! Maybe you should move here 🙂
Your Peace Lily loves you because you talk to it.
It’s so wonderful to hear about your gardening moments. It is a mere hope that someday I will once again dig in the dirt since it is now covered in 6 feet of snow.
Keep the photots coming! I do have hope for spring in June.
I think I smiled through this entire post. It gladdens my heart to picture you tracking down the yard people to tell them to knock it off! That’s what I love about my Alli, she takes measures into her own hands and doesn’t back down…
My “hearty” geraniums are in full bright pink form, as are my purple pentunias.
Last weekend I picked the last of my navel oranges in my front yard and in the back my Arizona Sweets. I have been squeezing fresh orange juice all month! This is the best time to be in AZ.
Your garden is sweet and beautiful.
I’d wish I could come by for a glass of your fresh squeezed orange juice…
My mom emailed me that she has been juicing too – realized that 5 citrus trees was probably more than they needed to plant down there 🙂 But it enables them to gift to their neighbors – and bring some home sometimes.
Michelle’s oranges are delicious. I should send you some of our grapefruit, we have a billion, I don’t know what to do with them all. Not many lemons this year though.
I love your garden! And I love that purpley-pink cabbage looking plant in the last photo. I’ll bet you can grow anything in your climate.
That reminds me of the first year we planted a garden on good old Rodeo Lane. Among all the other vegetables, my mom & dad decided to plant 5 hills of zucchini. 5 hills. They were not prepared for how many squash that would produce, and we were giving them away right and left – as well as tossing them in the canal.
I think at one point neighbors would shut their blinds when they saw us walking up the street with our zuchini offerings. There’s only so much you can do with a zucchini
I bet that wouldn’t happen with oranges and grapefruits, though.
We brought a big 50 lb box of navel oranges and one of beautiful lemons home with us last Monday :o) so we’re spreading the citrus around.
Where at the CLAMS at the top of the blog??? It looks like you have hung your laundry out to dry??
Thanks for the alert… I let a friend access my blog control panel to see what it was like (she’s thinking of starting a blog) and she must have clicked on something 🙂
The clams are back…. YEAH!