Through the oak leaves
Posted: April 16, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized 18 CommentsLast fall I decided to add some spring bulbs to my garden. Faced with a dizzying choice of spring bulbs (early-blooming, late-blooming, tall, short, etc.) in an online catalogue, I did what any sensible person would do, I settled for several collections of flowers chosen by someone much wiser and more knowledgeable than myself in these matters. I planted them carefully according to spacing and depth suggested, and then crossed my fingers that squirrels wouldn’t dig them up before the snow fell. Of course I also threw out the labels from the packages so now, as snow melts and each little shoot emerges, miraculously, through a thick carpet of autumn’s oak leaves, I am surprised and thrilled which each new blossom. I will try to sketch them all as they open, and we will find out together if the wise and knowledgeable expert chose well for me.
Shari Blaukopf's Sketchbook 
Lovely drawings. Surprised about the buttercups though. Not aconites?
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No, they just look like buttercups. You are right Anne, these are aconites. I looked them up on Google and that is exactly what they look like.
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Wonderful sketches Shari! The yellow flowers may be Anemone, judging by the leaf shape. Isn’t it exciting to see bulbs coming up!
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It is so exciting to see the bulbs Alison. Hope you planted some too. These are aconites, as it turns out. A few people wrote to tell me that and they are right. I compared them to Google images.
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Yellow ones are aconites!
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Yes! Thanks Margaret.
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Happy Easter. Mine haven’t bloomed yet. Not one flower in the Snowdon area of Montreal. But there will be chocolate.
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Chocolate would be good for me too. By now, with all this rain, you must be seeing some bulbs coming up in Snowdon too.
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Your “something that looks like buttercup ” might be primrose….
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Lovely sketches, you are talented… And have a bit of a green thumb.
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Love snowdrops. Ours pop up in January or mid February here in Indianapolis–just when everyone has had enough of winter. They can get snowed on multiple times and will still be there when the snow melts. They last until the daffodils show up.
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Hi, I love your blog and look forward to its arrival. My husband bought me the Poppy print at Christmas. Love it! The small yellow “buttercup” flower is probably. Eranthus (Winter Aconite). They will go dormant and reappear next spring. The clump might increase in size slowly. Darlene
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HI Darlene, I am so glad you like the Poppy print. What a nice gift from a thoughtful man. Yes, the yellow flower is Winter Aconite. I am hoping it will get bigger because I like it a lot but there are only four tiny flowers.
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Wow..you did well!! And painted them beautifully!
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Thanks!
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beautiful drawings — how nice to greet each new flower with your waiting notebook
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That is a good way of describing it. Greeting each flower — I love that.
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Sorry to be the first in a string of pedants (buttercups/aconites). I thought you dealt with us very graciously!
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