Summer in April...Amazing!

 

This has never happened before, here  ~  not since I started gardening...



(for one thing, we reached 90 degrees today ~ a record, I think!)

. . . . . Anyway . . . . .



 my petunias from last summer just didn't die...they just sort of hunkered down in the pot for the winter ~ such as it was ~ and waited...



And now they are in full-Summer bloom, brilliant and covered with flowers and buds; I don't know what to make of it...so strange to be outside working with all these full grown flowers, on April 2. Almost like an April Fool's joke, but in a good way...



I love how petunias smell...though I think it is an "acquired" preference, like loving the smell of marigolds...;) ~ do you?



In a way, though, it is sort of an April Fool's prank ~ on me, by Nature...



Because I said I wasn't having petunias in my big flower pots this year...they are beautiful, but by the time the dog-days of August roll around, the petunias will be languishing in the heat while the Vincas will be at their best...so, I was going to plant only white Vinca this year ("Polka Dot", white with the little red center ~ white looks so pretty on the patio in the evening) ~ with varigated trailing vinca around the edges...



Now, I don't want to disturb the petunias...♥



Best laid plans...;)

Here is another strange sight for the second day of April...(I feel like I am in a Miracle-Gro commercial) ~ the Lemon Balm is bushel-basket size, already. Truly!  Again, I thought it was an annual...

And here, my Day Lilies, a gift from my friend Elaine...already as big as the Lemon Balm...I expect to see buds any day!

We visited the garden center this evening (I tried to only get a couple of things)...more on that tomorrow...



California friends, is this how your winters are?

Have a wonderful Tuesday!

Easter Week!

♥ ♥ ♥

Anne