It's time for violets and lilacs!
Our yard is full of violets. There are places where it's only violets! We have traditional purple violets, and white ones and pale blue ones. There's one stretch of what is laughingly called "lawn" that I'll have to ask DH not to mow until the violets are gone.
The viburnum growing where the drive meets the road is in bloom, and the scent is heavenly! The cold/cool weather has prolonged the tulip season. I'll have to make note of where they are so I don't kill anything off when I reorganize the gardens this summer. We still have a few daffodils, and the clematis is trying to work it's way up the arbor. I'll have to go out to set up the twine that encourages it on it's way to the top.
I forgot to check my winter sown seeds, and the heat got them all one fine day. I've just about decided where I want tomatoes and lettuces to go....and I'd better get that lettuce in NOW!
YEA, SPRING!!!!
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Oh, yes, I've been noticing the violets as I've mowed the back meadow the last couple of weeks. (I wouldn't mow the meadow except I am trying, still, to rid it of Johnson grass, and the city has an ordnance that I can't let the "weeds" get over 10-12 inches high.) The violets are so dainty and cute.
While moving dirt, I got to smell the lilacs. I had planted two or three dwarf lilacs. One died. The purple (oriental-type) doesn't really look like a lilac. The third. Ah, the third. It has white blossom bunches that are only the size of one's hand; but, they look like lilacs and they smell heavenly. (The bush is about 3 or 3 1/2 feet in diameter/height.) Finally, after 40-some-odd years, I've had a lilac bloom and smell good. For years, all I could get was stems and leaves and plants that died. It was worth the wait! Viburnum smell sweet--too sweet for my taste; but, the little flying critters love them.
Posted by Cop Car | April 27, 2005 4:05 PM
Posted on April 27, 2005 16:05
I planted three dwarf lilacs in the east driveway bed, and two of them have died off. I'm debating whether to try to replace them (because, like you, I LOVE the lilac scent), or plant a dark purple butterfly bush there. THe butterflies would love me....and we'd have color later in the year. Decisions, decisions.
Posted by Buffy | April 27, 2005 4:43 PM
Posted on April 27, 2005 16:43
I love the smell of Lilacs!
Posted by Susan | April 27, 2005 5:24 PM
Posted on April 27, 2005 17:24