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| Delft Blue hyacinths with strawberries as ground cover. |
The unseasonably warm days of last week have brought forth new flowering bulbs in my zone 6b garden in Virginia. The hyacinth bulbs along my front walk have opened: 'Delft Blue' and a white variety the name of which I forget. The sedum 'Angelina' and the ground covers are still sporting their rusty winter colors but they'll soon be greening up. We need a lot of rain!
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| Hyacinths along my front walk. |
The February Gold daffodils have lasted longer than usual with the cooler temperatures this week, along with a little surprise snow on Sunday.
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| February Gold daffodils in the back bed. |
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| Hyacinths and February Gold daffodils along the front walk in the snow. |
The Glory-of-the-Snow (Chionodoxa luciliae) flowers are starting to pop up at the base of the red maple.
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| Glory-of-the-Snow flowers at the base of the red maple. |
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| Close-up of Glory-of-the-Snow (Chionodoxa luciliae) |
The Siberian squills (Scilla siberica) on the east bed are also popping up along with the Hellebore 'True Love' and the Japanese Pieris.
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| Scillas with Hellebore Wedding Party 'True Love' |
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| Pieris japonica on the right, with Scillas. |
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| Hellebore 'True Love' |
Despite the cold and blustery day, today I found a few tiny purple anemone buds peeking out from the mulch--the flowers are closed, but they will open on a warmer day.
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| Greecian windflowers (Anemone blanda) |
Though not a flower, I see that the leaves of my autumn flowering Colchicum 'Waterlily' are coming up too. The scented violets (Viola odorata) died back a lot this winter, but tiny new plants are emerging.
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| Colchicum 'Waterlily' foliage emerging. |
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| Viola odorata. |
Indoors on the windowsill, the Streptocarpus 'Wow' has colorful, exclamation-worthy flowers!
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| Streptocarpus 'Wow' |
