Spring Blooms

Spring has arrived in East Texas! The pollen has not been fun to deal with, but I guess the misery of swollen itchy eyes, sneezing and having everything outside covered in green powder is a small price to pay for the beauty that follows. 

Five years ago we moved to East Texas for several reasons, one being the trees and the hills. If I had known about the soil of this area and the beautiful flowers, surely that would have been another reason. While I’m not fond of the humidity, I’ll endure in order to enjoy the lovely landscape of this region. 

I knew we were settling in an area famous for the roses, but I wasn’t aware of the infamous Azaleas. There’s even a trail you can tour through various neighborhoods. I also didn’t know about the ability to grow Hydrangea and Hostas. The soil is sandy and acidic so lovely perennial flora is abundant. It’s just so exciting to see flowers and plants emerge from the earth after the winter season. Every morning there is something new to see. 

When we moved into our current home, planting Azaleas was first on my list. Our house has a rusty red brick, so picking a color that didn’t clash was a challenge. Of course white blooms would have worked but I wanted a pop of color and at that time the windows were white, so we went with pink hoping for the best. Well…this is the third spring for our Azaleas and although they have bloomed a little each year, this year has been the best showing so far.

It's still early so the other plants have not caught up and I haven’t put in any bedding plants yet, so far they are the only color in our front yard. It’s wonderful to come home everyday and see their lovely blooms.

We brought several Daylilies from our last house as well as an Iris and Sedum, all of them were given to me and I really wanted to keep them and hoped they would survive. This year the Iris not only bloomed but it also tripled in size. It took also five years to bloom, but it has finally found it’s happy place.

The Amaryllis in the background was given to me a couple of years ago Christmas 2020 then we had that really wicked freeze in February 2021, that Spring my mister plopped it in the flowerbed. It didn’t bloom last year but this year…WOW!!

So beautiful!!!

I cannot wait to see how the Daylilies do this year. I’m hoping their blooms are just as spectacular as the other blooms in our yard.

Happy Spring!!