In A Vase On Monday ~ Spring Glimmers

 

A vase full of daffies this Monday. They include :

• Narcissus 'Jetfire' - the one with the bright orange/red trumpet.
• Narcissus 'Jenny' - bought with a niece in mind.
• Narcissus bulbocodium 'Arctic Bells' - not grown before but what a delicate lovely.
• Narcissus 'Tete-a-Tete' - with apologies for the missing circumflex accents. Too puzzling for me this morning to fathom out what to do on my Mac keyboard. This little daffodil never fails to deliver and is almost always the first to flower. I have too many pots of it though and must transplant some of them into the garden.

With thanks as always to Cathy who blogs over at 'Rambling In The Garden' for inviting us to share our vases each Monday - winter, spring, summer or fall.

The last few days have celebrated the arrival of the spring equinox in style. It was a week of warmer than what it should be at this time of year weather. Much has been done in far as gardening tasks are concerned. It's also been a week of firsts - first butterfly of the year, first ant, first germination of a number of seeds as well as firsts of flowers and foliage appearing. There has also been a proliferation of ladybirds. True to form yesterday's weather forecast advised that it will be all systems change from tomorrow onwards with heavy rain, strong winds and hail in the mixture. Possibly even snow! Definitely not time to put the winter woolies away just yet. Wishing you all a flower filled as possible week.