I've sown my seed...

[ravencallscrows]

both literally and figuratively now.

The butterfly garden has been planted. I put the Delphinium and the majority of the Lupine up by what will be the fence line, since these variants generally bloom flowers off of spikes anywhere from two to four feet tall, which will make them ideal to line the fence on the flower garden side.

The hyacinths are up in three different colours now at various places, and surprisingly fragrant. These were a surprise, since i found the bulbs under the stairs and had no idea what they were when they were planted.
Here are a pair of little pictures:

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[skyewolf1.livejournal.com]

I *love* hyacinths. I adore hyacinths....

....but they make me sneeze.


as do Easter Lilies, Tiger Lilies, Day Lilies and anything else that leaves massive ammounts of pollen behind when you touch the stamen. Easter Lilies are the worst. If I'm in a room with an Easter Lily for more than about 15 minutes, I can't breathe through my nose for another hour. :)

Enjoy your lovely blooms...We got more snow yesterday. Even in 4 wheel drive, I tried to stop at a stop sign on a hill going about 5 mph and slid right through. We got to the last hill before home (after an hour drive that's usually 20 minutes) and I actually had to push Jerry up the hill because he wasn't going *anywhere*....very, very slippery conditions yesterday.

I'm ready for spring now...

heh. I should have just written you an e-mail :)

Beautiful~

[darkgoddess7.livejournal.com]

I hope your lovely garden attracts many Butterflies!

What prompted you to make a butterfly garden?

Was it the trip to the Butterfly Exhibit?

~S~

Re: Beautiful~

[wingedelf.livejournal.com]

I'm not really sure. Something just said that it was time to plant things this year, and butterflies seemed like a good idea. Besides, damashita's name translates to "Butterfly reborn" so, perhaps we'll catch more of her. ;-)

[andrubear.livejournal.com]

Heya
If you have room and time a dwarf variant of Buddleja is a good investment for butterflies too, they now come in many different colours but I have to admit that I prefer the deep purple.

Regards
Bear

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[wingedelf.livejournal.com]

I think the climate here is likely to be too damp for those to thrive. It's usually really wet in the winters.

Shame, though, because that would be a nice visual focus.