OMG (Oh My Garden)!

I love surprises. Which is why my approach to gardening, although strange to some, suits me to a tee. You see, last fall I purchased several packages of bulbs to supplement the garden of flowers I acquired from the family farm. I remember being really excited about the pictures on the bulb packages--bright colors, tulips, crocuses, and tons of other stuff that I didn't know how to pronounce.

I took special care to spread the plants strategically in areas throughout the yard that were devoid of cheerful floral goodness. I truly believed I would wake up from winter hibernation, yawn, stretch, and rub my eyes--and voila, a magical field of flowers blowing in the breeze--right in my own back yard!

Fast forward to today. While not yet a magical field of color, I do have a plethora of green buds springing up all over the place. Unfortunately, I did not map out what I planted where. In fact, I did not even go so far as to note the names of the plants. And I'm pretty sure I threw out a good portion of the packages that the bulbs came in.

So behold--my magical field of mystery.



I think this one is going to be some big round purple thingy with a bunch of little blooms on it, like a floral disco ball.



And this one is obviously some swan-like, graceful deep purple lantern-like inverted tulip thingy.



And finally we have the waterslide for raindrops.

I cannot wait until these mysterious foliages flourish in their full glory so I can try to figure out what the heck they are. In the meantime, they are doing a fine job of supplementing some of my old favorites.



Oh, yeah. I still haven't tackled that big ol' FedEx box of MS stuff, now tucked safely away in the guest bedroom. But I swear, when I do... a fabulous post will follow.