Sunday, March 17, 2013

Spring makes me want to garden...

I spent a while outside this morning and cleared out some weeds (tons more to go) and planted a few flowers we got yesterday at Green Acres Nursery...

Ranunculus: one of my favorites! Planted a cheap gallon pot just for the jolt of color!

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Eagerly awaiting the freesias... these have come back from past years.

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And some snapdragons (new)...

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And ushering out some of the last poppies...

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Also planted some hollyhocks and carnations from little 6 packs. We shall see if they grow. I am usually better transplanting the 4" plants. Between me being too rough and the soil being too yucky (clay) the little ones often don't take. If they haven't I can always get some others when I am on vacation the week after next. Looking at the soil in the flower area though I think the first order of business when I am on vacation is to add more organic matter again... that clay is persistent!

4 comments:

  1. Oh, LOVELY! I planted some ranunculus bulbs in the fall and they are still growing s-l-o-w-l-y. I wonder if they will ever bloom! Yours gives me a little hope!

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    1. Well amazingly enough I totally forgot about planting bulbs last fall so the only thing that is coming up from last year are the freesias, which are my Energizer bunny plants -- they keep coming back! I gotta put a lot of reminders on my Google calendar or something to get bulbs planted when they should be later this year!

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  2. I love ranunculus and freesias! It's still too cold at night here (had to scrape ice off of my windshield this am) to have flowers in the ground :-( Yours are pretty :-)

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    1. I love them too and wish I had planted some last fall... oh well, have to be happy with transplants this time around.

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