Allium blooming on slope. May 13, 2020.
One of my favorite aspects of spring is being surprised by what pokes through the soil. Years ago, my mother-in-law gifted me some allium and I’d forgotten all about it, possibly because it didn’t come up last year.
This year, though, I’m blessed with these lovely and intricate orbs. Bees love them, I love them.
Surprise!
Tracy Abell 
Oh Tracy – the allium are wonderful and I wonder why they missed a year- is that part of their cycle
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Hello! You know, it occurred to me that maybe the allium DID bloom last year and I missed it. Because I just did quick research and couldn’t find anything about them skipping a year. I was probably just unobservant! HA.
Wishing you a lovely weekend!
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well we also can easily overlook what is right next to us – because the working memory functions with the seven (plus or miss two) items that it has in there and much of the rest we disregard unless it is out of the ordinary
so you could be right–
however, just a theory. but I know some bulbs do need a dormant period – and maybe there was cold or something ?
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Right and right. I often overlook what’s right in front of me. HA! And yes, we had some late freezes last year so that could explain their absence. š
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š and cheers to a good year of blooms head
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So lovely!
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They are very nice little flowers and I’m happy for their presence.
Hope you have a good weekend, Becky!
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You too, Tracy!
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Nice gift!
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Very nice gift! Turns out my mother-in-law doesn’t remember giving me those bulbs. But I do, thanks to the pretty blooming reminder. š
Wishing you a good weekend, Sandy!
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You also, Tracy.
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