Tangled Brush

You may think I'm joking, but I'm not. There really is such a thing as snake plant! Well, 'snake's head fritillaria', to be precise. I had only ever seen them in photos - and on a ceramic mug at someone's house (not joking!) so I was really curious to see what they looked like in person. I  ordered 10, but only three came up. Two were little, but look at this one!   And then look at it a week later!  It looks like an accordion and the blooms look like they are all connected. Neat! I am so happy it did well! Next year I will try even more!

Spring came slowly, in Ottawa, as it is won't to do. After the snowdrops came delightful little iris reticulata, winter aconite, then crocuses. I put in more iris last year, as they come up so early and are such a welcome pop of colour. Spring was a long time coming! Pretty puschkinia!