More than veggies are coming up at the Cat Ranch. With highs in the mid-sixties, flower buds are getting a bit braver.

Five weeks ago, I started some himalayan blue poppies. True to GG reader warnings, this flower is terribly fickle. From an entire seed packet, I only got three teeny sprouts. This one here is the largest:

Strawberry plants must be a hardy lot. I transplanted this orphaned plant in November. I thought it was toast, but it decided to bloom.

Speaking of pink, my peonies are about two feet tall. These buds are tiny predecessor to June’s (hopefully) huge blooms.

How are your ornamentals coming along? Are your buds beginning to look more like plants than sprouts? It’s so exciting to watch the yard come alive, isn’t?

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