An update a week later: bluebells and more wisteria....
This is one Mean Old Lady!
Self-portrait: 'Quilter on Fire'
Thursday, April 11, 2013
In Praise of Purple!
....and lilac, violet, magenta, and so on.
The wisteria is just beginning a bounteous display. If only I could post the fragrance as well!
The violets form a carpet in this flowerbed. I know people who consider them weeds, but I just love seeing them every year.
And the white violets add a nice accent.
Grape hyacinths look amazing in masses. I am counting on these to multiply.
The Japanese maple made it through the rough, dry summer and the cold, icy winter. The reddish-purple leaves are a bright accent.
This wisteria is paler--white touched with lilac.
A preview of coming attractions! I can't wait!
An update a week later: bluebells and more wisteria....
An update a week later: bluebells and more wisteria....
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I like violet flowers, but once the flower is gone, the plant grows into a big ol' ugly clump and detracts from the gentle harmony of a flower bed or the peaceful even green of a grassy yard. Just my opinion. So what do you do with your violets once the blooms are gone?
ReplyDeleteI leave them be. Green is lovely. I don't enjoy the rigid flowerbeds with lonely islands of plantings in a sea of garish mulch...and a lot of my plants have come from people who relentlessly 'thin' shrubs and perennials each year.
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