FAST-FOWARD SPRING

unusual warmth has fast-forwarded spring from its typically languorous, slow-reveal.

i planted orange, white and orange and purple pansies last week...

i also started winter lettuces... you can see the peach and apricot trees blooming.

dwarf peach tree branch...

camellia 'april dawn' is in the lower left of the potager...

april dawn in the vase hubs gave me last christmas...

april dawn in afternoon light...

last week's rainbow chard crop from the potager before i pulled the plants. even the rosemary overwintered this year!

peach blossom...

after suffering storm damage last october, magnolia ruby has the most spectacular blossoms ever...

the mild winter left buds unscorched and perfect...

though the tree is lop-sided...

wow!

i cut back magnolia leonard messel's top last year, and it was more floriferous. i'll prune it more this year...

enjoy spring flowers while they last - not long this year! epimediums have just started blooming!