Sunday, February 26, 2006

Out there

We're on the third shade of blue hyacinths and second shade of pink ones. Alliums are beginning to bloom. Pink oxalis is blooming in some places. There are still flowers from Grand Primo, Actaea, Avalanche, Montopolis and Bastrop (although these are past their peak), and Ice Follies. Anemones are mostly blue, with the first fuchsia one. There are many, many mystery narcissi and daffodils. A narcissus that came from Bastrop is one never identified. It must be very old-fashioned; no matter what catalogue is consulted, it remains a mystery. At the tip of stems of tall-medium height are very small flowers, just one, two, or three to a stem. The perianth is short, pointed, and broad in its division. It's distinctly yellow, and the tiny cup is even more yellow. The scent is very strong. We forget about these every year. They don't multiply, it seems, but neither do they vanish.

2 Comments:

At 5:01 PM, March 02, 2006, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did your Thalias ever bloom again? You mentioned that they had not appeared in 2005.

My Thalias did okay last year but just made leaves for 2006. Guess there will be no scent from that area of the garden - phooie!

Glinda in Austin

 
At 11:25 AM, March 03, 2006, Blogger Rantor said...

We had very few last year, eventually. This year, none yet, but that doesn't mean there won't be. In an "ordinary" year, if such there be any more, they're among the very last to bloom. Their part of the lawn is among the species tulips. Since the paperwhites finished there, we haven't seen much beyond a few Ice Follies and the usual hyacinths. There's plenty of time.

 

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