Spring....in a hurry...

With a week or so of temps in the high 80s, spring went into overdrive here. I saw daffodil blooms wilting. That shocked me until I realized that, of course, they were stressed...they're used to blooming with temperatures in the 60s. The heat was hard on them! Unfortunately, blooms that usually last a week or more were gone within a day or two.

Not just daffodils. The flowers on the crab apple tree lasted at most 2-3 days. Azaleas are blooming here now.

Anyway, it felt a bit like daylily season when I rush around trying to get pictures. Daffodils usually afford me a number of chances to try to catch them looking their best. Not this year!

Electrus...


My Sweetheart...


Mint Julep...


Misty Glen...


Peripheral Pink...


closer...


Firetail...


Noteworthy...


Rising Star...


Killearnan...


Sidley...


closer...


Edna Earl...



Virginia Bluebells...


Ipheon uniflorum

'Rolf Fiedler'


(still working on getting the blue right...not quite there yet)


'Wisley Blue'


(a lighter blue and the blossom is shaped a bit differently)

Hmmm, I wonder if the daylilies will bloom earlier this year...