Blooms outside? Well, not where I can see them because we got our first major snowstorm of the winter season over the weekend and the garden is covered with over six inches of snow.
I could at this point get all philosophical about the beauty of snow, how it changes a landscape, how it invokes a winter interest that not all climates can have.
Because it is beautiful, and it does change the landscape, and it does provide winter interest.
It also covers the outdoor blooms!
On January 2nd, I spied out the window a bright white object and ran out to find a single snowdrop in bloom.
I assume I saw it from the window because the garden fairies put a spotlight on it and made it nearly impossible for me to miss.
It's buried for now, along with these tips from Iris reticulata. I took this picture a few days before the big snowfall from Winter Storm Gia.
Now I could run away, but I won't because just in time my Lily of the Valley pips have arrived from White Flower Farms. I'm going to pot them up and in a matter of weeks, I'll have a lovely pot of flowers like these from last year.
Such is the life of a four-seasons gardener!
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"We can have flowers nearly every month of the year." ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
Comments
As per every January I have spotted your potted Lily of the valley and thought I really should try that as it grows in my garden and again I have missed the boat onthis! Must try harder
Two snowstorms in a row covered most of the flower possibilities, but I'm sure February will bring a real taste of the spring to come.