Wandering Around The Beds - Early April 2022
There are signs of life emerging EVERYWHERE around our garden. Here's a few photos of things that are bringing me a little bit of Spring joy in beds around our garden. First, the IB2DW bed - which has (now) five Pinball Wizard Allium bulbs that were planted last year . Below, you can see the red-ish tips of the foliage emerging from the mulch. On the south side of the house is an Iris that my Sister Vic gave to me from her Indiana Street (Elmhurst) neighbor. I call this "Wes' Iris" . It is coming alive as I type: Under the troubled (in Decline) Norway Maple out front are some *new* (to me) tulips that have arrived for the first time (below). I planted these last year . They're DIFFERENT in that the foliage is variegated and has a pink(ish) stripe down the edge. And, here below, are a BUNCH more tulips that I planted down near the sidewalk in that troublesome spot. Should note (to myself) where these are and how to augment them this Fall. Below is a peek