This winter that IS NOT is giving me the spring fever. I simply cannot wait to welcome back my perrenials. In fact, I already see some shoots peeking, obviously deceived by this not so normal season we are having. The flowers I took shots of last  spring/summer are the very ones I am giddily anticipating to see.





my white bleeding heart




dwarf pear blossoms





 dwrf apple blossom buds




dwarf apple blossoms



the apple blossoms turn white as the days  pass




even the dandelion puffs
(the flower inspector is mesmerized )



big splashes of red

shot in '09--my little squirt helpin out

 


these hibiscus stay only for a day



my fiery hibiscus

my moonface side by side my fiery hibiscus

blue/purple/pink hydrangea from one plant

pink hydrangea and asiatic lilly (this taken year '09)



peonies





my lavander

 


mini daisies




hot pink hydrangea



sideview --lily of the valley



dainty and faintly fragrant lily of the valley



columbine





alliums getting smaller by the year




columbine






peonies and  alliums




I can almost smell the  faint fragrance of this peony





I welcome even the lowly dandelion

 

my pink bleeding heart



crocus, of course, the harbinger of spring