With a refusal to even print one page, my computer put its foot down and let me know that with no uncertainty, our current relationship was over. A trip to computer doctors fixed things (for now), and we are working together again. In the meantime, spring arrived, the daffodil show at Lewis Ginter has passed, and it's been warm, very warm. Plus, when spring comes, time creating art always suffers; it's no different this year.
Some parts of the garden will be three years old this year, and it shows. The wet meadow was the first planting and it's been a huge success. The battle of seeding and spreading offers a different landscape each year. The mountain mint is the most aggressive, it's the bully that may need thwarted, but it's also the space with the fewest weeds.
Daffodils also take a few years to establish, the results are obvious. The yearly visits to daffodil shows are like a trip to the candy store, but it's something I share with my oldest granddaughter, and she can remember each name and what it looked like! The show was at Lewis Ginter again, in Richmond, and we both entered the competition. She won for best single stem in the youth division and took home the silver cup.
With her assistance, I also won some ribbons, so it was an exciting event. Once again, we picked favorites, but the conversations have become more specialized, like the traits of certain species in their progeny, breeding for the north or the south, and fragrance. Following are a few of our favorites from my garden and the Daffodil Show.
In my garden, a favorite for incredible fragrance is Daffodil 'Kokopelli'. A very sweet fragrance, somewhat like gardenia, wafts in the air, which is amazing given its tiny size.
A few other perennials have settled in and offer a lovely spring show. It's hard to not love spring!