Yesterday we had 18 deg C/64 deg F. Today it's colder, 12 deg C/54 deg F, but still the plants had a real boost. The double Sanguinariaa canadensis. It looks like a fluffy snowball: The Arabis is supposed to be a ground cover but is in the wrong place: The Polygala. It's winter green and spreads like mad: Plum tree has started. Wonder if we'll have plums? Anemone nemorosa x ranunculoides: Trillium sessile red: Trillium chloropetalum white: Primula, double white is really putting on a show: The Fritillaria clump: Some of the narcissi: This is "Petit Four". It's big! A Muscari latifolium that decided to move in with me. Haquetia variegata behind it: The small hearts, Dicentra formosa, have started. This one is from my husband's grandmother's garden: "Langtrees" has greyer foliage and is pretty in shady areas: "Baccanal". I need to move it but don't know where to: Those hearts are amazing. They'll bloom for us 'till July or August at least, depending on the weather.
Those are all sooooo pretty. Sometimes I wish we had colder weather.....wait I always wish we had colder weather, but this time it would be so I could grow some of those beauties. I am guessing that most of them would not do well down here.
This is what I like, to be able see others flowers. Normally I'd only get to see these in a magazine like the fritillaria clump. I like your wintergreen, does it smell the same (wintergreen) My fav. breathmint. I may have to check into that plant. Thanks for sharing.
I'll share mine with you, Toni, whenever you wish. If you share your blooms with me. I often wish for warmer weather so I could grow more tender plants. Petunia, the Fritillaria should do well in Michigan. We're USDA zone 7 (I'm so proud I've managed to find that out!), and they grow in tougher zones than ours. Hang on a sec... The Polygala smells faintly of peaches. I had to go outside and check.
You're certainly further along than we are here. I LOVE that trillium...it looks huge! We have the grandiflora species growing wild all around us here. Those in my yard are just uncurling their leaves and it will be a few more weeks before the edges of the woods are full of their white carpet. Everything looks great in your pictures.
Thanks both. Kaseylib, the grandiflorum is about to start now, so the chloropetalum is earlier. I'm satisfied with it's performance, it's about 25 cm/10 inches tall. The other ones are small this year compared to last year.
What a wonderful variety of flowers you have Droopy. I love the Polygala - the colours are amazing. I think my fvourite has got to be the Double Sanguisorba Canadense though as I love white flowers and those are just so unusual.
Love the trillium, am way jealous as mine has vanished. Guess I should buy another and try again. Fritties are my most favourite bulb, I adore those little snake heads. Again, only have a couple in the garden, plant them every year, they just hate my garden conditions. Such a lovely array of colours and plants. If this is what spring holds for you, I can't wait to see the pictures of your garden as the months move on.
Gorgeous - I love your clump of fritillaria, I've thought about putting some in but never have. Wow, that petit-four is *huge* - and so pretty too! And look at that red trillium, I've never seen one with so deep a color.
Droopy . . . WOW!!! It is hard to decide, but I am epecially amazed at your Fritillaria. I have only seen it in magazines. Lovely flowers you have there.
Holy cow, those are some piccies, droopy! I've been waiting and waiting to see some morte of what all you can grow up there. These are all gorgeous specimens. That petit four is remarkable. The Narcissi have a definate, crisp spring look about them. The polygala have a nice colour combination. I had some Lupins once that had that colour combination...it was lovely as well. Finally those double primulas are real lookers too. I tell you Droopy, these piccies are exciting to me as I do not have a great variety blooming at the moment. Thanks very much for posting these.
Thank you very much for your kind comments, everybody. Later the leaf plants are dominant, but there will be some blooms around too. I feel that we've got lots of spring flowering plants, but that's when I need the colours most I guess. Many of our flowers are just not game this year and won't bloom for us for some reason. EJ, some of the trilliums are imports from England. You've got an enormous variety down there. The only downside to trillium is that they are slow growers and it takes forever to establish a good clump. I've got some outside that's been fattening up for three years, but still no bloom in sight. *sigh*
