It has been raining quite a bit this spring so far in Texas. More than I have seen in years! The garden is looking fab due to this extra rain and super-extra mild winter. I am super excited about the garden this spring as I'm sure this very early warm weather is really a harbinger of evil death star drought and death for this summer and I am gonna enjoy the flowers while they try and bloom before it is 100+ degrees every. single. day.
What's blooming now:
Globemallow. Holy cow this is looking outstanding right now. Love, love, love this one:
Look how stunning it is behind the color guard yucca:
closer:
Another fav of mine is the original tulip clusiana with the magenta center:
They have been slowly spreading each year and so now I have several:
Side view:
In the back garden the tulip clusiana Cynthia and Tinka are blooming:
Closer of Cynthia:
Cynthia is all buttery yellow inside with yellow stamens and Tinka is buttery yellow in side with red stamens. Other than that, I think they really look about the same.
More Cynthia:
More clusiana under the weeping possumhaw:
Oh! The bluebonnets are blooming. I don't have as many this year as usual due to the extended drought of the last couple years, but here are a few with some prairie paintbrush:
A few more:
The white cemetery iris are blooming. I put a bunch in a pot so I could have them in my entryway where I can stop and give them a good sniffing now and then:
Ajuga is also blooming. They add some color when the canna are still coming back from the winter freezeback:
Blackfoot daisy is blooming. They survived a near death experience in the hellstrip last year, but they bounced right back this spring. Yay for drought tolerant perennials!:
The bulbine are enjoying the warm spring:
The columbine is looking and smelling wonderful:
Closer:
The crossvine is just coming into bloom and looks splediferous above the coral honeysuckle vine:
Hoop Petticoats. So sweet:
Narcissus:
Phlox:
Pink Primrose. A bit of a thug in the garden, but I just love these so much and they die back to the ground by the time it gets hot anyway:
The Texas Mt Laurel is finishing up blooming. Sure wish I could bottle the grape soda scent.:
And Thalia narcissus. I really love these. They come back year after year for me. I recently replaced some other narcissus that didn't make it through the drought with these guys since these don't seem to mind being baked hard at all (hippies!).
Wider shot:
2 comments:
The mallow certainly is a beauty. I am hoping it will like my garden to. Lots of lovely natives in your bloom day show.
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That is one beautiful mallow. I just got to get one of those.
These recent rains have really turned your garden on, just beautiful.
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