Bloom Day - March 15th 2009

Apparently, I brought the rain back with me from Seattle - Y'all are quite welcome! It rained for several days, only clearing up this afternoon. The local weather guy tells me that this is the most rain we have had in 18 months. 18 Months!! My garden really needed it. I sure hope it liked the rain, because it probably won't rain like that again for another 18 months the way things have been going with the weather around here. Well, enough about the weather, and on to the blooms....

The Texas Sage let me know a few days ago that is was going to rain. It started blooming. You can't trick this one into blooming by just watering it. It will only bloom when the pressure changes. They don't call it the barometer bush for nothin':



Several salvias are in bloom:

Red salvia:



White salvia:



Hotlips Salvia (the hummingbirds really seem to favor this one):



Salvia Theresa:



Blue Sage:



The Lavendar is blooming:



Bulbine:



Blackfoot daisy:



Coral Honeysuckle:



Texas Scarlet Quince:



Peas:



Daffodil 'Thalia' It is a little beat down from all the rain:



Abutilon:



Meyer Lemon:



Possumhaw Holly:



Mt Laurel:



Pink Wild Snapdragon Vine:



Texas Redbud:



Orchid tree blossom (this tree is just about to explode into a huge mass of blooms, but isn't quite there yet):



California poppies:



My Windmill palm is about to bloom for the very first time:



Flower arrangement I put together:



Geranium (the hummingbirds seem to like these):



The cyclamen are still blooming:



Texas betony:



And last, but not least, the Hinkley's Columbine: