Daffs are the Bee's Knees!

Here's the largest garden bed in the front yard. All the daffs you see here have come up from last year. The Texas Scarlet Quince is also blooming--ol' reliable that one:

Cuteness!!!! Mr. Bee is snorgling the Daff;
Daff says, "Ah, Ah, Ah-choo!"

I planted this forced blue hyacinth right behind the red dianthus for a nice color-contrast (that's a mini-rose between them). The dianthus was planted in the fall in the new expansion of this front bed.


Wee Tete a Tete narcissi and some of my fave pansies:

Bloomin' Houseplants

Stuff's bloomin' inside too, folks! Here's a beautiful Rex Begonia I 've had a very long time, and I'm not sure I remember ever seeing it bloom. Here's a nice shot of the leaves:And here's the blooms--I love the little pink freckles:


Well, I bought this bromeliad in bloom a couple weeks ago, so sue me:

Nonetheless it is awesome; it seems to like the bright light of the back slider, and this is shows my latest decorative fad--using colored glass pebbles:


Any idea what kind of bromeliad this is, Annabelle??

Blooming in early February

Here's the winter honeysuckle I planted out back in '06. I don't remember it blooming before. This is a hardwood shrub rather than the vine, but the flowers are so delicate and smell so sweet!
Wallyworld made the big mistake of having these beautimous mini roses for sale the other day. I need more roses, mini or otherwise, like I need a hole in the head--but I WANTS THEM AND I BUYS THEM!!!! Oh, and also the cute blue bucket:

SOOOOOOO Beautimous!!!!

And how about this basket of primroses and pansies? Eh? Eh?

Mizz Bee, however, prefers the Grape Hyacinths:

Bloomin' in late Jan./early Feb.

We had a couple of weeks of night-time temps in the thirties, some around freezing, but we are now in the upswing toward spring. As witnessed by the bulbs I spied sending up their leaves on Jan. 31:

Yup, it's a hyacinth! A purple-red Jan Boos I think...

And lookit! Pansies still going strong!
And--Oh My!!! Is that a daffy-down-dilly??

IT IS!!! IT IS A DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY!!!!

Okay, I cannot tell a lie--I actually purchased this in bud yesterday from Wally-world, but I put it in the ground and here it is! Woohoo! Can't do that Up North!! Here's another one, just to rub it in:
The plan for the morning is to get up and plant the species tulip bulbs I ordered in the fall and didn't get planted before the holidays. Some of them have shoots in the bags, and I'm sure they'll shoot right up when they are in the ground. We're in for 2 more unseasonably warm days and nights, and then heading back down into the 60's/30's mid-week, then working our way back up toward the weekend. I actually put a lot of the houseplants out this weekend to let them get some of the nice damp-ish air and sunshine--they are starting to look quite peaked from the dry house air, as are we, so this is a nice break, even though I'll have to bring them all back in Tuesday afternoon.