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Spring plants are growing fast

April 13, 2008 by Tricia

Now that spring is here and I can actually see my garden it’s interesting to look out at it and see what new things have popped up from the ground or how much each new plant has grown. Some seem to grow several inches in a day or so!

I think these are tulips.

The tips of this plant were bright flaming red when we first uncovered them from the leaves that they were buried under.

I think all of the crocus’ in the backyard are blooming now. I planted them in the lawn and near the edges of the garden beds rather than directly in the beds. It looks more natural that way and it’s amazing how pretty they look popping out of the grass as they do:

The way things are speeding along this spring I won’t have long to enjoy the crocus.

Is anything blooming in your garden yet?

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Overlapping petals

April 12, 2008 by Tricia

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This weeks theme is Twisted

I was busy looking for some interesting picture that I might have taken in the past to use for the Twisted theme when I realized that many of my garden plants have stages where they appear twisted.

Take this Johnson’s Blue Geranium for example. The petals are slightly twisted when the bloom first appears. The petals overlap slightly in a clockwise fan shape.

This is actually a very pretty tiny flower. The photo above is a macro so the flower appears much larger than it is in real life. I guess the flowers are only an inch or less in diameter, but the plant is just covered in flowers and buds when it blooms.

A lovely spring weekend in the city

April 6, 2008 by Tricia

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Such a dreamy picture of some of the white tulips that I grow in my garden …. It’s the perfect time for a gardener to be dreaming of tulips and other spring flowers too. The weather is finally beginning to warm up and all the plants in my garden are beginning to come out of their dormant state.

I was just saying on my gardening blog that it’s such a beautiful day here in Toronto that I expect to go outside this afternoon and tidy up my garden. Hopefully I don’t become obsessed and stay out there for hours!

We’d also like to take our dog out for a good walk today.

Last weekend we went to Cherry Beach twice (although Sunday was super cold and windy, especially at the beach, so we ended up going to The Brickworks for our walk). It was beautiful! Yesterday we ended up going to The Beach and walking on the boardwalk. So today … if I can pry myself away from the computer and then from the garden, we’d like to go to Cherry beach again.

I just love living in Toronto. The weathers fairly nice most of the year (not this past winter!) and there are so many things to do. I love it. Plus now that we have a dog we have more incentive to get out and enjoy what this great city has to offer.

What have you been doing on this beautiful spring weekend? Working in the garden or doing something outside as you enjoy the great weather?

What’s blooming in your garden?

March 30, 2008 by Tricia

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So far we don’t have any spring flowers blooming in our garden. In fact most of our yard and garden beds are still covered in snow. However, I’m sure that’s not the case for everyone! Surely some of you are starting to see spring flowers?

I’m getting antsy to see our plants start to sprout from the ground. It’s warming up and the snows melting so I know I won’t have to wait much longer.

The flower that I’ve posted today is one of my Angelique tulips. This is a double flowering tulip. When it blooms it has an abundance of petals and almost looks like a rose. It’s lovely and it has a nice light scent as well.

Major case of cabin fever

March 23, 2008 by Tricia

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Spring arrived on Thursday, but so far you’d never know it wasn’t still winter here in Toronto. It’s been cold and it’s going to continue to be cold for at least another week. We’re even going to get some more snow tomorrow and later in the week – ice pellets.

Like many other cities this was the worst winter that we’ve experienced in years, with almost record setting snow falls! Oops. Perhaps I shouldn’t say that out loud as we only need 20 cm more to break our previous record and I think we’ve got until June to break it. Please please please don’t snow until June!

I think I’ve got a bad case of Cabin Fever. I’m just dying to see my garden again. Those first green sprouts coming up out of the ground are a joyful sign of better days to come.

The flowers I’m showing you today are Globe Flowers. They tend to bloom in Late May or in June and when they do bloom they flower for about three weeks at a time. They’ll even rebloom in August or early September if you cut down their flower stalks once they’ve finished blooming.

Globe flowers are very pretty and their bright yellow sure lights up the garden.

I grow mine in a small flower bed just at the end of my driveway.

Do you grow any flowers in your garden that just seem to really brighten everything up?

Spring plants are growing fast

Overlapping petals

A lovely spring weekend in the city

What’s blooming in your garden?

Major case of cabin fever

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