Trumpets look more like Cousin It. It's exciting to find lily sprouts because unlike most perennials, the stem may be several inches from where they emerged last year. I always wonder about the secret underground life of lilies. When they're happy, they multiply and great wads of lily foliage comes up. The unhappy ones send up a tentative little leaf as if testing the climate.
I'm finding more and more new growth of Salvia leucantha. Pineapple sage came back, to my surprise.
Buds: Gerbera daisies are budding. I saw the first Echinacea bud. Tight buds of Snowball Viburnum are now loose but not open. 'Pink Pearl' azalea has two pink buds down near the ground.
Then I saw some open buds! Pink Pearl is a fav azalea.
I first planted them some 40 years ago at our other
house, plants from Atlanta Farmers Market.
I planted new ones here, and rooted cuttings.
Oakleaf hydrangeas have new leaves and tiny buds in the center of the cluster of leaves.
1 comment:
pink pearl azalea is one of my favorites, too, nell. i have pineapple sage coming back even here in 7b. we had a cold, long winter like everyone, but it did have a layer of leaves over it most of the winter.
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