I was itching to get working in the garden, but I had three weeks of the Gainesville respiratory crud in March and April. Still, without any help from me, everything's green, and flowers are getting started. First, the volunteers:
Wild petunias, really a lovely pale blue, pop up everywhere.
So does spiderwort, aka dayflower
I know, it's just a weed – Spanish needle
And finally, mimosa – a skinny tree that leans from my woods into the yard every spring, with fragrant flowers that make you think peaches and oranges got cozy over the winter.
Next, the planted garden:
Drift roses – fragrant, thorny, and trouble-free (except I have to keep cutting them back)
These berries will soon be blue and sweet.
Lipstick plant and I-can't-remember-its name. I'm not even sure I like these two, but they're so happy where they are I can't bear to pull them up.
Milkweed's almost open – and I've seen 2 monarchs flying around waiting.
And here's my Simpson's Stopper, aka twinberry, blooming this year for the first time, with a licorice-vanilla scent (though the internet claims it's nutmeg-y) (And also said it will reach 20 feet – uh oh, I thought it was a shrub!)
Everything's coming up zinnias – my first time planting from seed – I've planted two kinds of zinnias, two kinds of basil, and a spring garden mix. Oh boy, can't wait! (Yes, I know I have to thin them.)