Spring Has Arrived ! This last week we have had beautiful crocus blooming. The weather has warmed and the plants are beginning to wake up. These plants are the first to bloom in our garden. It lifts my spirits to see the rebirth of the garden and it all starts as these little plants with large flowers and inconspicuous narrow leaves strut their stuff. You can see the grass like leaves in some of the images. 
Just a few images of some of our crocus flowers that are now in bloom in our yard. We planted these plants about 13 years ago.The crocus starts blooming at the end of Feb. depending on the year. They are amazing plants. The first time I saw these flowers was as a student at BYU. They have the ultimate display flowers / plants. These little plants are underutilized in the Utah landscape.Lisa I wonder if you could use them in Las Vegas.
This is one of my favorite crocus. This flower is larger than any of the other colors in the garden. It does not increase as fast as the yellow or dark purple colors. Another nice thing about the crocus is the flower form is also variable. The light purple above opens wide and exposes its sepals and petals. The yellow and the light purple below do not open but stay partially closed.
The bright yellow of this flower is easily seen and an accent in the yard.
These little crocus are coming up under our big tooth mountain maple. You can see the leaves they are struggling to overcome. These flowers are truly struggling for existence to flower and reproduce. I love the contrast of life (flowers) and death (dead leaves) in this image.
These flowers are truly an early spring treat. Our
daffodils will be the next flowers to awaken from their winter nap. The deer do not eat the crocus or daffodils. Unfortunately they eat most if not all my tulips. Since we had lots of snow this winter they have a habit of coming to our yard for a late night snack. They love the tulips and new daylily growth. Spring and summer are my two favorite seasons with all the beautiful plants and animals that are easily visible. In fact Richie and I saw our first butterfly today. Cool !!
Just a few images of some of our crocus flowers that are now in bloom in our yard. We planted these plants about 13 years ago.The crocus starts blooming at the end of Feb. depending on the year. They are amazing plants. The first time I saw these flowers was as a student at BYU. They have the ultimate display flowers / plants. These little plants are underutilized in the Utah landscape.Lisa I wonder if you could use them in Las Vegas.
This is one of my favorite crocus. This flower is larger than any of the other colors in the garden. It does not increase as fast as the yellow or dark purple colors. Another nice thing about the crocus is the flower form is also variable. The light purple above opens wide and exposes its sepals and petals. The yellow and the light purple below do not open but stay partially closed.
The bright yellow of this flower is easily seen and an accent in the yard.
These little crocus are coming up under our big tooth mountain maple. You can see the leaves they are struggling to overcome. These flowers are truly struggling for existence to flower and reproduce. I love the contrast of life (flowers) and death (dead leaves) in this image. 
These flowers are truly an early spring treat. Our daffodils will be the next flowers to awaken from their winter nap. The deer do not eat the crocus or daffodils. Unfortunately they eat most if not all my tulips. Since we had lots of snow this winter they have a habit of coming to our yard for a late night snack. They love the tulips and new daylily growth. Spring and summer are my two favorite seasons with all the beautiful plants and animals that are easily visible. In fact Richie and I saw our first butterfly today. Cool !!
Those floweres are sooooo pretty. Good work Rich.
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful flowers. I'm glad I have your blog address now, how fun.
ReplyDeleteRich, I saw your comment on Angie's blog and I just wanted to say that you don't let Lynne win, she is just better! :) You know I love you!
It was great seeing you guys at Angie's wedding. Sorry I didn't make it to the reception. It was great being at the temple with you though. She is gorgeous and sounds like she is doing well.
We'll be back again next month when Kirky gets home- hope to see you. We were sad to miss grandma's party last night!
LOVE,
Karin
Oh, if you haven't heard, we are having another girl!!!
Beautiful flowers Rich, you are making me jealous. I do not think we can grow those in Vegas. They would get stuck under the ground and not be able to make their way up due to the very hard, cement like dirt. We are still trying to figure out how to grow our fruit trees and tomatoes.
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