Monday, May 14, 2012

A cup of fine porcelain

   Suddenly it became very warm +24 C (76 F) in Thursday and two
 or three warm days were enough that plants began to bloom
The daffodils looked with surprise into the garden.
Two days ago the tulips were modest with tightly closed buds.
Now the buds have opened and began to look like a cup of fine
porcelain. Hyacinths perfumed the air.
 Mahonia has decided to bloom.
 Small anemone revived in warm soil and has flowered.








 


Sunday, May 6, 2012

Sunny days in May

 
Primroses and hyacinths are pleased warm May days in my northern garden.
They  replaced  crocuses and snowdrops. 
Tulips are preparing to open their buds
Pushckinia blooms from April to May.
Saxifraga is evergreen plant, snow melts down and it is growing

Monday, April 30, 2012

Bright blue spots in my garden

There is something attractive and moving in the blue flowers as: Scylla, Chionodoxa, Iris, Lobelia, Campanula, Salvia,   Tradescantia, etc. All these plants are low, modest, appear in early spring or mid summer, but always embellish my garden.Tradescantia is a wonderful plant. It is completely unpretentious, loves wet soil, but does not like direct sun.Campanula is my loved flower since childhood. The delicate bright blue buds open one by one. They continually bloom till mid summer.

My garden blue Irises are thickset, their shoots appear after crocuses. Lobelia is completely unpretentious, decorates beds and containers.
The flower stalks of Chionodoxa show up on the soil surface just after one or two warm days.  Scilla has small and modest flowers that grow on the high peduncles.
These flowers made a very bright blue spots in my garden like the particles of the blue spring sky.