(In the creepy category: watching June bugs crawling their way up to the surface of the soil from eggs buried beneath, like things back from the dead; then watching them dry and harden in the sun and finally take off to look for a mate, knowing they'll last little more than 72 hours).
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| Chinese Witch Hazel (Loropetalum chinensis) beginning to bloom in my front garden. |
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| The first Vinca flower, in the hanging baskets on my front porch. I'm happy to report that these baskets wintered quite nicely tucked into the very-overgrown front garden, and never once had to come inside. |
There's also a new rose bush in the front garden, but there are no photos, because it just looks like sticks as of yet. I hope it does well. It's an "El Toro", which is a soft-red hybrid tea. The packaging says it's got a lovely fragrance; but everything I'm seeing online says it has no fragrance at all. We'll see.
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