Photo of the Week: Mini Daffodils in Bloom

bright yellow cup-shaped daffodil flowers amidst green spearlike leaves.

With all the rain showers we’ve had in southeast Michigan in the past week, it’s no surprise my spring bulbs have finally started to burst into bloom. My mini daffodils popped through the soil earlier this month. The gorgeous yellow flowers, less than eight inches tall, started blooming a few days ago. They brighten my… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Mini Daffodils in Bloom

Photo of the Week: Signs of Spring

purple bell-shaped blooms rise on long slender stalks from the leaf-covered ground.

With the extreme changes in weather we’ve had in southeast Michigan—from wind chills below zero followed by temperatures in the high-forties, all in the same week—you wonder if spring is ever going to arrive. But when you finally see the beautiful late-winter Lenten Rose (Helleborus orientalis) in bloom in the garden, you know spring is… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Signs of Spring