just wanted to put in these photos to show how that yellow primula, with the orange/red edging, then turned to this yellow primula with purple edging .. and since this shot, the edging has disappeared altogether .. how do they do that! ..
i am so far behind, i think i’m first .. that’s a phrase a friend of mine uses, and i know just what he means .. here we are .. spring arrived almost a month ago, and even though the weather has continued to be “abnormally” cold for here, pretty much everything is growing .. i believe the plants know well enough when it’s time to start emerging, whether we think it’s too cold or not ..i feel quite privileged to be privy to a lot of yards with wonderfull gardens emerging .. ah, the joys and benefits of being a maintenance gardener ..
i don’t really know where to start with writing, so much time has passed .. times of going all day, sweeping, raking, weeding, mulching, and then getting home, and eating, and having an epsom salts soak, and heading to bed .. however, i always make time to wander about in my own garden, which is growing in leaps and bounds .. it’s wonderfull to see how the moves and plantings i did last fall are working out this year .. so far so good ..
primulas are one of the stars of the show in our garden right now .. i don’t have many, but the ones that are here are doing very well .. strong and happy .. along with primula i’d already accumulated, i brought a new, to me, variety into the garden .. a drumstick primula .. this particular one was an early bloomer, and there is a second plant with three more flower stalks yet to bloom .. although the flowers form a sort of ball, which is very appealing, when i look closely i see the definite primula-ness of each flower .. delightfull ..
when i planted the primula in the fall i made decisions based on colour combinations .. which, now that they are showing themselves, are working out quite well .. this is one of my combinations .. i liked the idea that the many petaled mauve was a contrast to the single petals of the pastel yellow ..
the little mauve primula is one i collected from outside the door of a suite i stayed at in a nearby resort a year ago last fall .. she’s quite a blousey little thing, and i love the way the petals sit tight together, opening wider bit by bit .. i don’t recall where the pale yellow one came from but i like them together ..
then, just a few feet away are the more boldly coloured ones .. like this stunning fire engine orange red one .. a single plant, it grows amongst a few of these delightfull yellow primula edged with a similar orange red .. the colours change somewhat as the flowers open (will have to get a couple of pics later of them fully opened ..
i also planted two candelabra primulas which i lost for the longest time .. i had begun to think they had disappeared altogether .. then, one day i was out peering about, and there were these tiny little primula leaves coming up out of the ground amongst the sweet woodruff .. i am thrilled .. i have no illusions of flowers this year, however, just the presence of the little guys is so pleasing to me .. perhaps one day i’ll be able to add a photos of them to this blog .. “all things in their own time” ..