Spring is slowly coming in. The last part of April has been much cooler and kind of wet, so the garden slowed down a bit from early in the month.
The tulips have made an appearance. I have several types and the early ones are now open.
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Those cool fritillaria are still around. They are long lasting, which I love in a flower
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Lots of foliage appearing all around. A lot of that in the background is allium.
Daffodils:
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These are from a clump that I found when we first moved into the house 5 years ago (can you believe it has been that long??). They were in the shade and not really blooming, so I divided and moved them. Each year I divide the bigger clump and have interspersed them around the garden and I have a lot more now. All for free! Yay!
I don’t plant tulips anymore in the back yard because the squirrels really go after them. Only in the back, though, not the front. Weird. However, there are a few holdovers:
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I need to do more clean out in the back bed. Lots of oak leaves from the neighbor’s tree still in there.
I took this picture the other day:
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And this is that tulip today:
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This is why no more new tulips back here. Grrrr…
Pretty violets:
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The violets just pop up all over and I find them in the garden beds, as well as the lawn. I have never planted any, but they sure do get around!
Pretty red tulips:
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And a nice inside shot:
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There should be a few more different colors next week. Yay!
I need to get pictures up of the completed bathroom. We love how it turned out, but I want to do another post of getting the new tub in.
Stay safe everyone!
This post full of vibrant colors is such a mood picker-upper! Thanks for sharing nature’s beauty.![🙂](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f642.svg)
This year I got a bunch of double tulips from John Sheepers. But from now on I’m going to get the single tulips. They stand up much better than the double ones. Of course, I think part of the problem is that we had cold for such a long time, and then all of a sudden it was very warm.
Thanks for sharing your pretty flower pics! I don’t have tulips, but love seeing them pop up all over the landscape. Looking forward to your bathroom pics too! Hope you and your family are doing well.
So pretty. I love your garden and appreciated the work you put into it. I’ve been away from blogs for a long time but I’m back now and looking forward to back reading to catch up once my mid-year uni holiday starts. Take care.