The weather is warming up and finally things are flowering in the garden. It is time to start getting ready for summer.
I’ve been in the garden a lot this week. Boy it is hard work, but at the same time I’ve been loving it. I really want the garden to be great this summer and I think with all the work I’ve been doing on my fitness it should be. It isn’t as hard to do anything when I go out there now.
As spring is upon us flowers are blooming. Two of these are from bulbs and the other from a tree.
Obviously the first one is a tulip, one of only two I have seen so far. Most of the bulbs didn’t come up this year and those that did haven’t flowered. It really isn’t cold enough here to leave bulbs in the ground.
The other one is a scilla peruviana which I love so much. I think they are great flowers. I got one bulb from my mum and this year there are 5 of them. I might have to dig them up in autumn and plant them in some different places.
The last one there is lilac. A few years ago my mum gave me some cuttings from her tree and I put them in a pot with some soil and then put it in the ground last year. This is the first time it has flowered. I don’t necessarily think that the flowers are amazing, but I love the smell of lilac. Every time I walk past it I lean over to take a smell.
I’m looking forward to being able to take a lot more photos in my garden this year. I might even try doing some still life type images as well. I hope you will like that.
Gorgeous flowers Leanne … We have had so much rain! I’m busting to get into my garden 😊
Thank you Julie. Rain is good, though it can be too much. We have been getting on and off.
Lovely – and nice to have a lilac close-up. Like you, I love the smell. But for 50 weeks of the year, it’s a pretty dull plant!
Thank you Margaret. I don’t know how long they are dull. It does loose its leaves in winter, but it is a nice green tree, I hope. I guess I will find out.
Worth the long winter waiting…
They are beautiful 🙂
It is a long wait, but yeah, worth it. Thank you Sreejith. 😀
How lovely that you were able to take a lilac cutting and get flowers from it!
It was great, it is growing into a beautiful tree now, actually two of them. Thank you Esther.
How pretty and fragrant!!
Thank you Esther.
You’re welcome!
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The scilla peruviana is so beautiful. I’ve never seen one. I love the colors.
Isn’t it Marie, I love it too. I first saw it at my mums and made her give me one, lol. Thank you.
Living in Peru, I just googled “scilla peruviana”, also known as “esquila portuguesa”. I wonder how it got its name as it comes from the Mediterranian, and has no apparent connection with Peru!
I guess I thought the same, that they were from Peru, would make sense, but it is strange. Perhaps the peruviana is more a latin name. I have no idea.
Wow! These are gorgeous.
Thank you Egidio.
So lovely Leanne. Good work in the garden, now you make me feel slack. I haven’t done much at all
Thank you Brian, it is hard work isn’t it, I know how easy it is to be slack.
I love just the hint of red on the tulip
Thank you Beth.
What a pretty collection!
Thank you Sandy.
Sure!
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Leanne, your photography is always very beautiful, wow!! ❤️😊
Thank you so much John.
You are welcome! 🤗
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Beautiful flowers Leanne! It’s great that you enjoy gardening. The results are wonderful.
Thank you Anne, Yeah, I really do, at this time of the year it is hard to stay away from it.