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As spring has truly sprung, I am really starting to dig this backyard business.  It isn’t laid out and “styled” in a way that it gets much use {yet}, but it is fun seeing things come into bloom.

First we had camellias, and now these awesome huge pink clustery-flowers.  A quick google search leads me to believe they are from a Pink Trumpet Tree, but if you know for sure what they are, please let me know.

Regardless of the name, they make me happy … and that’s all that matters, no?  Who knows, I may even be inspired to start planting something.

Anything growing in your garden?  For beginning gardeners, where is a good place to start?

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As much as I love flowers, blooming branches may be my favorite.  Extra height and stature makes them err naturally on the side of dramatic, but couldn’t be simpler to keep or “arrange.”

When I spied these spiraea branches at the Farmer’s Market on Saturday, I couldn’t help but snatch up a bundle.

Spring naturally has lots of pretty branches, but these white flowers may win my heart.  For now, at least…

And as the blooms fall, they leave the prettiest little confetti – which makes even midweek feel like a party!

What are your favorite spring branches?

I am embarrassed to admit that I often only think of buying flowers, never picking them.  Years of city living will do that to you – mentally train you to forget about things in their natural state.

But our current apartment has a cute little backyard with a few camellia bushes, that have been blooming in full force lately.  So I am happy to say that I have flowers all over the house from our.own.yard.  This, for me, is quite a treat!

Anything fun growing in your yard? Street?  Neighborhood?  Anything is fair game!

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I wish I could say my home was always teeming with beautiful blooms, but alas that is not the case.  I pick up flowers from my favorite florist entirely too rarely, occasionally make it to the flower mart, and truth be told, many days they only thing living here is eucalyptus that seems to hold on forever.

But I do notice that I simply feel better, and the house obviously looks better, when fresh flowers abound.  Most often I pick up stems at the farmer’s market or grocery store and do little to style them up.

I thought it would make for a fun series to check in now and again to see what’s blooming in our home.

This week brings some gorgeous purpley-blue hyacinths (picked up at Trader Joe’s) – and are the perfect precursor to spring (which feels close, at least here is SF).

Any fun flowers in your home right now?