The Daffodils are Blooming!!!!!

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 They are filling the gardens with color, fragrance, pollinators, and joy! The grow laughter was purchased at Sinking Creek Gardens in Ft. Collins, Colorado. A wonderful community garden with a children's garden that I visit each time I am in Ft. Collins.

 Each year since we have lived here, I have planted at least 150 daffodil bulbs. Two years ago, I started ordered from a company that ships their bulbs directly from Holland, Van Engelen Inc.This years bulbs aren't blooming yet!. I procrastinated and put them in the ground on a warm day in January.

                                            These are the different varieties blooming today.

                   There were only two of these beauties with such a deep salmon pink cup.

 This is one of the oldest. I think is if from 1890. I transplanted these from the Episcopal rectory where we lived for many years with a garden filled with tulips as well as daffodils. Here the critters will eat the tulip bulbs like candy!

                 The King Alfred daffodils run the length of the wall and up the driveway.

Some of the tiny little daffodils that smell so sweet. I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the daffodils blooming in my gardens. The mountains are alive with spring right now and maybe that snow will stay in Philadelphia!

April Flowers

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 April brings lots of new flowers to our mountain gardens. The bleeding heart is in the faery garden next to the woods. It is home to a few faery garden statues.

 The poet's daffodil is a very old flower. I brought a few from the Episcopal rectory which was built in the early 1900's before 1916. It is quite fragrant.

 Threat of frost this evening which always seems to happen when the lilac begin to bloom.

                                     We planted five of these in the woods. Three are blooming.

                 Wild jasmine, a native plant,  grows with the tulip poplars in a wooded garden area.

 When the Asheville Botanical Center had a plant sale, I purchased this yellow wood poppy several years ago. The deer and bunnies nibbled it to the stem last spring. Even the hostas are okay. I am using grated Irish Spring soap again this year and garlic powder.

 These daffodils are just some of the bulbs I ordered in the fall from a company that specializes in bulbs from Holland. The bulbs were very large and often had three or bulblets attached to the mother bulb. The success rate was amazing. As soon as I find the catalog, I will share the information with you.

      Yellow primroses purchased from the Southwest Virginia Museum's annual plant sale.

     Some of the first flowers planted here and hiding in the daffodils near an old stump.

          These tiny flowers are some of the sweetest smelling in the front gardens.Iris will be blooming                soon. The critters ate the few tulip bulbs. Saw a lily poking its head up near the greenhouse.


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Spring in the Mountains

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                  There is a slight chill in the air today. Have been told it is red bud winter.

        

 The daffodils are enjoying the weather. The many layered daffodils are new this year in the garden.

 The yellow King Alfred daffodils line the driveway. Imagine the smells being outside when the wind blows.!

      Each year I have planted at least 100 new bulbs. Some have done well, others not so well.

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The grape hyacinth have always been here. They trail down the side of the yard stopping at the moss and violets.  More daffodils blooming...Happy Spring!

Daffodils and Narcissus Blomming

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 Happy Spring to all of you! I took a stroll around the yard this afternoon with the camera. These are just some of the daffodils and narcissus blooming. The sun has been coming out and going in most of the day. You'll notice some raindrops on the petals.

 Thankful the deer, rabbit, and critters that live in the ground do not eat the bulbs. They have been taken to some interesting places. One year I found a bulb with a bite taken out of it. Suspect that critter got a nasty stomach ache.

 Of all the flowers, I have none of the very old with the tiny cups from our previous home.

                                                         Isn't this a pretty ruffle of flowers?

                                        These beauties line the front of the house from one end to the other.
                                          More are still tightly in their buds. The joy of spring in the mountains....