Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Spring peeking Vol. 2, 0 by critterologist

critterologist wrote:
And those big green "tomato" hornworms will happily much on any plants on that list! Since learning they turn into such nifty moths, I've just been moving the hornworms off my tomato plants and onto something else, like a stand of nicotiana. I also think I have enough braconid wasps etc. in my yard that the hornworms aren't a major issue.

Gorgeous photos! Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on some editing & downloading this weekend.. I know I've got some spring cuties stuck int eh camera!

I planted Scilla siberiaca 'Spring Beautfy' a couple years ago, and I love it... bigger, bluer flower than the species. It seems to me though that by the time it bloomed, the crocuses in my yard were done this year. I have it paired with some miniature daffodils ('Jenny' & 'Sundial', I think).

I love the sweet scented daffs! Thalia is a little musky to my nose, like a paperwhite. I don't think I've got Earlicheer, but it's similar to Cheerfulness (double white... there's also a Yellow Cheerfulness... both late bloomers and sweetly fragrant). I realized this spring that 'Minnow' (bicolor miniature daff) is also very sweet smelling, and it's an earlier bloomer (early-midseason I'd say). Geranium is another late one, sweet and also so perky with its orange cup... it's one that gets several blooms on a stem, too, which I like.

Trying to remember... hasn't bloomed yet this year, but it seems to me that Tahiti had a nice scent, and what a knockout different sort of bloom! The orange in it really stands out... here's a photo from last year.