Choice Morsels

This clump of Spring Snowflakes in my back garden bed are always a delightful sight in early spring! It's Snowdrops Southern cousin. There are both Spring & Summer Snowflakes and both have identical white flowers with the green dots, like little fancy skirts. The difference is height. Spring Snowflakes make a clump of greenery about 10 inches in height, while Summer Snowflakes have giant-size greenery, ranging 18 inches to 3 feet in height.  So, definitely mine are Spring Snowflakes. 

Today I've got some nice spring shots I caught on a moderately sunny day: Winter Jasmine Bright yellow flowers start dotting bare branches in late January! First Gerber Daisy Bloom! Oddly, mine do better in cooler weather then in the heat of summer. This orange one was the first up just recently. A Shot of That Bit of Yard by the Mailbox With Excess Clover I Was working on Last Wednesday: This is a non-mow area I've been  naturalizing with various ground covers and low-growing bloomers.  I bought some Blanket Flower seed to sprout and put in this area. Blanket Flowers are a native flower and should do well in this sunny spot.

I know it's actually Thursday, but we were out of town and I'm a little off schedule, so I'm posting garden pictures, which are easy. I worked outside this morning on my front bed out by the mailbox---the white clover around the edges was getting out of hand. It was gray and misting rain while I worked. I decided to remove the clover edging the bed next to the driveway, sodding the clumps of it into barren sandy soil near the trash can where nothing grows. I think the clover will and I can mow it. Then in the bed, on the front and other side edges, I edged the clover with some landscape cloth pushed into the ground a couple inches to create a barrier between it and the rest. Over that and the rest of the bed I lay down some newspaper and topped it with wood mulch. Along the bed edge next to the driveway, I replaced the clover with some Creeping Jenny volunteers and some Shamrocks. I also ordered some flower seeds today:  Pink Hibiscus and Gaillardia (blanket ...