This looks like it could be some kind of scary monster, but it’s just the growth tip of a flower emerging in one of my planters.
Developing Sunflowers
Category: Plants
First Rose Buds
The little rose bush a neighbor donated to the garden last year has just bloomed for the first time this season.
Giant Allium
That’s no moon — it’s a giant purple allium!
Spring Floral Additions
We took a trip to Metropolitan Plant & Flower Exchange in Fort Lee and picked up a bunch of bedding flowers to be added to the garden planters and the treebeds here and around the neighborhood, including the following:
- Petunia — Starlet White; Tritunia White; Tritunia Plum; Tritunia Veined Mix
- Marigold — Taishan Mix
- Dwarf Snapdragon — White; Yellow; Pink Rose
- Dianthus (“Sweet William”) — White; Pink Mix
- Celosia (“Cockscomb”) — Glorious Mix
- Verbena (“Vervain”) — Obsession Blue with Eye; Obsession Pastel Mix
- Lobelia — Hot Brilliant Blue
- Lantana — Bandana Rose
- Calibrachoa — Conga Red
- Bracteantha (“Strawflower”) — Mohave Basket Yellow
- Coreopsis (“Tickseed”) — Beauty Sunrise
Flowering Bulbs in Full Bloom
Squills, daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips — nearly all of the flowering bulbs have emerged to put on a show.
Crocuses
I snapped this photo of this pairing of crocus flowers for my wife, as her colors are purple and white.
Grapevines Coming to Life
As grapevines swell with new growth, old bark splits and peels to reveal new bark underneath.
Daffodils
Our daffodils are still going strong.
Emerging Flowers
As winter fades into spring, life reemerges.
Budding Boxwood
Nature’s first green is gold.
