Scanner art by Craig Cramer, gardening & more
My recollection is that I won this eranthis as a door prize at a rock garden meeting a few years ago. It’s different from most, I think due to t those sorta tubular petal-like thingies near the anthers. (Apologies for the technical language there.)
Here’s a closer look. (As usual, click on the images if you want an even closer look.) If you know anything about this cultivar (and what those thingies are), please let me know.
Snowdrops are peaking …
More bulb season yet to come …
We’ve had a couple of nice days with temps ~60. Yesterday, dozens of bees were working the Iris reticulata, an invitation to sit down and take some pix:
I try to resist pet postings. But sometimes I break down. Both our dogs are getting long in the tooth.
For 12 springs now, Jade — our lab/border collie mix — has been a constant (and sometime annoying) companion in the garden.
This is how I typically see her, with ball (or more often Norway spruce cone) in mouth, ready to play. If I ignore her, she throws the toy in the garden cart, a bucket, or the hole Im digging and bark until I pick it up an throw it — only to repeat the whole process.
She still likes being outside, but her persistence is waning. After a toss or two, she gives me the look: Do I have to initiate the whole play thing? Will you think less of me?
And then she’ll lie down and watch me work. NIce company.
The on-going march of ephemerals …
I think bulbs lose some of their charm on bare ground, as opposed to coming up through leaves:
Email from our son, Nate this week. He’s coming home next weekend for the annual Skunk Cabbage Run. And the big news: he’s planning to run in the Great Wall Marathon in May. Yep. That Great Wall. The video has great scenery, but it’s not for those who are afraid of heights.