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| Peach Blossom |
We have the first flowers on the peach tree! No doubt, thanks to the rather warm temperatures we've been having, these past few days. Every time the peach flowers bloom in January, I worry that a February cold snap will damage the flowers, but, so far, we've had plenty of peaches to harvest, every year. This is an early bearing variety of peaches, with the first fruits ready for picking around the end of May.
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| Crocosmia |
The first of the crocosmia flowers are also blooming. I love their bright orange color.
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| Jade Plant Flowers |
The jade plants are full of flowers, too:
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| Jade Plant |
M was here on Wednesday and he transplanted one of the rose bushes. He pruned it at the same time and we took some of the pruned stems to try and root them. This time, I had him dip each cutting in rooting hormone to see if that will help. Apparently, he didn't use any rooting hormones for the earlier cuttings.
I am grateful for:
- The first peach blossom
- The lovely, sunny warm days
- Flowers in the garden
- M's help with the garden
- Signs that spring is just around the corner
My joyful activities included being in the garden and enjoying the flowers.
I know that many other places are experiencing snow, ice, and frigid temperatures, currently or, perhaps, rain. But, are some of you seeing the first signs of spring? Or, are you dreaming of spring and taking some time now to plan your spring garden?
Bless, these photos are hopeful to us who have snow! So pretty. Your gardens are doing so well. Your bread (a couple posts back) looks perfect! andrea
ReplyDeleteThank you, Andrea. It'll soon be spring where you are, too, and you will be able to have all those lovely flowers you always grow.
DeleteWe enjoyed the bread we made. :)
I love the budding tree. We are still a bit away from seeing anything blooming and these super cold (at least super cold for here) nights will delay it even more than usual I guess.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne. You've been having some unusually cold weather, haven't you? Hope spring arrives sooner than later. :)
DeletePeach blossoms are so pretty. We had a peach tree at our previous house, but we never got any peaches from it. The squirrels always got to the few that formed before we did.
ReplyDeleteThey are very pretty, aren't they? Last year, I lost quite a few peaches to the birds. I wonder if it'll be the same this year, too?
DeleteHow wonderful to have a peach tree in blossom, still very wintery here altho we have daffodils flowering, first time for me in January, we do have a peach tree and hope for some fruit this summer, too hot last year and we had early fruit bud drop.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Chris. The peach tree is one of the first fruit trees to flower in my garden. I hope your peach tree produces plenty of fruit for you this year. How lovely to daffodils flowering in your garden. I planted daffodils one year and they were lovely, but, they don't bloom again the following year in our climate, unless you dig up the bulbs and chill them.
DeleteWhat beautiful flowers, and I love the bright orange of the Crocosmia, too.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. :)
DeleteThese are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda. :)
DeleteThe peach blossoms are so lovely, as are the other flowers. We are a long ways still from spring flowers, so it's nice to see such pretty flowers in your garden photos!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Celie. I remember when I was in Wisconsin and would call my mother who was in California - it would be April and we'd still have snow on the ground and she'd say it was in the 70s. :)
DeleteBeautiful! I'm dreaming of Spring. We are buried under snow and it doesn't look to be melting any time soon!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. I thought you might like to see the pictures of flowers. That snow will take some time to melt, won't it?
DeleteLovely flowers. The peach tree reminded me of your quilt from last year. Have you used it yet, this spring?
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely, aren't they? Yes, the shades of pink blanket I crocheted is on my sofa in the family room right now. We've been using it all winter to snuggle under. :) Thank you for remembering it!
Delete*mis*remembering it! I wrote "bedspread" first, then changed it to quilt, thinking "I'm not even sure it was a quilt"! Glad it's getting used, despite daughter's rejection of it for her bed.
DeleteQuilt, bedspread, blanket - it doesn't matter; I'm impressed that you remembered it. :) Daughter prefers soft pink and the bright, neon pink was too much for her. I, on the other hand, like vibrant pink and love my blanket. :)
DeleteBeautiful flowers. Envy your peach tree, my part of the world is too humid for peach trees.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. One year, we had a very wet spring and so many of the peaches developed mold and mildew!
DeleteHow pretty all of the flowers are in your garden. I really enjoy seeing all of this when it's still so cold and snowbound where I live.
ReplyDeleteI hope the rooting hormone works well on this second round of rose cuttings.
Thank you, Debra. I must say I am enjoying the garden flowers and the warmer temperatures. I hope the rooting hormone does what it's supposed to do!
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