Sakuraso primrose

Sakuraso primrose

A few years ago, I signed up for a fledgling Sakuraso society — mostly because a ridiculously low membership fee got you some seeds and packets of thread-like roots that when planted in pots quickly grew into robust little plants.

I can find nothing about this little society online, so I suspect that it is no longer in existence.

That’s too bad. I wish I could find them and re-up. I love these little primroses, even though I only have one left. I made the mistake of transplanting them into a bed where I greatly underestimated the ability of buttercups to reinvade from what I call ‘lawn’. When I got behind a few summers ago, the buttercups more or less took over. But this sakuraso and a few other tough primroses have hung in — thrived, almost — despite the competition.

I like to see that in a plant.

Sakuraso primrose

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New and improved May bloom day scan

Some folks have commented that they like the old-timey effect of my bloom day scans. That’s not intentional, I assure you. It’s due to using a crummy hand-me-down scanner and not having good imaging software on my home machine.

I took yesterday’s scan to work with me today and adjusted it with PhotoShop to try to get the colors closer to what the flowers actually looked like.

This is an improvement, but the bleeding heart still isn’t near as vibrant as it is in real life.

may bloom day scan redo
Extra large version.

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Angelic daffs, bowl ‘o tulips, more Mertensia

Some more pix from this weekend …

No, I didn’t write down the variety. But I like these daffodils a lot.

angelic daffs

A friend brought us a bucket of cut daffodils. I floated some in this old cow waterer. I played with a longer shot of those here.

tulips in waterer

The bluer side of bluebells (Mertensia).

mertensia

Slightly different shot of the daffs.

angelic daffs

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