Springtime is one of our favorite times in the High Country of North Carolina. The flowers are blooming, trees are all in flower and all the birds are coming back. We already have 3 hummingbirds at our feeders. Another reason it is so lovely to be here in the Spring is because it is still not crowded by Summer visitors. The Winter activities are over, and so skiiers are gone, but the summer revelers have not yet arrived. The intersection of 421 and 105 is still a breeze to get through!
We spend alot of time in the Spring planting and gardening, something we love to do. Our azaleas, rhododendron, irises, lilacs, creeping phlox and kwanzan cherry trees are all in bloom. We even have some daffodils still in flower. I must have 300 daffodils and grape hyacinth scattered through all the garden areas on this property.
I can see the lupine plants are up, but not flowering yet, too early for that. The lilies have doubled in mass since last Spring.
My bleeding hearts come back year after year. Even with the bad winter we had this year, it seems most of my perennials and shrubs have made it through. My herbs have even made it through the winter and seem to have gone unnoticed by Bambi and her family.