Spring has come to my zone 5b garden in the Southern Tier of upstate New York the way it comes almost every spring - a day of spring, a day of winter, a few more days of winter, a little more spring...in fact, by tonight, we aer supposed to get snow. Will someone tell winter to leave?
In the meantime, we have flowers. The crocuses are gone. The bloodroot is almost gone.
But now we have jonquils. My daffodils should be out tomorrow. Maybe.
My purple Lenten rose is still hanging on.
My one trillium still has not bloomed. For several years it came up without a flower. The last two years the flower did not open. Will this be the year?
Brunnerias are thriving, both variegated (Jack Frost)....
And not variegated.
For some reason, most of my hyacinths are not doing that great. Here's the best one.
Vinca. No pansies - yet.
Indoors, things are popping, too, such as my Easter cactus. I think it's an Easter cactus.
The African violet is hanging on.
My rebloomed poinsettia.
It's a wonderful thing to have flowers in abundance at last, but how I will get flowers that I can't start from seed will be a challenge, given our shutdown in upstate New York.
But, why worry when we can enjoy flowers from all over the world? Join Carol at May Dreams Gardens and her gardening friends each 15th of the month for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.
"M" day in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. My theme "America the Beautiful".
Is anything blooming for you?
Beautiful. I love it.
ReplyDeleteI share a similar climate, but you do inspire the addition of different plants - brunnera! I was also glad to visit today and learn that the A to Z challenge is still going. I missed the starting date, but by chance I am doing periodic A to Z postings of pollinator plants. I will be posting E for Echinacea pretty soon.
ReplyDeletePretty flowers. Spring has been a bit of a come and go event in your part of the world, hasn't it? Maybe it has come for good this time around.
ReplyDeleteLovely flowers, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteM is for Modern Quilts
I miss having many houseplants. Yours are so nice. 1 - not the light I used to have for them 2 - a cat who eats them 3 - heating in the ceiling, so can't hang them
ReplyDeleteThe plus of more winter is it keeps us indoors. We don't want to go out in bad weather. This shut down will be harder the nicer it is outdoors. Pretty flowers.
ReplyDeleteAll flowers are beautiful.That hellebores are pretty wish one day I'll grow them in my garden too.My primroses are all withered of with rise in temperatures.Happy blooms day.
ReplyDeleteThat's a fabulous Trillium!! Happy Spring to you!
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