I’m not a prissy princess, but I’m not the outdoorsy type, either. To echo Joan Rivers, “My idea of roughing it is walking barefoot across the Hyatt Regency.” I’ve been known to sacrifice my own preferences for The Greater Good, albeit with some whinging. But although I’ll never enjoy sleeping on the ground, I do love digging flowers into the dirt.
As my plants take root, my own feet grow more firmly planted on terra firma, a sense of belonging I never experienced as a child. In my grown-up garden, I can indulge my whimsy by planting candy-scented, showy flowers instead of groceries. While it’s not an HGTV-quality showcase, my backyard is a playground that beckons me outside for recess.
For you, a spring bouquet that carries an invitation: Can you come out to play?
Top left to bottom right: camellia, Angel Face rose, gardenia, camellia, azalea, camellia, violas, camellia
Thank you for the spring bouquet! The flowers here haven’t even begun peeping out of the ground. Your garden is gorgeous!
I like that warm-weather blossoms come into flower at different times, depending on your geographic region. It’s like an extended Christmas. I hope you’ll let us know when your flowers poke their heads above ground and reach for the sun!
Gorgeous!!!! Thanks for sharing!
There’s lots more where these came from…Come back anytime for more. 🙂
As always, your flower pictures are exactly what I needed to see–a reminder that spring’s beauty is about to unfold here, too. We’ll start to see the first buds on trees and leaves on our hedge in two weeks.
I’ve started reading an award-winning, bestselling memoir by a non-celebrity, Too Close To The Falls by Catherine Gildiner.
http://www.amazon.com/Too-Close-Falls-Catherine-Gildiner/dp/014200040X
I love that expectant time of spring, when the leaves and buds are just about to open. Please, post pictures when they make their debut. 🙂
Thanks for the link to the memoir (by a non-celebrity, yay!). I’m going to put it on my reading list. If it’s not a bother, I’d love to hear what you think after you’ve finished.
How lovely! Our azaleas and daffodils are blooming. That’s the extent of the flowers we can have because of the deer.
So deer won’t eat azaleas and daffodils? My in-laws live on 58 acres, but they don’t grow flowers near the house because of deer. It’s a trade-off, isn’t it? I love watching those graceful animals, even if they do graze on whatever you plant.
So far, they don’t eat azaleas or daffodils. During the winter, they’d eat practically anything if hungry enough. I learned the hard way that they love marigolds — I had just planted some in cute window boxes, and the next day, there were only bare stems left!
Oh no! Apparently they keep away insects but not deer. Sorry you learned that the hard way.
your flowers are gorgeous!!! Especially the Camellias
I love camellias. They’re like rose blossoms, aren’t they, but without the fragrance.
Your new icon is lovely.
I think the lovely scent in Camellias is in the leaves, personally! ::grins::
(I’m a fan of Camellia Sinensis… in other words, plain black tea!)
Thank you, BTW!
Wow! What lovely flowers you’ve grown. Do you have any shots of the garden as a whole? If so, I’d love to see one.
I’m really happy I can share them with you! 🙂
I don’t have pictures of the whole garden, not really. I’ll try to capture an image, but the flower beds are so spread out that you probably wouldn’t see the individual flowers very well.
Thanks for these! Gardenia is my favorite.
I have several gardenia plants in my yard. They’re fragile flowers, but the fragrance…happy sighs. 🙂
Do you have flowers cropping up in your area?
Your flowers are beautiful Melodye! Thank you sooo much for the spring bouquet! I really needed that, as it’s snowing AGAIN and all the bare spots that were beginning to sprout up here and there are covered with white!!
I love the Angel Face rose! It’s one of my very favorites! I also love Violas and Johnny Jump Ups!
I thought this was mud season in Vermont…you’re still having snow?!? Yeesh. Poor robins must be starving.
I’m so glad I can share my flowers (and friendship) with you.
I haven’t seen any robins yet, but have heard the Red-Winged Blackbirds singing down by the beaver pond, which is partially free of ice.
Oh, that sounds lovely. I’m trying to imagine your early-spring landscape in my head. P:)
Do you have flowers growing in your yard? I’d love to see pictures when you do. 🙂
Another fine flower garden you have brought to us to enjoy. I planted some geraniums last weekend and the pansies are in full color. Trees have budded out and the grass is getting green. And there they are, those weeds that have to be gotten rid of. Oh how I love spring.
Ah, yes, those pesky weeds. Blerg. Hey, are you a gardener or a putterer? I like planting flowers in pots and digging flowering shrubs into the dirt. But the spraying and weeding? Ugh, not my favorite.
Hey, I saw two lizards chasing one another around my pepper tree. Your icon reminded me to tell you that I thought about your barbecue references when I saw them.
I don’t know if I’m a gardner or a putterer. Probably a putterer. Had to spray the grass yesterday. Going to plant some pepper plants Wednesday.Tomato plants this weekend. I use pots. That is the easy way. I do love to see the flowers in bloom.
I can’t believe you missed the opportunity of a life time. Your very own BBQ lizard tails. Maybe you have a male and a female. HUMMMMM =lots of little lizard tails to BBQ. Let them multiply and enjoy. HEHEHE….
Oh wow, those are so bright and so beautiful. Wonderful flowers, Melodye!!!
I’m glad they brightened your day. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Just as some of my friends always do!!! 🙂
I love your garden photos! (They make me miss my camellias from my old house!)