prairie point

The wisteria is starting to fade and the flowers are being replaced by bright green leaves. There is still a hint of fragrance though and the ground underneath is littered with the remains of the blossoms.

The irises are starting to show their stuff now. The white ones are blooming first. This colony by the path in the shadow of the wisteria has over a dozen large blooms on stalks so tall they topple over from the weight. Elsewhere in the yard there are yellow and blue ones soon to open.

The salvias are beginning to bloom too as well as the blackfoot daisies. Underneath the pecans there is a flower on one of the buckeyes (Aeschylus pavia). This is the first time I have seen it bloom and I am surprised to see that it is a pale yellow. I was expecting scarlet.

The pecans are still barelimbed but the cedar elms have fully leafed out now. It is surprising how they were transformed so suddenly in just a few days. I am so busy at work I have just spare moments to enjoy them. One day I look and there is just a bit of green and then the next time I look the tree is bright yellowish-green all over.