In my last posting (April 6), I showed off two of the more spectacular displays of wisteria blooms in Daglan. But I shied away from providing photos of our own wisteria, because the flowers had not yet fully developed.
Here is what I wrote about the two vines on the front of our house: “Once again, it appears that the vine on the right (as you face our house) is winning the flower competition. It has lots of flowers hanging down from the vine branches, but it will need a few more days before it’s at its best. When it is, I’ll be sure to show it off.” And so, with no further adieu, here’s our best:
Jan and I don’t take much credit for our flower-raising skills — we tend to operate on the basis of benign neglect, particularly when it concerns the plants on our front steps. However, the benign neglect has paid off when it comes to the azalea at the top of our steps.
The plant was a gift from a friend a few years ago, and by and large it sits without much attention, although I suppose we do offer it some water when days get really dry. But all winter, it sits there quietly, not asking for attention, and not getting any. And then, suddenly in the spring, we get this:
So, despite our well-known ability to kill off virtually all indoor plants (like orchids), we do seem to have a success on our hands with the azalea. Nice, eh?
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