Granted, Bloom Day was technically five days ago… but I got outside two days before that (with my “good camera,” no less) to document the return of Spring color to my Zone 6 borders, so I present the following without further comment:
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First Daff of the Year
[Taken April 8, 2019 at 7:25PM]
Confused Cactus
My Thanksgiving cactus sometimes has delusions of being an Easter cactus. This year, it seems to think it’s a St. Patrick’s Day cactus.
Power Tools FTW
The first Saturday of March was unfrigid enough to get me outside with the reciprocating saw Aaron bought me for Christmas. I broke down the one largish branch and one smallish branch that came down during last month’s ice storm, and I cut back one stand of switchgrass.
I’m not asking our lawn guys to cut down anything ever again. I’ve had too many healthy perennials whacked to the ground that should NOT have been pruned in the spring. (How a dormant hydrangea resembles switchgrass is beyond me.)
Amaryllis Trentino
This is the first Trentino has bloomed, after being forgotten in the basement for a year and then properly potted for another year. She’s quite beautiful — I find I like the delicate and subtle green-to-pink shading more than the vibrant red of her big sisters Christmas Star (also currently in bloom) and Ragtime.