Lambs Ears

Lambs ears are such odd looking plants in general, but when they bloom,

they just look like aliens...

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First Snow

Ottawa woke to the first snow of the winter.

 And I kind of went overboard

 capturing it

 on plants and boulders.

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Lambs Ears

I love the colour of the lambs ears blossoms,

but the flower stalks do look like aliens...

 

First Snow

We had the first snow of the winter,

 and it settled quietly on all the plants.

 

Last of the First Snow

The sun always carves the edges of the snow

 into traceries of ice

 before it all melts.

 

Watery Wednesday

More photos of the first snowfall - black eyed Susans,

 burdock,

 tansy,

 lambs ears,

 hydrangea,

and borage.

 

Lambs Ears After the Rain

My Garden

I have been showing you all the gardens around town, and not my own.
These are the blossoms of the ladys mantle plant. I should get some of them cut and dried for the winter.

The sweet cecily is going to seed. I sometimes chop some of them into a salad.

The Solomon's seal started in the next yard, but is creeping into mine. I don't see a reason to complain. Neither does Jake - this means the facilities are closer to the back door.

I have no idea what the names of my peonies are - I simply enjoy them, especially with the early morning light streaming through the petals.

I will pull out most of the daisies after they have finished blooming.

Last year, there was some confusion between mullein and lambs ears, so this year, when I found a mullein plant growing right beside the lambs ears, I took photos of the two of them, for comparison.

The lambs ears are blooming. I love the soft hairs!

The chamomile is just starting to blossom.

And these are the first borage blossoms. I bought the seeds once, and now they come up all through the garden. I leave a lot of them to grow, because I love the flowers in salad. Nothing else can add that shade of blue to a salad. The young leaves, when chopped up, taste a bit like cucumber, too.

Watery Wednesday

If April showers bring May flowers, what do March showers bring?

Lambs ears, tulips and crocuses were all revelling in the wet.

Lambs Ears

The lambs ears dried faster than the mullein,

but they are beautiful with the sun shining through the leaves!

Lambs Ears and Mullein

A couple of people thought the mullein photos were lambs ears, so I have photographed the frost on the lambs ears. I had to scrape some of the frost off to be sure that it was frost.

Lambs ears flowers are purple, and come in the spring. Mullein flowers are yellow, and come in the summer.

And the growing central clumps are very different. Above is lambs ears, and below is mullein. Now that I look more closely, the mullein leaves have a different pattern of frost, as well.