P&B’s Garden

What A Perfect Day

I could not wait to get home today.  It was 70 degrees outside, the sun was shining and my garden was waiting for me.  The smiley face of this tulip caught my eye and I could not resist posting it tonight.  What a perfect day !!

Old Man Winter Go Home

On the First Day of Spring in Bedford, Texas we had snow.  Old Man Winter will not leave the building !!

These dianthus are perennial so they should will do fine.  It is supposed to be back up in the 70’s by Tuesday.

But Paul brought my two pots of spring bulbs in under the porch to [...]

“Quotable Quotes – The Gardener”

See the land her Easter Keeping,
Rises as her Maker rose.
Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping,
Burst at last from winter snows.
Earth with heaven above rejoices;
Fields and gardens hail the spring;
Shores and woodlands ring with voices
While the wild birds build and sing
By
Charles Kingley
(1819-75)

I am in Love with Bulbs !!

Each time I watch a bulb bloom …..I am so amazed.

This amaryllis bulb bloomed late this year but gave us such a nice burst of color in our front hallway when everything else outside was dormant.

Sweet Winter Paperwhites Ring in a Happy New Year !!

Every year I force paper whites during the Thanksgiving weekend so I have a bouquet of fragrant winter beauties blooming in time for the Christmas holiday.

The bud is exquisite and a true miracle in itself.  It is simply amazing to me how any bulb can produce a flower.

These smiling paper whites are a member [...]

Sweet Paperwhites in Full Bloom

This year I grew the most incredible paperwhites but the best part was sharing them with my sister-in-law Debbie who was visiting from Scottsdale.  She enjoyed taking pictures of the different stages the flowers were in as much as I did.   I got them planted late this year so they did not go into [...]

Christmas Blooms – Exquisite !!

Red Lion Amaryllis
Christmas 2008
This year I planted a Red Lion Amaryllis Bulb for Christmas and it is just breathtaking.  It was so much fun to watch it grow each day and I was just amazed at this miracle.
I found a good video of Martha Stewart demonstrating how to plant Amaryllis Bulbs and pasted it below [...]

Paperwhites

I promised Marcie that I would post a picture of my paperwhites from last Christmas.  However, this year the time has totally gotten away from me and I just got them started lat week.   To make this arrangement, I start with a shallow glass bowl and fill it with red gems.  Next I placed about [...]