And this is supposed to be April

I'm in a bit of a disbelieving state at the moment. The date says April 26th but the blooms outside claim it's mid-May. Some are well-behaved, like the primulas and the trilliums:




Primula x pubescens, blue ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






Don't know the name of this auricula ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )





Double primulas ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )



Nice, yellow auricula, but nameless too ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






A rather ugly-charming primula that I call Charles Bronson. ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )



Trillium chloropetalum and Glaucidium palmatum ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )





Polygala looking good ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )



Trillium chloropetalum ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )







Trilliums and Soldanella ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )



The fritillaries and narcissi are a bit ahead compared to previous years:



Fritillaria meleagris ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )




Narcissus Petit Four ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )


But the hedge! Now what will I use on May 17th?


Hedge blooming three weeks too early ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )



The wood anemone is nice this year:



Anemone nemorosa "Vestal" ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )



I love the double bloodroot:



Double bloodroot ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )






The grass needs cutting! Before May 1st. ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )


And my youngest claims she's outgrown her sandbox. So today she tidied all the toys away and will start removing the sand tomorrow. She wants pumpkins:



The sandbox-soon-to-be-veggie-patch ( photo / image / picture from Droopy's Garden )

 

Those Primulas are glorious and Charles Bronson is not a bit ugly. Glad spring came early for you, Droopy. Hope your young one is blessed with many pumpkins.

 

Toni, I do feel a bit sad about it, but hey! She wants to garden, and that's definately a good thing.

We have a lot of different perennials, and are adding to the garden every year. I just can't pass by a sweetie without considering how it would look in our garden.

I'm not so certain about growing pumpkins here, but I hope we'll have some small success with it.

 

Beautiful flowers Droopy, and so many of them, I will look forward to pictures of your daughters pumpkin patch as it progresses, I am sure she will be just as happy with a garden as a sand box. They seem to grow up way too fast!

 

Wonderful to see blooms in your garden again Droopy! I love the Double Bloodroot and your Daffodils.

 

Thanks for liking our flowers.

Yes, everything sort of put itself on hold for a very long time. It was chilly, but no frost for a good stretch, and then suddenly the temps soared and everything went "Wooohaaa!" on me.

And I thought I was way ahead with the spring chores. Now I'm well behind. No pleasing me, is there?

 

Your blooms are fabuliously(I know no such word but there is now ) wonderful.Wow!!!!! those blooms are just gorgeous min fact everything is soooo pretty.
Looks like a perfect place for pumpkins.

 

What a startling array of spring bloomers, Droopy. I sometimes forget what a wonderfully expansive and varied garden you have. Today's posting bring it right into the limelight again.
The Fritillarias stand out as do the Trilliums and double Blood Roots. I didn't know there WAS a double Blood Root.
That "Charles Bronson Primula" is a very nice one indeed.
All of your flowers have their own charm, but those ones really strummed my guitar, so to speak.

This was a magical and stunning dispolay today. Early or not...they are supurb.

 

Thank you for the compliment!

I don't know how many different plants we've got, and I don't think I want to know either. I just enjoy them.