Thursday, April 1, 2010

Spring Walk

It's 22C today so we decided to go for a walk in and around the Municipal Gardens.  The bulbs are finally out and look great.  I think my favourites are the Iris reticulata.  I just love the deep purple contrast with the yellow and white.  Yeah, spring!!  I've seen some daffodils but no tulips are out yet.  Just a bit longer...

I also planted some Castor seeds today.  They've been soaking for two days and I just threw them all in a pot together.  I'll leave them outside because the lows for the next few days are around 10C and the highs over 20C.  Then I can just bring them in when temperature inevitable approach seasonal again.  I only planted 20 and still have another 40 soaking.  Sometimes I like to be overly cautious. 

10 comments:

  1. Bulbs. I have zero luck with them. They just don't last long enough, anyway. I want to plant some more flowering shrubs this spring.
    ~Randy

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  2. Didn't know it was your birthday. Happy birthday!
    ~Randy

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  3. Didn't know it was your birthday. Happy birthday!
    ~Randy

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  4. Yeah double birthday celebration! Thanks!

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  5. Happy late birthday!!! Gorgeous flowers to celebrate!!!

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  6. Iris reticulata are my favorite too in terms of spring bulbs. I had three big clumps last year but only have one this spring, must order some more this fall.

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  7. Gorgeous pics. Happy belated birthday! My husband was also born on April 1st. Hopefully, you had a wonderful day.

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  8. Thanks everyone! It was actually on the 31st. I was about a month early. April 1st would have been better though because then I could have been a joke. :)

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  9. Some of my favourites there - the Iris reticulata, the winter aconite, and glory-of-the-snow... I could spend all day looking at glory-of-the-snow.

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  10. Sometimes I forget how great spring flowers are. Fortunately I'm reminded every year!

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