Spring has Sprung!

In the spring time there is no place I would rather be than outside tinkering in my garden smelling all the flowers in bloom and planting my garden.

I planted a few Hyacinth bulbs in my front flower bed 3 1/2 years ago just because I love the smell of Hyacinth, but I wasn't sure they would live beyond 1 season because it is so hot here in the summer and I have never had any luck digging up bulbs and saving them for the next season. So I left them alone in the ground and they have come back 2 years in a row and I think they are multipying. The smell is incredible!

I'm not sure what this purple flower is, but they are in full bloom and are really pretty.

These Freesia I planted last year and I did the same as the Hyacinth...just left them alone and they jsut popped back up. They definitely multiplied because I think when i was digging and planting other things I must have moved some of the "baby" bulbs because they came up in 3 other places. I didn't realize they could really grow here, but they have.

My Lady Banks roses are in full bloom and they smell wonderfull too. These grow like a weed. I have to trim these a few times a year, but it's all worth it.

My little Anna Apple tree is even in bloom now. It has taken a few years, but we actually get apples off of it now.

This is what I wait for all year...my Pink Jasmine. They only bloom this time of the year in February or March. It is loaded with buds. When they open in about a week or so, the smell is rather intoxicating! I have this right outside my bay window in my kitchen on purpose. i could sit at my kitchen table all day just to smell these. It only lasts for a couple of weeks, but it is well worth the wait. I will post another picture when they open up and are in full bloom. I can't wait 'til all my roses do their next wave of blooms in about a month or so.