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Beware the Ides of March. That's good advice where I garden, in New York's Southern Tier (zone 5b). The weather can be changeable. Blustery. Snow squalls, like yesterday. Or, temperatures near 70F (21 Celsius) just a few days ago. Take your pick. I'll pick the warm days, thank you.
The snow cover is gone, revealing....flowers!
White Lenten Rose has been blooming beneath the snow - it was budding back when our continuous snow cover started back in December. Ta-da!
My purple Lenten Rose is budding.
For good measure, I bought a third Lenten Rose for my table - it was potted up and a good price. Even if it doesn't survive next winter, I'm still getting pleasure from it now.
No crocus in our yard yet - guess the crocus will be skipping GBBD this year. We have the leaves but not the flowers. So let's shift to the indoors.
The primrose I bought in a supermarket right after New Years is still blooming.
One of my African violets is blooming, too.
I had taken cuttings of Beacon impatiens, a variety resistant to the wilt that plagued my flower garden for several years, and two of the plants survived. They've been blooming for a month or so now.
Thanking Carol at May Dreams Gardens for continuing to host this monthly meme. Please visit some of the other blogs that are linked to her site and enjoy a day full of flowers today.
Frost again this morning and not much happening here that looks like spring except for the chirping birds.
ReplyDeleteOoh, the African violet
ReplyDeleteAlana - Hellebores already! I am waiting. I planted my first hellebores last spring. This will be the first hellebore party in my garden. Wish me luck.
ReplyDelete...my lenton rose is flowering, but it's a flat as a pancake.
ReplyDeleteI do love those Lenten roses and, of course, the African violet. Happy Bloom Day.
ReplyDeleteYipee, flowers! I can't keep African violets alive, I think I must over-water them. My nights are very cold again, and the hills around town were snowy this morning.
ReplyDeleteI love your hellebores. They don't grow as well in my climate (zone 11a) but, in a fit of zonal denial, I've been adding more of them each year nonetheless.
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ReplyDeletePretty flowers. I was fascinated to read a book on calendars and learn that the Romans named days rather than specifically numbered them. Hence, the ides of March.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful. I'm afraid to rake my leaves off because we're still having some pretty cold days interspersed up here in Maine.
ReplyDeleteYou are so fortunate to be able to enjoy the beauty of those early blooms. Nothing here yet.
ReplyDeleteNothing cheers me like flowers! I've never been able to grow African violets. What is your secret?
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your flowers. In my mountain climate, we must "beware the Ides of May!" It's really not safe to plant here much before Mother's day.
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