Garden Bloggers Bloom Day

All these garden bloggers bloom day meme exists but I could not find one today to participate. Then, I came across Jason's post in http://gardeninacity.wordpress.com">GardenInACity

. So, I also thought of posting what's blooming and happening in our garden. I am also feeling lazy to blog; I guess I am getting tired getting the garden (both front and back) ready. So, here they are:
The sea of golden daffodils:

What is a yard without some weeds :-)? My favorite Dandellion and two other unknowns:

Primrose and Hyacinth. Are primrose and primula same thing?  They were called African primroses! The name suggested to me that they were annuals and were going to die. But, they not only survived but they survive buried deep under the snow and one of the first flowers to bloom. I simply love them because they look so insignificant, especially beside the majestic lavender bush, but their burgundy blooms are simply beautiful to my eyes:

I forgot what these are called. Apparently they are native of North-East!

A collection of perennials. I forgot what the middle two - the reddish pink and white ones -- are called. The other names that I remember are viola, mix-viola and English Daisies and Foresythia: 

Do Foresythia needs pruning? Everywhere all the Foresythias are in full bloom; mine are blooming little. Other than the above, dill, oregano, lemon balm, strawberries, onions and garlic, all have started growing vigorously. Spice-bush, Blueberries, Blackberries, Dogwood, Pear(fruit-bearing)-tree, beach-plum, roses and Persian Lilac all have put on growth with new leaves and buds appearing all along their branches. Soon, they will also come in bloom. Ah! life is nice. What more can anyone want?

Two more Primroses

I got two more primrose plants, bringing up six different primrose plants in my collected. Well, no one can blame me for buying them. I am reading all these Indian and southern hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) blogs and getting depressed on seeing all the gardening they are doing now. I can't do anything except perhaps start some seedlings, but it might be still too early. Thus, I am satisfying my gardening needs by buying cheap primrose plants. Well, yes, something are growing in the green house, but that's not enough.

Some Indoor Blooms

I am so fed-up of the bleak, bare-boned, dry garden right now that I got these three primrose plants from the Whole Food; and, they were cheap too. Each plant cost $1.99; come spring and summer and each of these plants will cost anywhere between $4 -- $6!! I could not resist buying them for the price and the bloom; however, I took about 45 minutes, standing at a corner in the Whole Food Store, researching about the plant since I don't want any invasive species in my garden, however much beautiful the plants and flower might be. As I got home and opened my garden journal to write about my new plants, I realized that I already have a primrose in the garden! Darn for my poor memory for wasting 45 minutes researching about a plant that I already have in the garden.

I am finding that Primroses inside the house in pots require lots of watering; every two days the plants need to be thoroughly watered so the soil is completely moist. However, the plants should be not sitting in water. Once the plants are planted outside in the garden, then they really don't require any care; at least that's the case with my garden primrose. It sits nestled among the Lavender and Astilbe plants, getting whatever shade it requires from these plants, and flower profusely.

One of the indoor succulent plant is also ready to flower. It's flower looks BEAUTIFUL. Sorry I don't have any photo but I promise to take one next time it flowers. It seems like this plant flowers twice a year - spring and mid/late summer.

My Poinsettias are also going strong. How long do they survive? I read everywhere that these plants do not survive long and thus they are thrown out after Christmas. Of course, I am never going to throw them out. Plants from my house are thrown out (into the compost) only after they die. That's why I don't even uproot my weeds and feel too much pain when I dig out my root vegetables :-(. I guess this Hinduism/Jainism/Budhism upbringing, where no living creatures are to be harmed, is creating quite a havoc in my mind; now and then I feel like quitting gardening because I am finding it difficult to deal with aphid-problems as they need to be killed. Okay, enough of my mindless blabbering. Here are my Poinsettias: