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| Iris reticulata 'Pixie' grown in a container in the garage, now blowing in the wind. |
I know, the official first day of meteorological spring is tomorrow, but this just couldn't wait. Yesterday, while making my daily trek to the compost bin, I heard the sound. Then I saw the sight: a V formation of great blue herons flying north, directly overhead. I wasn't able to get a photo, unfortunately, as this was the lowest I've ever seen a migratory flock of them. The return of these majestic birds has been the symbolic start of spring for me since I moved to Squirrelhaven, and I have been enamored of them ever since. (See,
e.g., this post at
Beautiful Wildlife Garden about a fishing heron in the pond here.)
In a bittersweet surprise, I discovered today that there will, in fact, be a Christmas rose blooming here this spring.
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| Helleborus niger |
It's just the one bud shown here. These plants are diseased and will be removed this spring, making way for something hopefully better. The funny thing is, this bud is no further along than the
Helleborus x hybridus 'Pink Lady Strain'. This has just been one very weird winter. It should be an outstanding hellebore spring (not including the
H. niger), and it's all just about to pop. I can't wait. But first, the exhibition photos must be finished. Back to work for me.
7 comments:
I can't believe your little iris is blooming already. The hellebores here are all blooming up a storm except for the Niger. It is all budded up. Happy Spring and best of luck with your exhibition.
I just posted Miss Saigon...love these irises...my garden hasn't followed the calendar in months!
Yay, meterological spring! - though I hear you've got some weather there today in Chicagoland. Love your garage-grown Pixie :)
Great pictures. Thank you so much for sharing.
Aww... that stinks about the hellebores. What do you think that they have? :-(
I am glad you can declare it Spring. We had our biggest snow storm of the Winter this weekend. No Spring here along the shores of Lake Michigan. Though even with the snow it is beautiful here. NIce to find another blogger near here. Will be checking on you again. I pick one or two blogs to follow each month and I and picking your for March. Nice visit. Jack
I'm trying to remember what day it was when I declared it to be spring. I am off of work this week, and am having a wonderful time cleaning up the flower beds.
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