It’s been a lovely and cool May so far, with enough rain to keep the soil moist and the grass very green and growing very quickly! Lower than normal temperatures also help prolong the spring bulb growing season, with daffodils being a prime example. Although a few of the early blooming varieties (Tête-à-Tête, Ice follies) have faded, this past weekend had a dozen or so other types in full bloom; there was yellow everywhere I looked! To join Cathy at Rambling in the Garden with a Monday vase of cut flowers, I have examples of seven or nine of them – totally forgot to count!
Replete looks, in form, similar to Tahiti, which is also in this vase somewhere…
And finally, the whole package in a green glass vase sitting on the top of a raised bed looking out at yesterday’s blue sky and the still bare branches of oaks, basswood and maple trees. Buds have broken though and I expect by this time next week the horizon will look much greener! Props are a few old bolts I let rust outside all year. I think they’re some of the hardware from bits of either an old barn that used to be here..like, decades ago, or an antique piece of farm equipment. Have a great week everyone!
Lovely! I really do like that yellow one ‘Quail’. Must see if I can find one like that. Have a good week Chris!
As a daffodil-deprived coastal Texan, I can’t imagine anything more pleasing than this collection of yellow and white — and that great consonance between the orange tulip and the center of one of those daffodils. I had to smile at the rusted bolts. On a little shelf in my bedroom, I have one of my favorite souvenirs from my travels: a half-dozen well rusted railroad spikes I picked up along an abandoned track in rural Arkansas. They beat every commercially produced souvenir by miles!
Your green vase goes perfectly with your Daffodils. Maybe those bolts were from a horse & buggy?
A beautiful selection of daffodils, I’ve lots of scented ones too, such a bonus. Happy May days!
My daffodils are already long gone but it’s delightful to see yours!
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How nice to have daffodils so late in the season. Ours mostly bloom in winter, and then get battered by the rain. We grow them anyway, of course.
Gosh, that’s a huge variety of daffodils and, as Tony suggests, it’s a pleasure to be seeing them so late in the season, late for many of us but, of course, pretty normal for you! Love the rusty props!
The daffs in the garden must be a beautiful sight. It looks like the trees haven’t leafed out yet? Still early spring on Canadian time?
I love a cooler spring when the bulbs stay and play…what a great mix of daffs.
A joyful spring arrangement! I definitely appreciate a cooler spring as well, helps everything last so we can really enjoy them.
The Daffodils lasted a long time here, too. The last blooms just recently senesced. Cooler temps may not be “comfortable,” but as you mention, the natural refrigerator maintains the blooms. We are about to get very warm here, so it will be sad to see the spring flowers go dormant. But it will be more comfy. 😉