I published this on my main site and want to make sure to keep it here on my gardening blog as well since I use this site as my way to quickly review my gardening log.
I spent last week’s daylight hours almost exclusively outside. I drank my morning coffee indoors, then put on my gardening gloves and hat and spent the days digging, carting, planting, and shoveling. I calculated on my gardening blog that I spread more than 2 tons of mulch in about 3 days. I was exhausted by the end of the week, but now everything is so pretty I can’t help but just stand at the windows (it’s raining) and admire all the plants that are about to burst into bloom. I ventured out into the drizzle today to capture these early buds and blossoms.
These tulips will open any second now.
Redbud 😍
The lilac will smell delicious when these blossoms open
The dogwood remains a favorite. I take this same photo every year 😛
The redbud is thick with fuscia buds this year
Our dogwood and a front bed before…
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Is redbud popular? The Eastern redbud is only becoming popular here as the ‘Forest Pansy’, which I really dislike. The color is so bad and fades to dingy smoky green in our arid climate. I will never understand what is so unappealing about green foliage that makes people crave bronze or yellow or other colors. I would not mind so much if it were a ‘good’ color’, like that of the purple leaf plums. The native Western redbud is even less popular. It is more of a shrub anyway.
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