The wild plum trees are in bloom, their snowy crowns giving them a regal appearance that would probably cause our president to bow down, if he were to encounter them.
Here's another angle...
These colorful fellows are, I believe, some specimen of hyacinth (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).
And naturally, the daffodils were the first things to bloom, standing there like ranks of trumpet-wielding heralds.
That should be "Paco Estate" not "Paco Enterprises", should it not?
ReplyDeleteWhich reminds me--are you kin of the folks that made a photographic film processing machine that my father operated eons ago?
Forgot to mention--pretty flowers, and nice pictures. And nice place.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking that was probably "PAKO".....
ReplyDeleteA lovely command center, Paco!
ReplyDeleteAlas, the coming summer months, with the global warming caused droughts and fires, will erase this pastoral scene. So you might want to back up these photos to a secure location, for your viewing pleasure, after the Saharra covers Occupied Virginia.
I'd offer to help in the ackup, but I'm busy right now prepping for the spring blizzard that is due in momentarily.
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Heh.. Captcha = sunstro
not bloddy likely today!
Thanks, Larry. Be sure to click on the photos to get the full effect.
ReplyDeleteNo, I think those must be some different Pacos (in fact, I'm sure of it, since "Paco" is just a handle I pulled out of thin air).
Jeff: Once the place is covered in dunes, I plan to put in saguaro cactus and mesquite trees. Much lower maintenance than grass, anyway.
The wild plum trees are in bloom, their snowy crowns giving them a regal appearance that would probably cause our president to bow down, if he were to encounter them.
ReplyDeleteNot unless there are cash donations growing on them.
Oh. Btw, those are indeed hyacinths. You live in a very pretty place.
ReplyDeleteOMIGOD! The Snow! Like! IT's ALL GONE!!
ReplyDeleteGrape Hyacinths and I think that they are Jonquils not Daffodils but I'm just being snippy because I'm jealous. My front yard currently looks a little like the Gaza strip on a bad day while yours looks like a postcard.
ReplyDeleteBut then Stephen King often sets his stories in idyllic places...
Hi Paco,
ReplyDeleteThe ranch looks just dandy, and I'm glad to see you in such a lovely environment. I'll see your hyacinths and raise you a hippeastrum!
Irobot: Jonquils, eh? Could be. I think the two flower types are very similar.
ReplyDeleteI have to make a correction, Irobot (just because I'm anal about things like this, sorry). Grape hyacinths look like this, Muscari racemosum. What Paco has in his yard are these, hyacinthus orientalis. Grape hyacinths spread like weeds. The larger hyacinths are finicky and take longer to naturalize.
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RebeccaH,
ReplyDeleteI bow to your superior horticultural knowledge. Nothing anal about it and thanks for the warning on the Grape Hyacinths. I don't want a Jihadist plant in my garden.
Paco, re the Jonquils and Daffodils. They are very similar but on closer inspection (I actually clicked on the picture after being corrected by RebeccaH on the Hyacinths) they could well be daffodils. In any case I can say with complete certainty that they are of the genus Narcissus. I never had much success with them but I do have some that have run renegade from my neighbour's place so I'll claim them as mine.
I guess the spammers have some benefits--bring oldies up for rerun enjoyment.
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