Photographs Evening Gerbers

[Barbarian]

 

[AirDancer]

Those Gerbera daisies are such attractive plants!

I usually plant a few of them each year in one of my flower beds. The sad thing is they don't over-winter here.

 

[Barbarian]

They don't grow well from seeds, but have you tried cutting off a leaf, dipping it in rooting hormone, and potting it in a planting container that doesn't require transplanting?

 

[AirDancer]

Yes, I have.... even brought them inside for the winter, where they lasted a bit longer than if they had remained outside. They're not classified as a perennial in my zone... merely an annual.

 

[AirDancer]

Did you just recently take that photo? Or is it from last year?

In my area, daffodils and tulips and irises are leafing and growing .... no buds as yet (still too early in season for that).

 

[Angel]

Those look like they smell nice.

 

[Barbarian]

Did you just recently take that photo?

Day before yesterday.

In my area, daffodils and tulips and irises are leafing and growing .... no buds as yet (still too early in season for that).

Mrs. B's daffodils are just about done.

 

[AirDancer]

Day before yesterday.
Mrs. B's daffodils are just about done.

Ah, the joys you receive while living in Texas.

Unfortunately, my part of Illinois isn't so joyful with flowers in bloom as yet. Here, the ol' adage "April showers bring May flowers" typically holds true. Today, we had a bit of rain with snow flakes sprinkled in for good measure. And we've been known to have heavy (& deep) snow arrive just in time for the final 3 days of tax season, with the snow melting on 16 April. (Go figure!)

 

[Barbarian]

Ah, the joys you receive while living in Texas

Spring is great. August is dry, and unbelievably hot. General Sherman was stationed here for a while, and wrote that if he owned Hell and Texas, he would live in Hell and rent out Texas.

 

[AirDancer]

Spring is great. August is dry, and unbelievably hot. General Sherman was stationed here for a while, and wrote that if he owned Hell and Texas, he would live in Hell and rent out Texas.

General Sherman had such a great sense of humor! I do understand what he meant, though ... I spent part of a May one year in El Paso. The air was dry, which was quite the pleasant change from the humidity we face in central Illinois.

March/April (dependent upon the year) typically sees the first monsoon season here. The second is in the Autumn, as farmers are trying to harvest.