Thanks, Mom! and Tulips

Mom helped me identify that shrub with the red flowers down below - we are pretty sure it is a Flowering Quince. I think it is either a Japanese Dwarf variety or "Texas Scarlet." I will try and take better care of it, and stop trying to rip it out. :-)

We have tulips!

I planted tulips and daffodils and hyacinths around the east side of our house a couple of years ago, and finally evened things out last Fall by adding bulbs around the west side of our front bed. I loved the color this spring! The pictures don't really do it justice, but I think you'll get the picture.

Lots Going On

Voodoo bulb #2 bloomed the other day. It had started to crack, so we moved it outside before the stench got too powerful!



We have lots of little sunflowers growing where the seeds fell from last year's crop.



The first of the tulips opened mid last week (I am a belated blogger...) and I was so excited to see them! Then the heat hit, and some of them are kind of wilty now. I'll admit, I'm glad the weather is back to normal today!



These are new grape hyacinths I planted along the east side of the house. I like the blue and white together!



Put this in the "what the heck is this?!" category. These little red flowers, which almost look like tulip blooms were blooming over the weekend. They are on the stems of this little shrub that I have been trying to rip out for the five years we have lived here. I have never seen it bloom before! I wonder if it was the insane heat. I don't think I'm usually out working in the beds this early, so maybe it's always bloomed, but I've never seen it. Weird!





Our beloved strawberry patch. Sigh. I weeded and composted, and now I will patiently wait for June. Sigh.



Mrs. Pampalone's Primrose are blooming, and looking great.



And, we have tons of wonderful blooms on the Bleeding Heart I planted last year! I was worried they might be in too sunny of a spot, but I guess not. :-)

Today was the day...

that we woke up to the "funk" of the voodoo bulb!





I moved it out to the patio, and we can still smell it out there!

Daffodils and hyacinths are blooming nicely now:







And...I found my vegetable peeler that disappeared last year! Right where Mom said it would be, in the composter. :-)

They are just getting more and more funky!

Voodoo bulbs are so much fun! They are just getting bigger and bigger. Very soon they will bloom!

Very soon....

we will have icky, stinky like garbage flowers on these! :-)

It's April, 65 and sunny!

Ah, spring is in the air.

I don't know what this purple flowering thing is. I think it came along with a Phlox I bought at a local plant sale last year. Any ideas?





First blooming hyacinth:



Crocus in the lawn:



And, do you know what these are? When they flower, they will smell like garbage!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

A little early... but bulbs are starting to poke through! Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths all seem to be making their way out of their winter slumber. Even the hardy mums I put in the ground last Fall have some new growth, so yay!