How can it be the fifteenth of March already, time for GBBD and only five days from the official start of spring in the northern hemisphere? It's the middle of the month already and Carol at May Dreams Gardens invites us all to post what's blooming in our gardens. Thanks, Carol, for continuing to host this fun meme! Click here to see more blooms from gardens all over the world.
What a winter it's been, warmest January, coldest and snowiest February, and colder than normal beginning of March. Looks like more normal temperatures will be returning later this week thanks to a warm air mass from California. (Are meteorologists implying that Californians are full of hot air?) There's even talk of a daytime high of 65 on Sunday. Swell!
Anyway, here's a bit of what's blooming in my zone 8 Western Washington state garden this month. (Everything from last bloom day is still going except Iris reticulata and ceanothus which was mostly cut off in preparation for the street paving machinery.)
It's surprising how the inherited galanthus have spread all over the garden both by accident and on purpose.
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Most of the hellebores have recovered from the weight of the snow but some are still lying down on the job.
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Sorry for the bad picture but I was vibrating with excitement to see daffodil blooms. 'Tête-à-tête' is always the first to open in my garden.
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Orchids and a few other things are still going inside while in the greenhouse, Clivias are taking center stage.
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What a winter it's been, warmest January, coldest and snowiest February, and colder than normal beginning of March. Looks like more normal temperatures will be returning later this week thanks to a warm air mass from California. (Are meteorologists implying that Californians are full of hot air?) There's even talk of a daytime high of 65 on Sunday. Swell!
Anyway, here's a bit of what's blooming in my zone 8 Western Washington state garden this month. (Everything from last bloom day is still going except Iris reticulata and ceanothus which was mostly cut off in preparation for the street paving machinery.)
It's surprising how the inherited galanthus have spread all over the garden both by accident and on purpose.
Most of the hellebores have recovered from the weight of the snow but some are still lying down on the job.
Here's a sampling of most of the varieties in my garden.
Camellia japonicas.
Cyclamen coum
Crocus
Sorry for the bad picture but I was vibrating with excitement to see daffodil blooms. 'Tête-à-tête' is always the first to open in my garden.
Stachyurus praecox
Orchids and a few other things are still going inside while in the greenhouse, Clivias are taking center stage.
What's blooming in your neck of the woods on this last GBBD of winter?