I seem to have taken a little break from blogging while I was busy with a conference, but now I am back. Today I took my camera into the garden and documented what is blooming in March. It is not technically spring yet, but with our above average rainfall this year and the current sunny weather, it sure looks like spring. Here's what I found in the garden:
A double bi-colored daffodil
The wisteria in bloom is one of my favorite times in the garden
The blooms of the plum tree mean that there will be plums by mid-July
More photos in the extended entry...
This ground morning glory (Convulvulus sabatius) looks great spilling over the walls
These are the pansies known as Johnny-Jump-Ups, which I have in pots set at the edge of a garden bed
The close up of this salvia looks so exotic, like a strange bird or insect—the hummingbirds love these flowers
I love the crepe paper texture on the petals of these rock roses (Cistus purpureus)
These aren't blooms, but the bright orange tangerines filling the tree look so colorful I had to take a picture of them and they are just now all becoming ripe
The first bloom on my Cecile Brunner rose
And finally, even the weeds look pretty at this time of year
Comments (7)
Gorgeous! Looks like spring to me!
Posted by Palma | March 9, 2008 6:10 PM
Posted on March 9, 2008 18:10
Welcome back! I love the flower photos!! So many beautiful colors.
Posted by girasoli | March 9, 2008 6:43 PM
Posted on March 9, 2008 18:43
Beautiful pictures. And your salvias are blooming. Our are still asleep and have yet to emerge. Do you know what is the name of the salvia?
Posted by marta | March 9, 2008 8:48 PM
Posted on March 9, 2008 20:48
Wow, those are gorgeous! How lucky you are!! (My lawn is still white...sigh.)
Posted by Anne | March 10, 2008 6:16 AM
Posted on March 10, 2008 06:16
Marta, it's a Salvia sagittata. I like it because it's evergreen and blooms year round. But it tends to sprawl and does need to be cut back regularly or it gets a bit out of control. And like some other salvias, the stems are slightly sticky.
Posted by khb (In and Out of the Garden) | March 10, 2008 3:22 PM
Posted on March 10, 2008 15:22
Thanks! That was my husband's first guess.
Posted by marta | March 12, 2008 8:21 PM
Posted on March 12, 2008 20:21
Marta, then your husband must be a salvia expert - there are so many varieties of salvia! I only have a handful in my garden but I'm always on the lookout for more.
Posted by Krista | March 14, 2008 10:16 AM
Posted on March 14, 2008 10:16