Catartis

First Rose, First Color!!

And winner of "which rose has color first," is my sweet, old fashioned climber, Blaze. She's showing color in about four spots today. I see her smirking at the whites on either side of her and the sweet little raspberry colored fellow who hangs in with his sherbert colored blooms and bright, bushy, yellow centers. Old time bush or climber varieties. Those cutting roses are way too fussy for me. Besides, they look pretty in a vase, but I think they are scraggly in the yard.

I should amend that *sweet* comment. This lady has a habit of biting me on a regular basis, but she's delivering the goods, so I forgive her.

The star jasmine is getting ready to go wild as well. A very few buds started opening yesterday. Soon the enclosed patio will be heavy with jasmine scent. Some find it heavy, but Tony and I love it dearly. It's so nice floating on the breeze.

Fingers crossed for those purple peas to sprout. And I am way overdue to try out those seeds from last year's score of *naughty* pepper seeds. Get going, woman. Plant those seeds! Back to play in the mud a bit.

Later....

Farron
[_^..^_ is sleeping in the sun and doesn't care]

Posted by farron at May 1, 2004 03:28 PM