Blooming Seasons

Sometimes I can't help but wish I could put the Spring perennials on hold. 

 

They get to that perfect stage of full bloom

and next thing you know the flowers die and that's it for another year. 

Maybe this is why we drag out the pots every May to plant flowers that will last all summer.

The colors get changed up a bit. Hanging baskets, window boxes, urns and other pots all get stuffed with new bedding plants . . . some larger some smaller. 

This yellow begonia by my back door is a new bright spot for now.

I'm still learning which flowers like the shade and which ones don't.

One interesting find  . . . as I prepared the pots that had been taken into the garage for the winter, I found a few sprigs of new growth. As I pulled them out I realized that someone had inadvertently thrown some hazelnuts on the pots and there they were . . . sprouting roots and tiny plants. I looked about the yard and could not think of a place to plant them . . . but I had to take some photos to share. The miracle of life within a seed, so beautifully portrayed here.