4.9.14

Big day! First asparagus peeking up in the vegetable garden. The truest harbinger of spring.

4.5.14

Already the buds are falling to make way for green leaves.

4.4.14

Blooming fothergilla: you're like a romanesco cauliflower, only tinier and with a name that sounds more like an undersea monster. 

4.3.14

Amsonia pretends to be asparagus when it starts poking out from the ground.

4.3.14

Backyard redbud, ready to burst open.