Yard Pictures: More Flowers
Apr. 8th, 2022 02:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ysabetwordsmithI took these pictures on Thursday. Lighting was still poor, but new things are sprouting.
Those weird green points are mayapple umbrellas emerging in the forest garden. A few years ago, I had one umbrella; it looks like at least five this year. :D
Sage is leafing out in the cistern garden.
A few days ago, there was one blue-and-white violet blooming near the fly-through feeder. Now there are many -- and they still haven't reached the "cushion" stage with large swaths of violets blanketing the ground.
Comfrey leaves are about hand-high under the fly-through feeder. Once they reach the surface, they grow fast. These are nowhere near mature yet; they get huge.
Several volunteer daffodils are blooming in the gravel parking lot just east of the daffodil bed. These are proto-landrace daffodils. I plant many different types of daffodils from many sources, so they have the opportunity for promiscuous pollination. The ones that have successfully reproduced all have plain yellow trumpets, despite having a huge mix of different types in the bed and nearby areas. Plain, wild-type features tend to reproduce better than fancy domesticated ones. However, the availability of mixed types means that if they keep reproducing, other traits could pop out later. I have the option of removing any plant that does something displeasing, but with daffodils I mostly just want flowers, so they can do what they want. I like to buy the kinds advertised "for naturalizing" which means they can take care of themselves and spread well. The bed is a mix of plain and fancy cultivars.
Those weird green points are mayapple umbrellas emerging in the forest garden. A few years ago, I had one umbrella; it looks like at least five this year. :D
Sage is leafing out in the cistern garden.
A few days ago, there was one blue-and-white violet blooming near the fly-through feeder. Now there are many -- and they still haven't reached the "cushion" stage with large swaths of violets blanketing the ground.
Comfrey leaves are about hand-high under the fly-through feeder. Once they reach the surface, they grow fast. These are nowhere near mature yet; they get huge.
Several volunteer daffodils are blooming in the gravel parking lot just east of the daffodil bed. These are proto-landrace daffodils. I plant many different types of daffodils from many sources, so they have the opportunity for promiscuous pollination. The ones that have successfully reproduced all have plain yellow trumpets, despite having a huge mix of different types in the bed and nearby areas. Plain, wild-type features tend to reproduce better than fancy domesticated ones. However, the availability of mixed types means that if they keep reproducing, other traits could pop out later. I have the option of removing any plant that does something displeasing, but with daffodils I mostly just want flowers, so they can do what they want. I like to buy the kinds advertised "for naturalizing" which means they can take care of themselves and spread well. The bed is a mix of plain and fancy cultivars.
