Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Small Flowers

I took a stroll through the garden yesterday -- a flower hunt, to be precise. Discovered lenten rose beginning to bud, winter jasmine finishing their sunny show, and one lone white crocus barely peeping above ground. And ... my favorite sign of spring aside from the numerous robins who've been flying through ... daffodils! Jonquils, narcissus, call them by any name. This variety is petite, with brilliant yellow flowers, reflexed petals and nodding heads, trumpeting Spring!

6 comments:

  1. Illustrations, photographic, please! Here we are still gray in gray unless a dusting of snow lightens things up. The fir in the garden is green, though.

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  2. poor baby. don't understand why anyone would live where signs of spring are so late in coming! Photos to follow ...

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  3. Since the first comment, it's warming a bit, and I'm told the forests and parks are indeed showing little flowerings... So we'll take a look on the weekend....

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  4. Hmmm... I trust, dear Sis, that all your other gardens and gardening projects get more attention and care than THIS one ("Terri's Garden") does !

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  5. Since I seem to be the only one making any entries on this blog, at least as comments, I must unfortunately reiterate my dismay at the virtual stillstand evidenced here. Have all those hints of spring from February already succumbed and withered in the South Carolina summer? Or have hints of autumn begun to tinge the edges of leaves with reds and yellows?
    A tip: since your garden provide a charmingly natural environment for a wedding recently, you could take up that topic for your blog and provide some more pictures of lush growth.
    OK?
    You should consider expanding your audience by increasing the frequency of your entries.

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  6. Hmm, just wondering what's happened in your garden since one year and two weeks ago....

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Winter Garden

Winter Garden
Late winter in the J.C. Raulston Arboretum, Raleigh, N.C., reveals the yellow tones of Cornus mas, Hamamelis and narcissus.