It's beautiful to come out of the house right into the garden and to see the nature so close... I grew up in a city, in a block of flats with garages in the backyard and a busy main street in front of the house. Moreover, both grandmothers lived in the same city, just in other parts of it. How much I longed for some nice relatives living in the country!! I would never have guessed at that time that one day I would be living in the country. One never knows what experience waits round the corner... :-)
I guess this is some perennial kind of begonia, I have a few of them in my flowerbeds. The plants survive winter frost and snow quite bravely.
Do you like narcissi? A few years ago I bought some bulblets and made the choise according to the picture of grown flowers that I liked. Well, the flowers are beautiful but they never last long because their heads are too heavy for their stalks and always bend in a while. Well, tell me, beauty at such a price? I intend to buy narcissi with much simpler inflorescence to see them live longer...
The redcurrant is my favourite in this set. :-) I planted this one about 4 years ago and it seems that this year it will be heavy with berries at last! I just need to get rid of greenflies, they attack currants every spring and I have to spray the plants with chemicals. Fortunately, it's enough to perform the treatement just once, I don't like using the chemicals too often. Ladybirds are welcome, come nad have a feast!
Beautiful flowers Petra.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you will have a good harvest of redcurrants.
Thank you, Keith. The redcurrants look realy promising, my mouth is already watering... :-)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful flowers Petra, yes I like the redcurrant best.
ReplyDeleteAbundance of flowers in your yard Petra--that makes a house a home---Hope your currants give you a nice crop!!
ReplyDeleteLike you, I also grew up in a city and am now the relative in the country. These are beautiful flowers!
ReplyDeleteRoy, thanks. :-)
ReplyDeleteSondra, thank you. I think it's great when you can influence what the place where you live looks like, that really makes a house a home!
Sarah, thank you. I love flowers both inside and outside, they create such a pleasant atmosphere!
You have captured the essence of spring her. I especially like the narcissus, but the I'm partial to the combination of yellow and green at this time of the year. :-)
ReplyDeleteRuneE, thank you. I agree, the combination of yellow and green looks great when capturing spring. Nevertheless, I like this combination better in the redcurrant shot because the colours look softer and not that prominent there.
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