The garden is a bit daffodil-crazy at the moment, with daffies on all sides!
Many of these are miniature ones that I collected here and there. I remember getting one pot of bulbs out of the trash in the cemetery while walking Olga, and another came in a big floral arrangement that had been purchased for a special occasion at school.
I like the miniature ones because they seem to clump together and bloom really well, though maybe that's just because of the way we planted them.
While walking around the garden taking these pictures yesterday morning, I discovered this big, sleepy bumblebee tucked into the trumpet of one of our regular-sized daffodils. It didn't seem to want to move. It was pretty chilly yesterday morning so hibernating may have been the sensible thing to do until the sun warmed things up.
It's encouraging to have both flowers and bees coming out. I have a bamboo pole wired to the trunk of the avocado to support whatever winter covering may be needed to protect it, and I'm thinking I might be able to remove that sometime soon -- but I'm still wary because in past years we've had pretty heavy snow in late February and early March. I probably need to leave it in place for another month or so in case the avocado needs to be covered again.
But we're almost done with this winter, I can feel it!
I love how cheerful a bed of daffodils can make me feel, though I don't plant any myself since they make me sneeze.
ReplyDeleteAs long as you can enjoy them from afar!
DeleteI prefer the miniature daffs too, although we do have quite a few of the big blowsy variety scattered all around the front garden. Those are later to bloom so we are currently enjoying the show of the little ones first.
ReplyDeleteWe have white ones that bloom in April, well after the yellow ones.
DeleteI prefer the smaller daffs, I have had to cut the taller ones for the second time, the wind is bashing them. I love most spring bulbs, they don't flower all at once, giving us different colours in the coming weeks.
ReplyDeleteOur larger ones tend to flop, though I'm told that happens when the bulbs aren't planted deep enough.
DeleteMe too. I can feel this miserable winter ebbing away. Too many grey skies and too much rain but rarely crazily cold. Each day is longer than the last one. I may cast off my clothes and frolic in the park.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm glad we escaped any really fierce cold.
DeleteI always remember at school we had to draw daffodils for Easter and there three dimensional shape with the trumpet was always difficult. Glad you did not quote Wordsworth.
ReplyDeleteWordsworth is way too literary for me! LOL
DeleteI love daffodils. We had thousands on our property in Guilford. I’m hoping to see some in a flower shop.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you'll see them soon if not already!
Deleteit is beginning to smell like spring!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. The scent is in the air.
DeleteI noticed the branches of the Japanese maple are starting to turn red, a sign that spring is on the way. Daffodils are a few weeks away here in the DC area.
ReplyDeleteOur Japanese maple is still just a mass of sticks! (At least, last time I checked.)
DeleteSpring is still far away here, but I check daily in case daffodils have started.
ReplyDeleteI imagine once that snow dissipates, they'll be right behind it!
DeleteI saw a nice bee bumbling about the camellias the other day. Such a cheering sight, isn't it? To add to the cheer of the flowers.
ReplyDeleteIt FEELS like we've had our last freeze but I'm still wary.
I would be too, especially with the winter you've had!
DeleteAlways Associated Daffodils With Daffy Duck - Don't Ask My Why But I Love The World Of Looney Tunes - Unfortunately , We Have A Heatwave Rolling In And We Always Experience A Hard Freeze In March That Wipes Out The Early Peach Trees And Apricot Trees - Fingers Crossed - Speaking Of March , The Count Down Is On For Your Retirement !!!
ReplyDeleteStoked For Ya ,
Cheers
Ha! I see the world in Looney Tunes terms as well. I'm always quoting Bugs Bunny in my head.
DeleteI always save bulbs from bulb gardens and the mini-daffs and drawf iris are my favorites. They're so cheerful and it's fun seeing them here this cold day!
ReplyDeleteWe have some irises that come up year after year from corms, but the last few years they haven't done much. Not sure why.
DeleteJust days off a 5 degree F high, looking at your daffodils is just about more than I can bear.
ReplyDeleteSorry! :(
DeleteWe have never planted daffodils but love seeing them pop up all over the yard!
ReplyDeleteWe didn't plant our larger yellow ones -- they were all here from earlier tenants!
DeleteDaffodils of all shapes and sizes are such cheerful flowers, and they flower for a long time.
ReplyDeleteUnless the slugs get them! (The slugs do eat the flowers, at least in our garden.)
DeleteIt's too early for my daffodils so I am really enjoying yours, Steve! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGlad to give you a preview of what's to come!
DeleteThis is a set of photos that put a smile on my face. One can't help but smile looking at daffodils. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThey are a cheerful sight!
DeleteBeautiful daffodils and lucky you to be almost done with winter:)
ReplyDeleteWe're getting there! You all seem to make the transition from winter to summer quite quickly. It seems like it's cold, cold, cold and then WHAM -- hot!
DeleteI may have to look for miniature daffodils though they might not naturalize here. Many don't. I still haven't taken the plumerias and the cereus out of the garage for the same reason. While it seems unlikely, we have had a freeze in March.
ReplyDeleteI planted some in New Jersey when we lived there and they came up the next year -- but yeah, I have no idea how they'd do in Texas heat!
DeleteDaffodils are very showy and certainly a sign that winter is on it's way out.
ReplyDeleteA sight for sore eyes, as they say!
DeleteIt's tempting to jump into spring, especially when the sun comes out. We've also had snow in February and early March so I wait several months to plant anything. Nice daffs!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I wouldn't plant out until April and even then, frosts are still possible. (But very rare these days.)
DeleteDaffys , a bee, and the boycott of State of the Union address. Encouraging!
ReplyDeleteI didn't even try to listen to or watch that shitshow.
DeleteDaffodils always signal Spring and they are so welcomed after a cold/wet Winter. Your wonderful garden is leading the way. Spring and rebirth are the miracle of nature that we all cherish.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. Spring will come to me too but today I look into my garden with 20+ inches of snow.
You are so right about spring. It's such a hopeful time.
DeleteAlthough we can still get days well over 30, a couple of times I've felt that autumn chill in the air, especially in the morning.
ReplyDeleteHard to imagine going into autumn now! Yikes!
DeleteI so enjoy seeing daffodils ... thank you.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
You are welcome!
DeleteI have never grown daffodils, but I love seeing them. I passed a display in my downtown yesterday that was outstanding. If I hadn't been driving, I would have stopped for a photo! Yours are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteWell, at least you know they CAN be grown where you are. Why not plant some? The toughest thing about growing them is remembering where they are, so you don't accidentally dig them up when planting something else!
DeleteDaffies are wonderful! I love them, last but not least because they are (mostly) yellow, and that happens to be my favourite colour. Here, they are just about to burst; I have only seen a handful in a very sheltered spot in a garden so far. But we're having a series of mild days with a good measure of sun, so I expect quite the explosion in gardens around here.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, sounds like prime daffy time is on the way!
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