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Daffodils in the garden

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I’m really enjoying my garden this year.

We had a very warm March – for Toronto, and that seemed to put all my plants ahead by about two weeks or more.

It’s amazing how fast everything’s grown, two weeks ago there were a few green leaves and some flowers, but now, most of the garden beds have filled in and there are literally flowers everywhere! Tulips, Hyacinth, Muscari (Grape Hyacinth), glories of the snow and of course, Daffodils!

Here are some photos of the two most prominent types of Daffodils in my garden.

Aren’t they lovely?

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The Daffodils have been blooming for about two weeks and some are still coming out, so I expect I’ll have daffodils around for another two weeks or so.

What flowers are blooming in your yard?





From bare patches to green – I love Spring

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It’s hard to believe how much a garden can change in just two or three weeks.

At the beginning of April my raised garden beds had plenty of bare patches … oh sure, you could see the bare roses, the Rose of Sharon tree, boxwoods and a few other plants that had withstood the winter cold and snow … but the perennials and bulbs planted deep in the soil had yet to show signs of life.

Now, near the end of April those bare patches are full of green leaves and or flowers like these lovely Glories of the snow …

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Here’s another photo of White Glories of the Snow that came up in a very sunny patch of my garden .. as you can see they are just about finished blooming or well, they’re a little scraggly, maybe because the ground seems to be very dry this year despite the occasional rain:

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How is your garden or yard doing this Spring … any nice changes?

Time to do some yard work

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If you live in a northern climate you’re probably fairly excited that Spring has finally arrived. I know I am! We’ve actually had fairly nice weather most of the month, but I just got my first confirmation that Spring is truly here… I discovered my first crocus’ blooming in my backyard just a little while ago.

Yellow Crocus

Crocus’ are usually the first flower to bloom in my garden each year so it’s a sign that my personal gardening season has begun.

Now I can’t wait to get out in the yard and start clearing the dead leaves and dead foliage out of the garden beds! I need to rake the lawn as well. I guess we didn’t rake it much in the fall and it has a matt of dead grass that I’m sure once we rake it off we’ll see some signs of life in the lawn below.

I’ll probably have to wait a few weeks for the Hyacinths to start to make an appearance, but I can’t wait to see them and smell their heavily scented blooms. Don’t you just love the heady scent of Hyacinth?

Pink hyacinth

Do you garden? If you do, what’s waking up in your garden beds right now?

The Crocus’ are coming

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I’m getting excited – one of my favorite seasons will soon be here – SPRING!

Ok truth be told I enjoy Spring, Summer and Autumn almost equally, well Autumn might be a little less on the fav scale but it’s up there compared to Winter! Oh and Winter will soon be over! Yeah!

I think plants celebrate when Spring arrives … maybe that’s why there are so many beautiful Spring flowers.

The Crocus is always the first flower to appear on my property each spring … aren’t they pretty?

Purple Crocus

Lovely little flowers of purple and yellow that bloom during the day and then close their blooms as night falls.

Another spring flower that I enjoy is the Columbine or Aquilegia. Such pretty ornate flowers.

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When I was a kid we’d go up to our cottage almost every weekend from Spring through fall and often in the forest I’d find red flowers that my mother told me were called Honeysuckles. I think they were some form of wild Columbine. I guess that was my first introduction to Aquilegia.

Do you have a favorite Spring flower? Oh and what’s your favorite season .. if you have seasons, that is?

A pretty Little Rose

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William Baffin is one of my favorite rose … at least one of the favorite ones that I personally grow. The plant is a monster though! I’m in a Zone 5b planting area and the William Baffin Canadian Explorer rose is hardy from Zone 2 and up … so it’s thriving in my Toronto climate!

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Each summer this plant grows as tall as 10 to 12 feet tall. Not only is it tall, but it’s also wide, it’s like a small to medium sized tree in my garden bed!

It’s flower display is lovely. The first one that it puts out, usually at the end of May or early June is gorgeous. The rose bush/tree is simply covered in flowers like the one above. Oh and when the flowers begin to die down the garden bed and lawn are covered in rose pink petals.

I love it.

Does anyone else grow Canadian Explorer roses?

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