It's March 15 and the year is almost one quarter over. Eventually, winter will be over, too, but my zone 5b garden in the Southern Tier of New York is buried in snow. It's all melting, though.
At least it's warming up again. What a strange winter it's been. This is also the Ides of March, made famous by one Julius Caeser.
This March, I have flowers to show you. I didn't have to scour my house the way I usually do in March.
With one exception, this is almost a rerun of February.
Impatiens. I have two plants, started from cuttings I took before last year's frost.
I have two kalanchoes this month. First is a single flowered one, which comes from cuttings I've taken over the years. The plant is originally one that a sick neighbor (who later passed on from brain cancer) gave me when he could no longer care for it.
This is the sole bloom of my double flowered one, which was from a gift kalanchoe my late mother in law received in the last months of her life. It hasn't bloomed since 2018.
My airplane plant is just about finished blooming.
Two African violets. This first one is a specialty one that was supposed to have variegated leaves. The flowers are small.
A more usual African violet.
I also have a couple of flower buds (not shown) on my Easter cactus and (also not shown) one bud on a Thanksgiving cactus.
The primrose I bought in a supermarket in early January is finishing up, finally.
And, guess what's outside! I took this picture March 11 knowing that snow was on its way. This is my early Lenten Rose, which has had buds on it since January.
The early daffodils on the side of my house are up, also. Because of shade, they hardly bloom anymore but they still come up.
Can spring be far behind?
Today, once again I join Carol at May Dream Gardens for celebrating the 15th of each month with flowers. Why not check out her blog and also some of the other bloggers participating this month in Garden Bloggers Bloom Day?
...thanks for the much needed color!
ReplyDeleteThe year is 1/4 over …
ReplyDeleteI love that it's time to see color in our surroundings, although my allergies don't seem to appreciate it as much as my eyes do.
ReplyDeleteYou have a lovely set of blooms there. In my garden the blooms are mostly still waiting to make sure winter is over.
ReplyDeleteLovely Alana! So many plants blooming! I just have African violets, an orchid and late blooming Christmas cactus...Thanks for sharing! LLC
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty good haul. And there'll be more next month.
ReplyDeleteDid you know that the Romans named the days of the month? There's ides and then the day before ides and the day after. And then there were other names. It was fascinating.
Lovely houseplants! I don't have much luck with African Violets; I enjoy seeing yours!
ReplyDeleteHappy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!
Ahhhhh! Thank you!
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