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| Jasmine Flowers |
March 1st! The start of a new month! As is my custom, I made milkrice for brunch and went out to the garden to pick some flowers to offer at the home altar, along with a small bowl of milkrice. The jasmine vine was flowering and I picked two sprigs of jasmine flowers, one for the altar and one to place on the mantlepiece next to the photograph of my mother.
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| Jasmine Vine |
I've written about this jasmine vine, several times before and I am repeating myself here. But, the original jasmine vine was one my mother bought and planted in the front garden, under the living room window. She had M build a trellis for it out of PVC pipes and wire mesh and the idea was we'd be able to see the flowers and get their fragrance when we'd open the windows. The vine grew well, but, a few years later, we had to remove the whole plant and trellis because I had to replace the water pipes and the main pipe conncting the house to the water mains ran directly under the jasmine vine. My mother was not happy, but, we moved the plant and the trellis to the back garden and it continued to grow well there. Then, during one drought summer, the jasmine vine died. I was most upset, but, a lot of my garden plants died that year.
A few years later, however, I noticed a small tendril growing behind the garden shed area and it turned out to be a jasmine plant! Apparently, the roots of the original jasmine plant had sent up another plant! M and I carefully dug it up and planted it in a pot and after a couple of years, we planted it in the front garden. It has continued to flower each year, since then and I am always happy to see it flower.
I also took pictures of a few other things that are happening in my garden on the first day of March:
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| Sparaxis a.k.a. Harlequin Flowers |
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| Iris |
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| Freesia |
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| Calla Lilies |
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| Nasturtium |
Yes, the one nasturtium plant that I was able to grow last year and which got uprooted when the garden cats had a fight, had dropped enough seeds that I've at least five nasturtium plants growing and some of them are flowering.
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| Aloe Flowers |
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| The First Sugar Snap Pea Fower |
And, of course, after all our recent rain, there are quite a few of these, too:
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| Dandelion Seed Heads |
Today, I woke up feeling well, but, daughter woke up with a migraine headache. So, it was my turn to take care of her.
Today, I am grateful for:
- A new month
- Feeling better after the dental work
- My daughter being home with me
- Garden flowers
- Lovely, warm weather
- Feeling better after the dental work
- My daughter being home with me
- Garden flowers
- Lovely, warm weather
Today's joyful activities have included spending time in the garden.
Plans for tomorrow include following up with the dental office to find out what happened to the prescription for the mouthwash I was supposed use.
Other plans for the week include a doctor's appointment on Thursday and the follow-up appointment with the oral surgeon on Friday.
How was your weekend? What are your plans for the week?
*Edited to add: M says the white flowers are not rain liiles, but some kind of allium. He doesn't know the name for it.
I have some unexpected daffodils in the grass near the pear tree. They are so sunny and joyful.
ReplyDeleteHow lovely to discover unexpected daffodils in your garden! Daffodils are so pretty! I hope they will continue to grow and multiply. I planted daffodils in my garden years ago, but, they need to be dug up and chilled and replanted as it doesn't get cold enough for them to become naturalized in my garden. I didn't do that and while a handful of them bloomed a second year, that was the end. I haven't planted them after that.
DeleteI loved the history of your jasmine vine. We had jasmine vines when we lived in Houston that we enjoyed, but they didn't have a long and storied history like the yours do. The rest of your flowers are beautiful. They seem to be enjoying the rain you've gotten.
ReplyDeleteThank you, June; I tend to repeat the story about the jasmine vine every year, but, I enjoy telling the story. :D The plants in the garden are doing quite well and this is the time of year when I get the most flowers.
DeleteAll of your flowers are beautiful. One wonders if your mother gave the jasmine vine a gentle push to sprout again.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Celie. Nothing is impossible when it comes to the garden and my mother! M and I have a running joke that her spirit tends to the garden when we are not looking. :)
DeleteGlad you're feeling better after the dental work. The garden is looking wonderful.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sharon. :)
DeleteI love the way jasmine smells.
ReplyDeleteMy sister has a camellia that is from a cutting of one that was in my Grandmother 's yard. We are going to root me one this spring. I wish I had some of my Grandmother's lantana. I always loved the colors it had and have never seen another like it.
Anne, I hope you are able to root a cutting from your sister's camellia that had been grown from a cutting from your Grandmother's plant. How fortunate that your sister has her plant. Too bad you don't have a cutting from your Grandmother's lantana. Maybe you'll see a similar colored one growing somewhere and can ask for a cutting.
DeleteI love the flowers. Have a beautiful day my friend.
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Thank you, Regine. Hope you have a lovely day, too.
DeleteWonderful flower photos! That Harlequin flower is determined not to be overlooked, with such bold colours. I like the humble nasturtium, modestly hiding under the leaves. I'm glad you have several plants now. They are a favourite of mine. I'm glad to hear that the offspring of your mother's Jasmine plant is doing well, still.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bushlady. The garden is coming into spring bloom before the heat of the summer is upon us. :)
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