The heat has killed off the Ice Follies Daffodils today. And the Darwin tulips are just about shot, too. It seems that each year we get a taste of summer just in time to kill off some of the spring plants.
I checked the weather. We're supposed to have storms here tomorrow. The weather satellite shows a huge comma of storms moving northeast toward us from Texas. I suspect you're gonna catch it tonight, Jamie. I need a day inside. I have bills to pay, and a personal financial statement to put together. I could use the time to work on a quilt, too.
This morning I had to be up and out early for a hair cut, so I got the dog walking duty. It was gorgeous out this morning....calm, warm, quiet. I called the dog, and hooked him to a leash. We walked down the drive and I collected the morning papers, and then we traversed a strip of the road to get to the walking path.
It was about 7:15 in the morning, and the sun had been up for a while. I realized that the edge of the path was just covered with a tiny plant with burgundy-green leaves, and a tiny purple flowerhead. I spent some time surfing today trying to decide what this plant is, but I haven't pinned it down yet.
The plant hugs the ground, and has masses of tiny purple blooms on a short stalk. The leaves are pointed and range from burgundy to dark green. The plant grows in a mass, carpeting the side of the path. The purple of the flowers is similar to the purple of violets. It's obviously an early spring bloomer. If you have any idea what it could be, please let me know. I looked at pictures of ajuga, but none of them was quite right.
I had to water a number of plants today. They were panting from lack of rain. The weather people announced on Thursday that this April is the driest on record so far. We need the rain tomorrow, but it will be hard on the plants.
PJ....we have snowbells just opening! *S*