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!
Quail is still going strong this weekend Cathy — well worth searching out!
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!
Yes, exactly!! I don;t know where my bolts originated but I know they’re old, and part of this land…I suppose I could research their shape etc to find out more but I kinda like letting my imagination go wild…
Your green vase goes perfectly with your Daffodils. Maybe those bolts were from a horse & buggy?
Might have been from a buggy…I’m sure there were horses in barns around here over the past century or two!
A beautiful selection of daffodils, I’ve lots of scented ones too, such a bonus. Happy May days!
Thanks Annette – there’s the typical ‘daffodil’ fragrance, which is kinda bleh to my nose, and then there’s the perfumed ones, like Quail…a few of them are enough for a room!
My daffodils are already long gone but it’s delightful to see yours!
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I don;t have many tulips to tiptoe through, Kris, but there’s loads of daffs to dally in!
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.
‘Late’ is relative, of course, but several types of bulbs and flowers do seem to be blooming later than usual, a result of a very cool April early May no doubt.
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!
Thanks Cathy – the daffs keep coming but with warmer temperatures forecast their season is drawing to a close…
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?
It’s not ‘early’ spring, really, but no, many buds have JUST broken and leaves are very tiny if there. Although in Toronto, just a few hours west and a bit south of here, trees are very green!
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. 😉
I’m looking forward to shorts and t-shirts!!