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| 'Tommy' Crocuses (Crocus 'Thomasinianus') |
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| Tommies under the cherry tree in front. |
It's the fifthteenth of the month again! Garden Blogger's Bloom Day--hosted by Carol Michel's May Dreams Garden blog is here. As expected, after the recent warm weekend there are plenty of spring crocuses popping up in my garden. Showiest are the 'Tommies' I planted years ago that have been multiplying to form these lovely clumps. Yes, I know I should dig up that dandelion there next to the Tommies, shame on me!
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| White crocus |
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| More species crocuses |
My snowdrops have finally started to come up! I planted these Galanthus elwesii ' Mount Everest' last fall, inspired by Carol's photos of her beautiful snowdrops--it was one spring bulb that my garden lacked completely. Eventually I hope these will form clumps like hers.
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| My snowdrops (Galanthus elwesii 'Mount Everest') |
I also planted some winter aconite, but those have yet to come up. There is a wonderful spot at Blandy Farm Virginia State Arboretum that has a broad expanse of these lovely early flowers that I'm hoping to eventually re-create here in my garden. Here is a shot of some of the ones at Blandy.
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| Winter Aconite (Eranthis hyemalis) |
My Hellebore 'Flower Girl' is sporting its first buds. The buds of my other Hellebore, 'True Love' are barely perceptible, but you can see them just emerging.
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| Hellebore 'Flower Girl' |
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| Hellebore 'True Love' |
My hybrid witchhazel 'Diane' is showing its reddish blossoms, and the native witchhazel too. Both of these were planted as very small saplings; I hope to be able to get rid of the deer barrier later on this year as "Diane' gets taller.
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| Witchhazel 'Diane' |
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| Native witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) |
Hard to believe that this is what my back yard looked like just two days ago on Tuesday morning after the overnight rain turned to snow!
But today it's a different story--the green shoots of Daffodils and Narcissi are popping up--the February Gold' Daffodils will be opening soon! With the weather so changeable at this time of the year, I leave you with this sign filled with hope for the spring blossoms to come.
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| Green shoots of Daffodils. |
