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pameladean) wrote2023-04-12 11:53 pm
pameladean) wrote2023-04-12 11:53 pm
Entry tags:
Scilla and Snowdrops
I'll put the photos behind a cut this time. I am out of practice.
The heaps of snow and ice have dwindled in a fast-forward blur. I didn't get outside in the daylight yesterday or the day before. Today the temperature reached 87 degrees, which I was not ready for and did not appreciate. Neither, it turns out, did the snowdrops. They are going to drop their petals and go to seed much sooner than in a chillier season.
The scilla is pretty happy about the situation, however.
There are a lot more leaves on the ground than I remember seeing last fall. I don't rake or mow the leaves any more in order to give beneficial pollinators a winter shelter. I can get rid of the leaves when the nighttime temperature is reliably above fifty. It will be tonight, but not reliably over enough of the next days.
I have some similar photos of scilla in a similar phase from last year, but last spring was so cold that those photos are from June 4. This does not exactly make my head lie easy, even though it does not wear a crown. But I cannot help welcoming the returning life.
Pamela
The heaps of snow and ice have dwindled in a fast-forward blur. I didn't get outside in the daylight yesterday or the day before. Today the temperature reached 87 degrees, which I was not ready for and did not appreciate. Neither, it turns out, did the snowdrops. They are going to drop their petals and go to seed much sooner than in a chillier season.
The scilla is pretty happy about the situation, however.
There are a lot more leaves on the ground than I remember seeing last fall. I don't rake or mow the leaves any more in order to give beneficial pollinators a winter shelter. I can get rid of the leaves when the nighttime temperature is reliably above fifty. It will be tonight, but not reliably over enough of the next days.
I have some similar photos of scilla in a similar phase from last year, but last spring was so cold that those photos are from June 4. This does not exactly make my head lie easy, even though it does not wear a crown. But I cannot help welcoming the returning life.
Pamela