It's getting crowded in here. I kicked everybody out of the sunny window so my seedlings could start enjoying the royal treatment. These big girls have been languishing in luxury for far too long...
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I'm kind of slow to the punch but I recently figured out that many of the flowering plants sold in my supermarket are actually cold-hardy perennials happy to flourish in the garden.
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That prompted me to go a little hog wild. So now I've got more flowers than window sill space. Many of them are anxiously awaiting transplant time outdoors.
Sun Stars
(orange) are crowding Tigridia.
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Alstromeria
(pink) is shadowing the Alpine Bellflowers
(purple.) And, that is a cowardly thing to do since the baby bells are so very small.
Giant Canterbury Bells
(below) aren't terribly happy about these crowded conditions, either. Though they have a very poor way of showing it.
Canterbury Bells have been flowering non-stop since early February.
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The only gal that's truly happy is my French Lavender. Though if she can't move outdoors pretty soon, even she seems hell bent on a revolution.
Tick, tock, tick, tock... This mountain gal is a month away from planting day....
3 comments:
Beautiful Pictures!!
I've got about five more weeks until planting day, and I'm suddenly realising I've got * a lot* of digging to do before then.
Your indoor plants are lovely. I've often wished I could grow french lavender.
I can't wait to start planting! I am shooting for May 15th...I think. This is my second growing season in Utah but last season I had a newborn so I was late getting started.
You blog has been such an inspiration to me!
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