I have small dragon claws pushing their way through the soil all around my yard. At least that’s what the tips of daffodils look like to me. Each year I have planted dozens of daffodils around our home. Except this past Fall….I was a bit busy with a crazy new company! But in past years, bulb after bulb have gone in.
I am one of those nuts that love botanical gardens, private garden tours and garden shows. I really enjoy seeing how professional designers and backyard gardeners layout their spaces. I love seeing the plants they choose and how they mix them together so that there is beauty all year round. On a visit somewhere, I don’t remember where, I saw that the gardeners had intermixed the daffodils with day lilies. That way when the daffodils were on their way out, the new growth of the day lilies would cover up the dying daffodil leaves. I have tried it in my garden, and it works beautifully.
Now, it is still winter, so the day lilies are nowhere to be found, but I can see green tips of the daffodils. Or maybe, they really are sleeping dragons beginning to wake up from their winter naps and poking their toes upward. You never really know in a garden.