The flowers from one of the earliest of the bulb varieties I planted late last year have started to emerge. Here’s gladiolus tristis:
Lovely aren’t they? There are many stems of these, with more and more opening every day! More on these and other bulbs later…
-cvj
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Clifford,
You could try Magnolia Grandiflora (‘Little Gem’) or Magnolia Stellata (‘Royal Star’).
Hi TBB,
Yes, the scents of the gladiolus flowers are wonderful, and I alse love the smell tht comes from a tomato plant… but you know what? It is all hugely dominated now by this enormous swath of jasmine that is blooming in a nearby part of the garden. Will do a post on that in a day or two.
Hi Mary,
It is wonderful that you have a magnolia. They are great. I have been wondering if there might be a dwarf variety I can put in my garden as I’ve not room for a big tree… Of course, I can just enjoy them as I see them around the city. Many of the city’s trees are in bloom now….
Hi Stephen,
Good luck with the snow. I can’t think of any profound answer to your question as to what it is a sign of. Spring will be with you soon, and you’ll be all the more glad for it after a cold spell.
Best,
-cvj
If sunsets are nature’s “art” of the sky, then certainly flowers are the art of the ground. But even better – these have fragrance! What do these smell like to you? I gather your garden must be an interesting mix of fragrances, including the wonderful smell of tomato vines, which I love. (In fact, there are candles made with that fragrance.) So, yes a lovely flower in two ways.
Mary Cole, magnolia blossoms, at least white magnolias, are one of my favorites – large, robust, with a wonderful fragrance (and their trees grow to be quite large). Lucky you!
A great sign of spring. Why just today, here near Detroit, it’s snowing. Which is a sign of… what?
I’m afraid i’m not a fan of cut flowers – roses or otherwise. “Bring em home and watch em die.”
What beautiful, delicate flowers! I’ve had a wonderful surprise in my garden in the last couple of weeks. When we moved in last September, I couldn’t identify a particular tree. It is in fact a magnolia and has just started flowering with the most glorious deep pink blossoms. I’m slightly apprehensive though as snow is forecast this week!
One of the amazing “facts” I’ve read recently is that long stemmed roses cost the same dollar figure in the 1920s as they do today, about $10 or $20 per stem. This meant that a dozen roses was an unimaginably expensive gift back then. I don’t know whether to believe this or not.
Meanwhile, the latest junk science update on the Koide formula:
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