Narcissus glory!

Narcissus 1.0 - Watercolor & ink
 March 18, 2016

Daffodils - 

Bright Yellow & White 

Outside & In.

I am enjoying a long season with my daffodils and lucky for me a few later varieties are still in bud!

The March rain has been hard on the daffodils - knocking them down - so I get to pick the fallen beauties and enjoy indoors!


Inspired by my artist friend Christy I decided to create artwork for my blog - hopefully this will become regular feature! Thank you Christy.

This white beauty is Narcissus Thalia or a Triandrus Daffodil
I planted the bulbs in the winter of 2014

We call these "scrambled egg" daffodils

Growing Now in my Garden on the Green

Shrub trimming and enjoying new blooms and new growth

Viburnum - Spring Bouquet in Bloom this week

This weekend I pruned about a foot off the top of the two Spring Bouquet Viburnum Shrubs out front - whew only one left to prune.

Mostly spent the week watching the garden grow and bloom!

Hebe - Patty's Purple first blossoms

Beautiful Pine cone

A real knockout - Blue - Corydalis Elata

Daphne 

The Watermelon Pink Skyscraper Lily is show itself -
about 3 inches above ground 3-20-16

Ribes aureu - golden current is blooming 

Martins Spurge in bloom - 

Euphorbia x Martini Ascot Rainbow

Blueberry is has buds ready to bloom

first bloom Tradescantia - Red Grape -
aka Spiderwort

Berberis - A beauriful barberry
I don't know which one

Daphne Odora is bursting with blooms now

The weekly weather from the Oregonian

Brightness on a Gray, Rainy and Cold day

Rainy days 

... are great for planning what's next in the garden and organizing my photos for future posts.
Some of my plans include shrub pruning in the front yard and planting vegetables in my early spring garden.

Oh Puddles! 

More rain for a few days and then could that big yellow orb appear again?

Finding a little brightness in the blooms both indoors and out

Daffodils create bright spot in the Front Yard

Re-blooming Orchid in the kitchen

The Star Magnolia is losing it's petals quickly in this weather

Indoor blooms on my Kohlaria - Texas Rainbow

Planted Peas and Pansies today

all of a sudden it wasn't rainy - so I went out to plant a few things and enjoy the sun!

Progress #9 Shelling Peas

Beaconsfield Pansy

This weeks blooms

Pulsatilla vulgaris - pasque flower 

I really enjoyed seeing this bright bloom return. The combination of the leaf color and texture is amazing!

The Star Magnolia kept exploding with more blooms all week. (Magnolia stellata) 

 

Hellebores and Shamrocks

Hellebores from neighbor Mary's Garden

On Thursday Mary hosted the Eastside Garden Club for lunch & presentation on installing our own outdoor lighting. Along with a wonderful bowl of lentil soup to eat we were treated to these magnificent bowls filled with Hellebore blossoms.

My friend Leann arrived on Thursday evening with this cute little Shamrock plant!

It is so lively and festive.

My reblooming Orchid and the Shamrock!

Weekly weather record

As March arrived on Tuesday - I had one good day in the garden spreading the compost. Here's the weather for last week and the forecast for next week. Looks like a lot of rain!!!!! on it's way.

Early blooming PJM Rhododendron

A Garden Winner for WINTER & SPRING INTEREST! 

Sunday Blooms are magnificent

Yesterday my PJM Rhododendron was only budding - today colorful blossoms abound. This Rhody is a favorite -  I look forward to the bloom every year - during the winter the leaves turn a dark green/chocolate purple -. and after the blossoms fade new growth will be bright green offering an even sharper contrast to the dark winter coloring.

Alas all the leaves will turn non-descrip green again late this spring.

The day before: Saturday the buds were tight

Notable Garden Blooms and Activity

Daphne

Now blooming - Narcicuss (blooming since mid month), Star Magnolia (first blooms this week), Hellebore, Quince, Daphne - what a wonderful fragrance! Spurge aka Euphorbia

Narcissis

Hellebore

White Hellebore

Spurge aka Euphorbia

Star Magnolia

Quince

New Growth - I'm amazed and watching the new growth on my Clematis, Allium, Delphinium, Japanese Forest Grass and more

A Columbian Larkspur our native Delphinium

Delphinium

Allium Schubertii

Japanese Forest Grass - Golden Variegate Hakone

Clematis

Newest Clematis - Gillian Blades - White

Ready to Plant - all that weeding always needs reward - I bought a few plants Friday for the front porch pots. Pansies and Ranunculus.