And, I couldn’t possibly be happier about it!
The snapdragon blooms are again the stars of the patio garden, with blooms ranging in color from pure white, yellow, pink, and magenta, there is definitely no shortage of color out on the patio these days! What the photos don’t show; however, is that the snapdragon’s bloom stalks are so tall, and the blooms are so large, that most of them are bent at crazy angles and are much closer to the ground than they are the sky! Oh well, they are still beautiful and I will enjoy them for as long as they last.
The Lotus family member; Amazon Sunset, Parrot’s Beak, continues to put out more of her beautiful, signature blooms. I have waited all year for the Parrot’s Beak’s to spring back to life and they are definitely living up to my hopes.
Elsewhere around the garden; my Oyster Mushroom patch continues to produce new mushrooms and the ones that I have harvested so far, were darn tasty! Thanks to my friends at Back to the Roots for the mushroom kit! It took a little while to get going; however, well worth the wait and patience.
Around the rest of the patio; the hydrangea blossoms continue to get bigger and bigger and my long dormant Calla Lily are finally making a resounding comeback! I am hoping that they will begin to form their signature flower (well, bract) soon.
The Calla Lily, which I have learned is actually NOT a true Lily; and the ‘flower’ is NOT the plants true flower – as I learned from researching my Anthurium andreanum, it is part of an inflorescence, which is on a leafless flower stalk which consists of a spathe and spadix. The ‘flower’ is the spathe, the well-known large, flaring, trumpet-shaped bract that surrounds the spadix which is covered with the plants actual tiny flowers. Now you know!
Well friends, I hope that your gardens are in bloom and that your soil is rich! I will leave you with a couple of parting shots that didn’t really fit in above that I just liked and thought I would share…
Until next time…
HAPPY GARDENING FRIENDS!!
~ Noah
Such beautiful spring colors! We are so lucky to live in California and different colors all year around, do you have a favorite plant color?
Thank you! No real favorite color for flowers; I like more non-traditional colors / patterns, pastels (snapdragons), multi-colored flowers are great, and I am a huge fan of variegated foliage.
Noah
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