Sunday, March 10, 2024

Flowers

The Spring bulbs are starting full bloom.  Crocuses today.  The early yellow crocuses have started to fade, but the purple and striped lavender ones are showing their best.  







I was very pleased when the heat pump maintenance guy walked out of the basement to inspect the outside unit and said "wow, look at all the flowers"!  Not many people see the whole spread, and pictures of the whole are don't do them justice.

And I plan to plant more this Fall.

I also have to give some credit to the squirrels!  Apparently they sometimes dig up a few and plant them elsewhere.  I only say that because there are some crocuses where I know I never planted them.  And I'm pretty sure they don't spread any seeds.

The only expansion of crocuses I know about are when bulbs multiply where planted.  I tend to plant them in groups of 5 or 7, a few inches apart.  Some when I see several in the same exact spot, I know they have multiplied.  When I see a single one blooming in a spot I didn't plant them in, I have to suspect the squirrels...

I should dig up some of the more numerous clumps and spread the bulbs around.  Free bulbs are good and I could probably double the number of patches.  But part of me says "don't mess with success" and disturb a happy crocus spot.


3 comments:

Megan said...

Looking good.

Megan
Sydney, Australia

pilch92 said...

Beautiful. Ours are just starting to poke through the soil.

pilch92 said...

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