this morning
March 25, 2015
I came
home late Sunday night and almost the first words from my husband's
mouth were, "You won't believe what the roses have done while you were
away!" Me: "But I've only been gone since Friday!"
The
next morning I walked around and he was right. Even with our drought,
there were thousands of rose buds that seemed to appear overnight, quite
a few blooms even, and there were peonies! Peonies, faithful every
year, still manage to surprise me; so tutu frilly and fancy pink and
impossibly gorgeous!
The
garden is all shades of green with fat buds on every bush and orange
blossom fragrance, but you can't help but notice the thirsty soil.
We're sad that this year will not be a gardening year for us. This year
will be about keeping what we have alive and not planting much in the
way of annuals or vegetables. My greenhouse this time of year would
normally be filled with seedlings, but with the drought and the almost
certain water restrictions, it's foolish to even think about that sort
of thing.
In the meantime, it seems that the drought can't take away the roses this spring. It's going to be a doozy of a rose season.
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| Our dwarf tulip magnolia. The blooms are almost finished when the leaves appear. |
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| The pear tree is flowering. |
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| Hyacinths. |
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| Nasturtiums have popped up in the garlic pot. |
7 Comments
Your roses are spectacular! So lovely to see. I am sorry for your water restrictions. You love gardening so much, it will be hard for you.
ReplyDeleteSuch gorgeous pictures! When I saw them, my first thought was, "Yay! It's the beginning of lots of garden posts for the spring and summer!" Then I remembered the drought :-( I hope you can make it through this summer without too many losses; yours is truly the most spectacular home garden I've ever seen.
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ReplyDeleteThe flowers are breathtaking
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