For Tien

A Gladiolus, known in the vernacular as a Glad.

I've Got Blossoms!

My Cannas and my Gladiolas are showing a tinge of color. I'm doing a happy dance!

It Grew!

My nasturtium grew. It blossomed! Unbelievable. Actually, now that I'm reading about them here, I guess it is quite an easy plant to raise. It's also wholly edible, which I think is really cool.

Delphiniums

We were walking in Mom's garden yesterday. She said, "Delphiniums look really funny close up." I had never looked at them that close before. She, as always, was right.

Sometimes, A Weed Isn't

My neighbor, the master gardener, left me some perennials the other day. The lilies joined . . . tada! a poppy. There's a story behind that poppy. I had planted a seed mix last fall. It was supposed to come up in the spring. Well, spring came, and we thought they were weeds, so Freddy the lawn man mowed them down. I proceeded to plant glads in a large part of the bed, but left one of the "weeds" up. Freddy mowed it down twice more before I got the fence up. Allowed to grow, it showed its true colors. It was a poppy!!!!

Lilacs

The lilacs are early this year.