There isn’t much evidence of Spring yet on our property except for the camellias and the daffodils blooming their little hearts out.
I did a walk about this morning and everything is still sleeping. The lilacs (Yes! I have lilacs in California – I’ll do pictures when it does something) are just beginning to bud. My roses are starting to get some new growth. I really need to weed the bed and fertilize. Guess I missed the boat on dormant spraying.
The berry bushes are out of control. They are uninvited guests and they totally take over. Those are berry bushes on either side of the pathway. We had the start of a burn pile one Summer (when you can’t burn) and by the Fall it was completely covered with berry bushes.
We need a guy on a tractor to just come in and level them. It’s like our version of the Kudzo vine. Don’t stand still for too long or you’ll go missing.
I don’t quite have Spring fever yet – I need a few more days of warm weather then I’ll want to spend every waking hour and every last penny at the nursery, buying up new annuals to plant.
Having a larger piece of property is so labor intensive. And most of it hard labor that I am useless for. Honestly – I’d be one of those lurid headlines "Husband lifts tractor off of unconscious wife." "Woman missing for three weeks found on own property. Survived by eating berries and grubs."
I’m more the small, manageable raised bed type of gardener. Give me a cutting garden and a picket fence and I’d be perfectly content.
I want camelias!!! Pretty pink ones just like yours! Great picture.
Bleshoo for showing us these! It will be a good while before we get to see anything like that in our garden…
Wow, how much property do you have? I’m green with envy!
I have a lilac too. I bought it because it’s a variety that is supposed to do well in California…we’ll see, this is the second year. I’m happy, my hydrangea leaves are coming out and I have a bud on one of my rose bushes already!
We had the most stunning camelia tree before we renovated…it was my only regret in doing up our home…love looking at yours 🙂
Oh, you are so lucky to have flowers blooming! I am starting to get spring fever which is not a good thing considering we just got 5″ of snow!
I know what you mean about having to manage a larger piece of property. It is very labor intensive and so time consuming. Thanks for sharing your lovely pink camelia.
Your camellias look so pretty. I don’t know if we can grow those here in Ontario……I will look into that and if we can you can bet I’ll be planting one this spring.