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3/30 2009
3/04 2010 (photo missing)
3/15/2011
3/08/2012
3/05/2013
They were very late in 2009, and very early in 2010 (I noted they were in full bloom when we arrived home from Arizona). They seem to blossom whenever they feel like it, and pay no mind to what day of the month it is!
I love the way daffodils naturalize. We took another way home yesterday and drove by a pasture that has been just that -- pasture -- for as long as I can remember, and there in the middle of it were a couple of spots of bright yellow: daffodils. We find them like that all of the time, and wonder how they got there.
ReplyDeleteThey're just so dang cheerful and beautiful there in your house.
Dianefaith, about 25 years ago my Mother and I hiked through wheat fields and up a hillside to the site of her parents' old homestead. Daffodils, offspring of those planted so many years previous, were in glorious bloom. It was a lovely sight to behold!
DeleteThat is awesome. I think those may be what just popped up at the farm (ironically I just posted about it on the blog tonight). Spring is coming!!
ReplyDelete1st. Man, what you have are iris. Yours grow from a rhizome, although some varieties do grow from a bulb. I was just getting ready to post that in your comments!
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I love the cheerful, first-blooming flowers in spring. They are a bright reminder that the winter WILL end someday soon.
ReplyDeleteThey smell pretty, too! I'll be so happy when it warms enough to open up all the doors and windows and let the fresh, clean air in. I walked into the house after being outside all day, and it smelled like old orange peels. And dogs.
DeleteSo pretty especially after a long winter. I like the 2009 photo with "Chariot's Run" blog up in the background. LOL!
ReplyDeleteLOL, Rachel, you are the only one who ever noticed that! At least you can see I read garden porn in my spare time :-)
DeleteNot spring here yet! We got a foot of snow last night! Hope it is our last!! Nancy
ReplyDeleteWe're not in the clear yet, Nancy. We got snow on March 22 last year!
DeleteWe won't get daffodils for quite a while. I do see some crocus foliage coming up so the flowers can't be that far off.
ReplyDeleteDaphne, I never planted crocus because they would blossom while we were still in AZ. Now I'd like to have a garden spot devoted to spring bulbs. I especially love the scent of hyacinths.
DeleteI was looking at the daffodils and crocus just poking their noses up through the soil yesterday. This morning when I looked out, there was 8"-10" Ins of snow on top of them. OH well
ReplyDeleteJohn, we're getting some much needed rain today. It's 46F outside, so I have my lettuce and leek seedlings out enjoying intermittent showers and sunshine.
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ReplyDeleteYes, Erin, they are! One of my favorite flowers, along with lilacs.
Deletehow do you have daffodils already?! beautiful, and i love the header!
ReplyDeleteKelli, aren't they pretty? They are even prettier (and fully opened) today, and the scent is delightful.
DeleteI love daffodils! I occasionally browse back through most of an entire season of your blog in the winter, when I'm feeling the gardening bug. When I see the daffodil posts, it is always a reminder that Spring is almost here. I like that you have the dates for the past five years, that's fun!
ReplyDeleteMegan, that's what I love about blogging. I look back each month to see what I did in previous years that might be helpful for the current year. It doesn't seem possible I've kept this blog going since 2008!
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