Yarden Walkabout March 7, 2012

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Flowering Quince Early Blooms

I thought I’d walk around and see what is blooming today. The flowering quince is “Crimson & Gold” and it just gets lovelier when the green leaves come out.

daffodils

The daffodils are going strong…

Sedum

Lovely sedum rosettes: peeping up.

dandelion

Dandelion! I love these little yellow flowers and can’t believe people poison them. They are so important to bees who are out looking for nectar and pollen to raise up the baby bees this time of year. I can’t have enough dandelions!

henbit

Pretty little henbit (above), which along with deadnettle (below) are more important early flowers for foraging honeybees. Larrapin bees seem to prefer the deadnettle….

deadnettle

 

spring beauty

The tiny stars of spring beauty are all over the yard. Now who would want boring grass when you can have all these blooms..even though many folks would call these weeds?

volunteer ragged jack kale

Now here’s a vegetable that grows as well as a weed: volunteer Ragged Jack Kale. We’ve been eating off the patch in the garden all winter. This one is by itself in the upper flower & herb beds.

shy peach blooms...wise peach blooms

And unlike the “Flaming Fury” peach, this variety (name is slipping my mind right now!) is a little more hesitant. Which seems wise since it’s still early March!

Thanks for joining me on an early Spring walkabout at Larrapin Garden… May Spring be here to stay.

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