This entry is a tribute to the ever-stalwart spring bulbs known as daffodils. They thrive under the fiercest of conditions. And their cheerful yellow and/or white heads never fail to disappoint me after having endured the deary winter doldrums.
Speaking of fierce conditions, the window box below my living room window is perhaps the hardest place to grow things. First, it gets very little sun. Second, it gets very little water (it's under the eaves and far from the hose bib). So, I'm always pleased to find something that thrives here. Well, last fall, I dug up hundreds (possibly thousands) of daffodils to give away to friends. What bulbs I could not give away I spread around the rest of my yard. Since this place was so desolate, I decided to give it a try. I'm pleased to see that the persistent daffodil is equal to the challenge.
Here's another place I stuck a bunch of surplus daffodils. I can't wait for them to open up!
I also can't wait for the honeysuckle bushes behind them to seduce me with their delicious pink fragrance. Leaves are already starting to arrive.
Pretty soon the dogwoods (the red sticks in the photo) will leaf out, and you won't even see the daffodils...nor the top of the sewer cleanout.
Here's the "breeding ground" where all my excess daffodils come from. By this time next year, I'll have twice as many, and I'll go to work to divide them once again.
Be fruitful and multiply, dear daffodil!
Speaking of fierce conditions, the window box below my living room window is perhaps the hardest place to grow things. First, it gets very little sun. Second, it gets very little water (it's under the eaves and far from the hose bib). So, I'm always pleased to find something that thrives here. Well, last fall, I dug up hundreds (possibly thousands) of daffodils to give away to friends. What bulbs I could not give away I spread around the rest of my yard. Since this place was so desolate, I decided to give it a try. I'm pleased to see that the persistent daffodil is equal to the challenge.
Here's another place I stuck a bunch of surplus daffodils. I can't wait for them to open up!I also can't wait for the honeysuckle bushes behind them to seduce me with their delicious pink fragrance. Leaves are already starting to arrive.
Pretty soon the dogwoods (the red sticks in the photo) will leaf out, and you won't even see the daffodils...nor the top of the sewer cleanout.
Here's the "breeding ground" where all my excess daffodils come from. By this time next year, I'll have twice as many, and I'll go to work to divide them once again.Be fruitful and multiply, dear daffodil!