DAFFODILS and other BULBS starting to flower in DFW

you don't see many rocks in the spring ...

or summer ...

or in the fall ...

I have been trying to grow thyme or anything that is mannerly between my stepping stones. I never succeed. Maybe the secret is the granite!

sometimes you don't even the see rocks in the winter ... but they are there ...

I have a patch of thyme that I started from seed and it grows fine but it does seem to need more water than some plants and it is in a spot with moisture retentive dirt. Never tried it between pavers, could it be it gets too hot because of the stone?
C

Mine is lemon thyme, maybe whooly thyme is tougher. I see it for sale at Calloways every spring.

I have what I think is wooley thyme at the edge of a raised bed for over ten years. Just never can get it between the stones.I think it may be lack of drainage.

DR are you in Cottonwood Valley? I am originally from Irving, having moved here on retirement 7 yrs ago. My daughter is Sandra Anderson, been with Four Seasons almost 10 yrs now. She loves working there and lives within walking distance when the weather is good. She says the firm is wonderful with their employees

I hadn't thought about that, they don't like to stay wet thats for sure. Do they do ok in summer and then disapear over the winter? If so that sounds like a drainage issue. Have you tried any sedum?

My Wooly Thyme is perennial. I really don't water it much ... it is in between stone and granite and it gets water by the sprinkles sometimes. It will stay green most of the winter ... but not this year. It came back thought ...
It doesn't do well in the shade.

More blooms

lots of daffodils

more varieties of daffodils have started to bloom

more ...

pink daffodils

orange daffodils

The pinks are interesting, haven't seen those before. Nice pictures drthor.

I grow this oldie, Van Scion. Thought of as a curiosity, it only opens properly in a really good year...this must be one as I do have several blooms this year

Also I grow tons of the oldie, Grand Monarque ( tiny multi-flowered white ) which is still my favorite spring bloomer, it blooms in March and seldom gets bitten by the frost. It looks kinda like the paperwhites that bloom in the late fall and sometimes at Christmas time

This is from the Webb house. So sweet!
Made a wrong ID earlier.

very sweet Anna...love it.

So far I have only one but I am sure this oldie will naturalize.