Spring Is Like, Springing. And Stuff.

Not much going on in the garden right now, aside from dead things coming alive, which is pretty much in the awesome category.

(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).

Chinese Witch Hazel (Loropetalum chinensis) beginning to bloom in my front garden. 

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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