- Author: Jenni Dodini
So, I get this email looking for a Master Gardener to speak about spring colors. I check the date, thinking, "I can do this. Something that I actually know about!" I check my calendar. MAN!!! I am working that day. What was I thinking?! I haven't gotten into the habit of going to the MG calendar before accepting shifts at work --- YET.
So, inspiration won't leave me alone and I thought that I could share some of the spring colors from my yard. The daffodils are pretty much spent along with the crocus. The freesias are on the way out, but still smell heavenly, and the roses, they are a bit confused and doing their thing already. The bearded irises are just starting to make me smile.
Then, if you want some variety, I highly recommend going for a hike. The wild stuff is simply spectacular! We hiked and stopped I don't know how many times just to appreciate Mother Nature's work. I had to ask what many things were. Blue eyed grass (Sisyrinchium) was open all over the place. Having never seen it before, I was quite taken. Pictures were taken, but due to the wind that day, they were pretty blurry. (A task for another hike, and blog.) Having to look it up, I learned that it is a member of the Iridaceae family. An iris! It likes zones 4 - 9, but was growing like crazy in the Concord open space at Lime Ridge.
If there is an actual point here somewhere, I will say two points, spring has sprung all around us. All we have to do is look around. Then of course, decide what we want to see in our own space next spring and write a note to self, put it on the calendar for September, and make a plan. Then, point #2, go for a hike and admire the work of the ultimate Master Gardener, Mother Nature.