What's blooming on the hill right now?

Indian Pink (at right). The fellow that was supposed to trim the slopes of the railroad track at the gate today was a no-show. Seems he had to take his wife into the city to work but promised to come right back home and get to work. If he went to work, it was on someone else's dollar. I began mowing down the dying foliage from the bulbs that cover the hillside with flowers in February. You have to let the leaves stay on there long enough to make the flowers for next spring down in the bulb. The safest bet is to let the bulb leaves at least start turning yellow before mowing them. It is hard to wait because it gets very woolly before that happens.

Kalorama was open today, and I had some visitors. In walking around, I discovered some things were in nice stages of flower, so I went out with the camera before the sun went down. Enjoy the pictures. Click on the Kalorama May 2009 link to see more.

From Kalorama May 2009