For the most part, the weather has been steadily warming up. Of course, some days are as cold as winter days, but nothing serious as keeping us indoors. Trees have put out leaves, flowers are blooming, and critters are wreaking havoc in the gardens.
Pincushion Carnival Yellow is an interesting plant I saw at the nursery. I resisted the urge to purchase a few as they reminded me of Gopher plants, which are loved by Gophers. I have many yellow flowering plants in my gardens, and I think a different variety called ‘Flame Giant’ Nodding Pincushion (Leucospermum cordifolium ‘Flame Giant’) will complement the other plants and add color to the garden.
Pincushion Carnival Yellow.
My daughter’s Rose Mallow is blooming profusely.
Rose Mallow (Lavatera Trimestris Loveliness).
It has been a joy watching the Freesias.
White Freesia.
The ground cover roses weren’t doing well, so I moved them into planters, where they are thriving.
Ground Cover Rose.
The Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop’ have grown so much that they need their own container.
Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop’ and Sedeveria.
When the weather outside is erratic, we can always count on plants to boost our mood.
“Because through love, we feel the intensity of our connection to everything and everyone. And at the core we are all the same. We’re all one.” ― Loving Annabelle
Tape sur nos systèmes
L’envie que tout le monde s’aime
Le soleil donne
Ce vieux désir super
Qu’on serait tous un peu frères
Le soleil donne
Le soleil donne
De l’or intelligent
Le soleil donne
La même couleur aux gens
La même couleur aux gens
Gentiment
Feel fire in your blood
Make believe we’re all in love, in the sundance
You can dream the sweetest games
Hold hands around the flames, in the sundance
In the sundance
The gold keeps coming down
In the sundance
White’s turning into brown
And rain don’t stay around painting the town
(We’re just dancing)
(In the sundance)
Nace al deseo de quererse mas, olé el sol
Oro inteligente alumbra la gente, olé el sol
Olé el sol
A todo el mundo da, olé el sol
Una tez morena, una tez morena igual
(Cuando, cuando baila el sol a sol mi piel morena tiene sabor)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Ioh-oh, ioh-oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, oh, just color me tomorrow
You can never stop the changing skies, dancing in the sundance
Tape sur nos systèmes
L’envie que tout le monde s’aime
Le soleil donne
Ce vieux désir super
Qu’on serait tous un peu frères
Le soleil donne
Le soleil donne
De l’or intelligent,
Le soleil donne
La même couleur aux gens
La même couleur aux gens
Gentiment
(Sundance, sundance, sundance)
Le soleil donne
(Sundance, dance, dance, dance)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, oh, la misma tez morena,
Siento, me siento pedacitos del sol
Oh, oh, oh, oh, just color me tomorrow
We’ve got children living in our eyes, dancing in the sundance
Oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
(yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Oh, oh, oh, oh, la même couleur aux gens
Ioh-oh, ioh-oh, la même couleur aux gens
The weather hasn’t changed much; it is still very cold here in California especially for this time of year.
The signs of Spring came a little late this year due to the erratic weather we’ve had for the past couple of months.The Daffodils, which are usually our first bloomers, didn’t make it out until the end of March. As the weather began to warm up, everything is coming in a rush and the gardens bursting into life with flowers.
Daffodil Replete.
Daffodil Replete, also know as Luscious Double Daffodil, are my latest perennials addition. Many years ago I planted Ice King Double Daffodils as well as Tazetta ‘Grand Primo’, which I ended up loosing the bulbs to gophers the next season. I hope we can enjoy the Replete for may more years to come.
Daffodil Replete.
The Purple Leaf Cherry Plum trees were the first trees to put out flowers and they were absolutely stunning with lush display of delicate flowers. We live in an extremely windy area, which means that we often lose flowers and flower petals almost as soon as they emerge.
By JM Perez
