Gardening in hot weather involves digging up, separating and planting perennials that tend to crowd out other plants. We had to go through so much. Many tulips appeared that the deer population had not yet discovered. The black net is spread so as not to pollute the bud.
It was hard to see the heat coming out of the daffodils earlier than we would have liked, but it made for an enjoyable Easter. The daffodils are still popping up, and yesterday they were swaying and dancing in the wind, happy to breathe in the fresh air. Although difficult to shoot, some shots were successful.
The 'Lemon Beauty' in the garden stands out because of the split crown or calyx. A butterfly is called a daffodil or a kind of squid (fr - butterfly). Inverted flowers are draped over 17-inch stems. The white flowers really show off the forked sepal shape of the sun as the yellow radiates from the center of each sepal. Six narrow leaves attached to the perenium. In mid-spring and late spring, these easy-to-grow daffodils do not attract deer. The curved surface gives it an amazing look. However, there is grace in flowers - not only beautiful, but also bright.
There are happy short-stemmed yellow primroses that have been hiding under a blanket of leaves for most of the past week. Poppy leaves are abundant and promising. Monochrome tricolor is obsessive and attractive. They are now available in different jars to share. Of course, pollinators return to my bed. After the roots, the root systems are distributed under the trees. Thinning is necessary every two or three years. The difference does not take much time.
The roots of Shasta chrysanthemums are intertwined, so many bushes are broken and separated. When the star magnolia and southern magnolia fall, the 'Snow Day Surprise' bush blooms quickly in white. It's like a brief storm.
There is something to share. Bluebirds caught my attention. They appeared very early. The male, in fact, was found in February. I ticked the box. I tied a shiny, crinkly ribbon around the top of the post as the birds began to pass. That was done, the sparrows stopped coming. Chopped fruit was served to Blues several times a week because steaming was daily. The first visible feature is a male bluebird sitting on the edge of a tree. Then he eats and then leaves the magnolia branch. After a few bites, a woman approached. This has never happened before.
A week before Easter, I looked in the box and found a beautiful bowl with three blue eggs. This is still Bluebird's inspiration. On Easter morning, the man and woman act out "Sweet Home" and take turns shooting the sparrow off her bed. This defensive behavior was another new phenomenon for me. They took turns hitting the bird and fell to the ground. It was a wonderful display of their commitment. Two days later there were five eggs.
Spring promises a lot. life is beautiful.
Mary Lee is a member of the Little Earth, Wind, Flowers Garden Club, a Certified Master Gardener, a flower show judge for the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs, and a former sixth grade teacher.
This article originally appeared on the Buchyrus Telegraph forum: Spring yard work, daffodils and bird watching.
