The Fairy Garden in Spring

Angelique in full bloom

My friend Desiree shares that they are finally having warm days, so her daffodils, tulips and wood hyacinths are all blooming at the same time.

She thoughtfully sent some pictorial evidence of nature's glory this past weekend, so we could enjoy her garden too!

Just in case you are wondering, my friend Desiree lives in the Pacific Northwest section of the United States.

I love the flowers called Angelique (see above).  They are frilly pink tulips.  Aren't they delightful?  They look all ruffled like a ladies' fancy dress.  However, Desiree shares that this flower doesn't take high temperatures very well.  "Tomorrow," she writes, "it will be in the 80s (degrees F) and Angelique will be on her way out.  She can't take high temperatures."

(Hmmm.  I can relate.  I can't either!)  Oh, but she is so lovely.  I have never seen an Angelique before!

Bleeding Heart

The bleeding heart is a funny name for a flowering plant, isn't it?  Desiree says she loves these flowers so much she planted white bleeding heart next to the pink. She says there are also lily of the valley coming up in the shade of the bleeding heart.

Dog-Toothed violets and columbine

"Dog-tooth violets and columbine are the first to poke their heads up in the spring," Desiree explains.  "They greet me in March," she says, "when the cold rains are still coming down from the mountains."

Desiree planted more than one hundred bulbs in November and they are coming up now, and blooming in sequence...  first came the daffodils, then the tulips, followed by the wood hyacinths.

Planting over 100 bulbs is a lot of work!  But it sure pays off beautifully.

She tells me her cherry trees have also bloomed and are now forming small cherries that will be ripe in June.  (Oh, how I'd love to be there then!)

The bonica roses are growing strong and will also be blooming in June.  "The lilacs are just beginning to open their blooms and I can smell their sweet fragrance through my open windows," Desiree continues.

She promises to send more photos next month when her planter boxes will be blooming with the purple campanula that everyone loved so much last year!  Campanula is the Latin name for Bellflowers, so named because they look like tiny bells.

How the fairies must love this garden!