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| Vivid Spring fabrics |
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| Light and feminine Spring Fabric |
It is the first of April, the 91st day of 2013. As I turned my calendars and planners to today's date, I felt a surge of happiness. To me April is a month full of energy. It lights our morning skies and whispers in the breeze... Wake Up.
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| Courtesy: Melissa K. a.k.a. Ms. M. |
Whether that energy comes from the awakening of earth and plants, or the rain and storms full of powerful electricity, I couldn’t say.
Perhaps the energy comes from the stars being aligned just so: half in Aries, half in Taurus that makes me want to work and clean and live and laugh and make everything and everyone around me happy. My sun and moon rise in different signs, but April still holds a special power for me.
April is a busy bee type month and I for one am glad it is here. My calendars show a month full of celebrations and activities and work and promise.
Not just here on our 5 acre home place, not just on my blog; both have jam-packed To-Do lists. No, there is energy inside of me as well, an internal cleaning of the house so to speak.
April is my month to change my thoughts into deeds. Dreams that have lain dormant during the cold winter months can come out of hibernation.
April calls, it sings to me: Wake Up. Get up. Go. Do. Be.
What does April mean to you?
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| Our seeds: Sunflowers, Foxglove, Sweet Pea, Hollyhock, Baby's Breath. |
Spring is here! Spring is here! It’s the best time of the year! Those of us who love digging in the dirt have been waiting anxiously for planting time. We’ve dreamed of warmer days for months.
We’ve poured over seed catalogs, visited our favorite websites and sketched up our gardens and flower beds and got out our tools. Some of us who got warm weather last week have even bought some plants in preparation for our gardening season.
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| Courtesy: USDA
2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map is the
standard by which gardeners and growers can determine which plants are most
likely to thrive at a location. The map is based on the average annual minimum
winter temperature, divided into 10-degree F zones.
It's easy to check your zone: go HERE, type in your zip code and/or state to see your personalized map. This site puts my hardiness zone as a 7 as seen on the above map. |
This site puts me in a
zone 6.
What does this mean to
me? I’m going to follow both guidelines and ask lots of questions at my local
nursery if I fall in love with a plant I have not personally worked with
before.
What plants are you looking
forward to growing this year? My yen this year is Hollyhocks, Sunflowers. My
new addition, which according to my ever helpful Better Homes and Gardens
regional planting guide says will grow splendidly here, is
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| Courtesy: B.H.G.com |
Fleabane Description and growing Information:
This tall wildflower
produces tiny, daisy-like flowers in great clouds in late summer into early
fall. It is often mistaken for an aster, but is easier to grow and isn't
plagued by fungal problems. Plants start blooming in midsummer and often
continue blooming until fall. The native forms are seldom grown in the garden
because they can be weedy, though they're great for naturalized areas and
prairie or meadow plantings. However, many well-behaved, beautiful hybrids are
available. All are beautiful when cut in big sprays and arranged in a vase.
Light:
Sun
Zones:
3-9
Plant Type:
Perennial
Plant Height:
18-30
inches tall
Plant Width:
18-24
inches wide
Landscape Uses:
Containers,Beds
& Borders
Special Features:
Flowers,
Cut Flowers, Attracts Butterflies, Drought Tolerant, Easy to Grow.
Isn't Fleabane pretty? If you have had experience with this plant, please let me know in the comments and happy spring!
Isn't Fleabane pretty? If you have had experience with this plant, please let me know in the comments and happy spring!
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| Happy First Day of Spring. I can't wait for these beauties to bloom again this year. |
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