Re: Spring is coming & Brunfelsia

We don't get Bluebirds down this far south where I am.  Robins, Cedar 
Waxwings, and a few others come around in the winter only. Others stick around all 
year long.   Have been noticing a lot of Redwinged Black birds, fly catchers, 
goldfinches and a hummingbird now and then,  in the yard.  Cedar Waxwings are 
sporadic, but as soon as the Mulberry fruit ripens they will be abundant.  Inca 
and Mourning doves are busy building nests.  Blue Jays, Cardinals, and Mocking 
birds, although around all year, haven't really begun the nest building 
process much yet.  

Ceres: I grow Brunfelsia pauciflora "Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow".  I like it 
very much.  It only blooms in the spring, early summer here, but the blooms 
are long lasting and well worth it....due to the fact that they add the three 
colors to the landscape.  It is semi evergreen here, dropping it's foliage in 
spring just before the blooms open, to make room for the new growth of foliage 
that is coming in.

Spring has sprung here, lots of spring rains too....but gorgeous days in 
between.

Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast

In a message dated 2/24/2004 6:21:58 PM Central Standard Time, 
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:

Zem - Wow!  You get after it girl!  Wish I had bluebirds here, it's one of 
the few I don't have.
Being cold and rainy - I must have had 150 to 200 birds at least at the 
feeders and on the ground underneath.
And it's not a huge yard by any means...

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