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the garden in february

Filed under: outside in the garden — 2/28/2004

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I saw a white iris blooming as I was running an errand this morning. According to my mother the old-fashioned white ones are the first to bloom. She calls them “flags” instead of irises. Mine always bloom much later, even the white ones. But the foliage is always interesting to look at even when they are not blooming.

It was cold and damp today. They are predicting rain for tomorrow. It was very late when I got home from work last night and I was still recovering this morning. At first I did not even want to get out. Finally I decided to fertilize the front lawn. It is something I always do about this time each year with an organic fertilizer. It always annoys Tricia because it is made of chicken manure and has a smell. She claims I always put it out just when she is expecting her friends over. The activity warmed me up a little and took my mind off my “office work.”

There was a hike scheduled for this morning that I intended to take. Looking for “trout lilies” in the Trinity Forest. I seem to always miss seeing these woodland flowers. But today I seemed to just need a morning of doing nothing more than anything else.

2 Comments

  1. Mary Lou:

    all I have are purple ones, and they dont bloom here until way into June!! The fans are just starting to grow right now. Only about 4 ” high!!

  2. UncleBob:

    Mine are blue - OK, maybe purple - they aren’t anywhere near ready to bloom yet, but the leaves have really shot up with the recent wet, warm weather we’ve had down here in Fort Bend County. Their roots remind me of sweet potatoes.

    This is our first spring on this old property, and there are clumps of a very pretty dark-green plant somewhat resembling daffodill foliage. But the flowers are small, bell-shaped and white, reminding me of a northern plant called lilly of the valley. But that’s not what these are, and I don’t recognize them…

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