On 4/12/2016 11:42 AM, songbird wrote:
trying to show up. we will have thousands of daffodils
coming into bloom in the next few weeks. at last!
the earliest ones are the smaller/miniature daffodils.
i didn't even know we had those there. Ma planted some
stuff a friend had given her last year and those must have
been in that batch of mixed forced bulbs. not all of
those survive being forced and then planted.

the poor crocuses have been out, most of those outside
the fenced garden were bunny food. some are still coming
out.

the grecian windflowers aka anemone blanda are doing
nicely in their place. i will keep spreading those seeds
around as they get ready.

with the temperatures finally getting warm enough for
me to be outside later this week i hope i can get some
of the onion sets in if they are in good enough condition.
i haven't even looked at them yet. they're buried behind
too much junk in the garage.

and those apple tree saplings have to come out...
wild grape vines to cut back...

ah, good to see spring warm up enough to move!


songbird



Mine were a lot earlier than that and the biggest profusion of bulbs is
well past. I had giant crocus coming out in January (thanks to a
micro-climate next to a south-facing wall). Periwinkle were blooming then
too. Regular crocus have come and gone as have the daffodils, Anemone
blanda, hyacinth. There are a few surviving tulips and grape hyacinth but
not many. On the plus side the huge patch of verbena is spectacular next to
the moss phlox and conceal the crocus foliage. Flag iris are up quite high
now and buds are showing on some of them. The daylilies are up too although
they are still not showing flower stalks. The collection of ferns out back
are doing well and many of them didn't even die back this year because of
the mild winter. Hostas are popping up all over the place. I have even set
out the huge pots with the Peruvian 'miracle lilies' which always
overwinter in the garage after repotting but nothing is showing there yet.
This is in central eastern Tennessee.

Oh, I forgot the English bluebells! They are actually doing pretty well
this year and a few are showing up in places I don't remember planting any.
And I noticed that some, but not all, of my trillium are coming up in the
woods out front. Might have been a partial die-off there. They were rescues
from a construction site so they will live or die as they see fit since
they don't seem to respond to human intervention.