Yellow

First Tulip

'Tis late I'm getting home from work this evening/ morning, and I've further let myself be delightfully distracted by Patrick's Beltane visit to Central Park over at Loose Ends. Such beauty!


As a result of all that, this will be a brief entry, as I should get a little sleep if I intend to work the Brewster in Bloom parade into my plan for the day.

But, I have to share with you this particular tulip, the first to survive and bloom in the new garden here. It owes its odd, pointy appearance to having been partially munched before the jalapeno spray did its work to discourage the bunnies and other nibblers. Still, I just love it's yellow, and the way the raindrops looked on it this/yesterday morning.

Yes, we've been all about the rain again the last two days. Nothing particularly torrential or anything, just some nice bouts of slow steady rain...one of the nicest things you can give a garden this time of year. You can be sure the sunflowers are responding already!

A Bit of Gold

I found this bit of sunshine-y goodness in the witch hazel tree outside the Orleans Chamber of Commerce as I drove by late this afternoon. It was quite a joy to see, and I do wish now that I'd gotten a long shot of it...

...but no, I jumped right in for the close-up. It was not especially warm out there, as the windiness of yesterday continued. The sun was a little higher in the sky, it seemed, thanks to last night's Springing Forward.

Hope you enjoy it like I did, knowing warmer days are on the way!

Goldenrod. 

Marigold. 

Evening primrose. 

And You Are...?

Some fresh variety of hawkweed, methinks. Pretty, though. 

Yellow pansy. 

Marigold sun. 

Something Wild and Yellow

 

I've been keeping my eye on these plants. I spotted them early in the season, round furry basal leaves growing in a cluster, and have been interested to see what they would turn out to be. This morning, a few of them have burst forth with these flower clusters on two foot stems.

The flowers themselves seem to be quite similar to hawkweed (shown below), but that has a different leaf (tho the same basal arrangment), and the flowers bloom singularly on the stalk. So, back to the species guides to see what I can learn.

 

Another perfect gazania. 

Yellow french marigold. 

A Spider For Mary

Daddy long-legs chills on a Rudbeckia flower. (Hi Mare!) 

Marguerite daisy. 

Sunflower with oregano. 

Another yellow asiatic lily.