Thanks for the responses on my last posts. Congratulations to Whitney who received the gift card, here are the answers (in no particular order)!
I love these little treasures in the garden. I used to avoid anything I had to get down close to the ground to see, BUT I have grown to appreciate the small things too. When you get close you can smell the earth warming in early spring. Sometimes you see the stirring of insects and see other plants starting to push through that will come to the foreground later in the year.
This little treasure , Hacquetica epipactis, is so sweet growing under a small Japanese Maple. It’s green flowers, leaves, and stems are the essence of spring.
This is a small tree, Camellia transarisanensis. A lovely evergreen Camellia with light branching and small white flowers with slight pink buds. It grows to 6-8 ft in time and is happy in sun to half shade.
This is Ranunculus ficara. The Ranunculus we love instead of the invasive buttercup (Ranunculus repens). It’s bright yellow flowers are amazing with the purple foliage underneath. Flowers close at night but open again when the sun comes out.
This one is a Polypodium ‘spotty dotty’. I once coveted this plant so bad that a gardener friend let me dig out a portion and bring it home. I have since found it at Dragonfly Farms Nursery but still have my bit happily growing in my garden.
And here is an extra for you… I love being out and about and meeting with new customers. This is a picture from a parking strip near a very old house in Seattle. These little white flowers have probably been growing in the crook of this old mossy tree for many years. Even though I don’t know exactly what it is I love that it is happy to just be and provide someone who looks closely a little bit of spring. I think about the gardener who planted it and wonder if they know it still brings joy.
Well friends, that about wraps it up today. What are you finding when you look closer to the ground this spring?
