Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Seeds and spring ~


Spring has definitely arrived in Southern California!


With so much going on it was hard to find one picture I wanted to share with you, I decided to post nasturtiums because in my garden they are so emblematic of early spring. For the next few weeks they will romp gloriously through the borders, wane, and then be ready to be pulled out to make way for other plantings, faithfully returning next year.

Meanwhile...


I have been planting lots of annual seeds, hoping to get a head start on flowers for summer color.I usually wait too long, this year I think I have started early enough to have plants ready to put out in the garden by June.

 Up to now I have been using little peat pots to start the seeds, but decided that these would be more efficient to use for any seedlings that needed pricking out and potting up before planting in the garden, or for starting larger seeds, such as sunflowers.


So this morning I made a trip to Home Depot and bought a commercial Pro-Hex starting tray to use for planting the rest of the seeds. It is all a fun experiment to see which way is the best and it will probably work out to be some combination of the two.


So far, in the peat pot tray I planted earlier, the strawflowers and gomphrenas seeds have began to sprout. I am growing them for both garden color and to use in dried bouquets.


No spring flowers in the picture above - the contrast of the succulents growing in this fountain against the wall covered in creeping ficus caught my eye this morning, I though it was so pretty I had to take a picture. 

Thank you for visiting

Happy Spring! 

Adrienne

6 comments:

  1. That fountain spot IS gorgeous! Can't beat that wonderful California climate, and you make the most of it! Hope your little pots do great.

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  2. I admire you for starting seeds early...its fun watching them sprout and grow.
    That fountain is beautiful and it must weigh a ton! Hope that many happy birds enjoy their time in your yard...nothing like a symphony of birdsong to entertain while we toil in the beds.

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  3. Your garden is spectacular, a real inspiration. Thank you for sharing the names of plants and where to buy them. Last fall, I bought two pinkie climbing roses and planted them on an arbor. Why? Because yours are so beautiful! Enjoy your spring, I am.

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  4. Adrienne, that is my favorite spot also. At first glance, I thought the succulents were mums, the way the sun is reflecting off of them. With all the green background, it is just beautiful, as the rest of your garden always is..Happy Weekend..Judy

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  5. nice photos....beautiful flowers.
    have a great day

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