As you can see above, some Clarkia amoena are still blooming. Hello-to-spring, I guess. I've mentioned before that I'm fond of Euphorbias. Well below is a garden variety called 'Red Wings' that someone else planted in the herb garden. We don't use it as an herb however; it's very toxic. One herb that is blooming quite a bit right now is the creeping rosemary (not pictured).
Inside, this orchid's still blooming strong.
This one's very close. You can see that the flowers are forming on a new shoot coming from the old flowering shoot (which I decided not to cut off, luckily). It's the same situation with the pink orchide above. But maybe if I had cut them off an entirely new shoot would have appeared. Who knows.
There's also a red Schlumbergera that's just finishing its blooms, but I don't care for it much. But I am excited to see many flowers on the Vaccinium ovatum growing wildly outside. Means lots of huckleberries this summer.
3 comments:
Like you, I sometimes have to remind myself that my garden blog is supposed to be about gardening! My excuse is winter; I wish I had Vaccinium flowers blooming. The Clarkia shot is striking; excellent composition.
Winter is a good excuse. And anyway, I like your postings on foraged food, so feel free to deviate as much as you want.
Huckleberry! I knew there was another fruiting bush I wanted to get. I'm digging those orchids, too...one of these days I want to get a couple for more indoor blooms. My "garden blog" veers off course pretty regularly too, I say write what you wish-no real rules here!
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