Post-Valentine Bloom Day
Another Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day – the 15th of each month, when garden bloggers blog about what’s blooming.
We had a fairly “blooming” Valentine’s Day yesterday. This little display in my living room features the Peace Lily or Spathe Plant, Spathiphyllum floribundum.
My husband helped support the cut flower industry by giving all three of us girls a dozen roses each, in red, yellow and pink. We had fun turning the bunches into bouquets, below.
I reciprocated by making the Valentine’s dinner from the current Bon Appetit Magazine. It featured fabulous dishes such as Poached Shrimp with Lemon Horseradish Dipping Sauce for an appetizer, Pan-Seared Strip Steak with Red-Wine Pan Sauce and Peppercorn Butter, and Celery Root and Parsnip Puree – I had to call this dish “Very Special Potato Mash” on my menu for any chance that it would get eaten by the girls. They loved it! Now I have a couple of new vegetables to grow in the garden . . .
We are having a warm spell after weeks of extra-cold weather and snow on the ground. I was kinda hoping for some action from the Hellebores or the Witch-Hazel bush, but not yet. Still, the warm weather promises that spring will eventually get here!
The pleasant days ahead should encourage us to get out and check things out in the garden. If you are wondering what you can do at this time of year, visit the February Gardening Activities list on my webpage!
Happy Gardening,
Sue
Your flowers are lovely, what a treat to have roses all around. Happy Bloom Day.
Thanks, Nell! I am really lucky!
Really beautiful roses – the hubby has good taste!
Hi Sue, All this warm weather is getting me excited about pruning my overgrown fruit trees. Do you have suggestions about an overall spraying program?
What a nice Valentine’s Day for the whole family!
Hi Jeanne! I’m glad you asked that. I’m giving my fruit trees a dormant spray today, using Bonide brand All Seasons Horticultural & Dormant Oil Spray for organic gardening (other horticultural oil sprays will work as well). My next post will be about an organic spray program for fruit trees that works for berries and roses, too. I’ll get on that tonight, so stay tuned to my blog for more information!