The temperatures seem to be staying solidly above freezing even at night. Time for spring flowers.

Ranunculus in a hanging basket in the front porch, so we can see it whenever we come and go. And a fluffy heather in the large pot at the bottom of the stairs.

I’m not sure what those steel-wire baskets are supposed to be lined with. I’m guessing the producers had something more aesthetically pleasing in mind than cut-up paper bags. But… the bag kind of doesn’t look too bad.

I put pansies around both of those “centerpieces” just to fill out the pots. Not the ideal plant for this neighbourhood – the deer will come and nibble at the flowers, I’m sure – but the plant nursery didn’t have anything else to choose from, this early in the season.

Oh. That went faster than expected. Eight hours later, the deer have already been at them. Not just nibbled at the flowers but yanked out the entire plants. Couldn’t they just bite off the bits they want and leave the rest? And what did the poor heather bush do, why did it deserve to be thrown to the side?

The tulips at least are well protected from the deer, up at the top of the porch. I was worried about them during the coldest days of February, but the green shoots all survived.