Two years ago these species tulips were up in March, last year in mid-April, this year they just opened today. Go figure.
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Not Snow Friday, Apr 25 2014
gardening and Modern Photos bloodroot, gardening, sanguinara canadensis 22:31
One of my favorite spring flowers is bloodroot (sanguinara canadensis). We have a rather happy patch in a clump of ferns/wintercreeper at the base of the old pear tree stump. When I looked a few days ago, only a few buds were up, today I came home from work and the patch was a sparkling white. There are few other flowers that grow here that have that level of bright shine and absolutely pure white color (or non color!).
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Photo of the Day Wednesday, Apr 23 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, iris, photography 08:55
Iris in the flagpole garden last year. I hope I don’t bother it with my reorganization this year. I shouldn’t, the iris (blue) and the Oriental poppies (true red) are in the center, I’m fiddling with both long edges of the arc.
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Alleluia Sunday, Apr 20 2014
gardening and Modern Photos daffodils, gardening, photography 08:23
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Your photo for the day Friday, Apr 18 2014
gardening and Landscapes and Modern Photos crocus, gardening, horses, photography 08:01
Well two, actually. The old horse and the new crocus fence line. This was taken seven days ago, the crocus are essentially gone now and the field is bright green.
(p.s., I’m running Opera as a browser, if this page loads oddly or slowly tell me, I don’t know how well it is playing with photos yet)
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Crocus angustifolius Monday, Apr 14 2014
gardening and Modern Photos crocus, crocus angustifolius, gardening 10:33
Alright, I’ll admit it. I have officially crossed the line and become a plant nerd. I have a certain fascination with crocus at the moment. A definite favorite right now is C. angustifolius (also known as C. susianus), commonly referred to as ‘Cloth of Gold’. Native to Crimea and the northern Black Sea coast, it favors grasslands that are dry in the summer. I figured I’d give it a shot in the tall grass of the northwest lawn under the white birches. It certainly didn’t object to the winter, since either I can’t count or each corm was willing to send up multiple flowers. It is supposedly fragrant, but I haven’t stuck my nose into a flower to find out. A bright yellow crocus with a distinct star shape from above, more like some of the species tulips, rather than the classic cup of a Dutch crocus. It may be more sensitive to sunlight than others (all crocus close at night or on cloudy days) since in my brief observation of a few days it is only completely open on bright mornings (the photos below were taken in a clear, late afternoon and the flowers had already noticeably closed). It is a brilliant yellow with the outside feathered in what can only be described as royal purple. Whether it is the name, the color, the shape, or its original location….I am always reminded of classical myths surrounding the Black Sea, primarily of course Jason and the Argonauts, but also other suggestions of a harsh land of great wealth and beauty.
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Feed Me! Tuesday, Apr 1 2014
Modern Photos horses 23:04
Quit it with the camera….
Just for the sake of it, I hit this while hunting for a different photo: one hungry horse. The barn in the background is the old dairy barn. And yes, he is leaning on an electric fence. It often isn’t on, and he tends to know when it is or isn’t since it tends to short out on just about everything. He has no desire to go anywhere, except back to the barn.
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Finally Wednesday, Mar 26 2014
gardening and Modern Photos crocus, gardening, photography 09:51
It is trying to snow right now, but a few crocus by the foundation did bloom yesterday. I didn’t get a chance to take their photo, so this one from two years ago (and some twenty days earlier on the calendar) will be a stand in. ‘Snow Bunting’ is an appropriate name.
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Iris Thursday, Mar 20 2014
gardening and Modern Photos gardening, iris, photography 09:12
Your random photo of the day, standard Siberian Iris and an unnamed gold German Bearded Iris, it also looks like there was a set of unopened buds of a bronze German Bearded Iris in front.
Looking Back Tuesday, Mar 11 2014
gardening and Landscapes and Modern Photos gardening, photography 21:59
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