False lily of the valley:
Most deciduous trees and perennials have leafed out, and there are a lot of different greens, looking very lush in places. We have our privacy back in the back yard, and soon the front yard, too.
Green shady area next to pond. (^) The oxalis, vancouvaria, false solomon’s seal, false lily of the valley, trilliums and bleeding heart all duke it out here.
Tons of Camas, Brodiaea, Chocolate lily, and 2-3 yr leopard lily. White fawn lily seedlings thriving, as are the Dodacatheon/ Shooting stars, Delphiniums, and Wild blue flax. Maybe Rainier or Lopez “penstemon “. Rainier “tufted hairy” seeds germinating, which is probably an Anenome.
Mr Squirrel is busy foraging, and screaming at us when we get too near. We’ve moved the logs hiding his cache of nuts and pinecones more than once this year – next year should be more stable for him/ her.
The Mallard ducks have shown up, on the vernal equinox, March 20. They look like they’re getting pretty comfortable and don’tmind us walking by, soon we’ll find them hanging out on the hot tub cover. The place has been pruned and cleared of much brush, hopefully they won’t be foolish and try to lay eggs.
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Chocolate Lily popping up in several places, Lopez seeds planted about three years ago (photo of mature plant above). Most of them have survived mole ravages, landscaping traffic and other insults. They take about 3 years to start blooming.
Continue reading “Interim notes – March 10-17 2011”
“Everything” is sprouting and leafing early due to the early warm conditions. Some of the plants are 2-3 weeks earlier than usual. The bulb seeds planted last year came up very early, with Brodiaea sprouting in November. Continue reading “Early spring this year”
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