Crocuses are still in good shape, while the snowdrops (Galanthus) are done. The Siberian squill (Scilla siberica) are still putting on a good show. The forsythia is close to peaking. There is one tulip with a flower. The allium and hyacinth are not too far off. Daffodils are probably farther off. Fritillaria imperialis is just starting to develop. There’s no sign of the Fritillaria pallidiflora or purple grape hyacinth (muscari) yet.
April 2, 2017
Lots of pretty going on there! My daffodils, redbud, and Bradford pear all came to full bloom about three days before a surprise freeze. I don’t think this will be a good year for spring color down here.
April 2, 2017
I hope they survive, Michael Verona. The surprise snow we had didn’t seem to hurt anything. It might have delayed the tulips and daffodils.
April 2, 2017
Gorgeous.
We’re packed under feet of snow, here.
Intolerable; thank you for the show of Spring, and thus: hope…
April 2, 2017
rare avis, we had a late bout of snow, not a foot. I think Spring is really here now. In late Feb, early March, we had a see-saw from ~70°F to ~30°F, which I don’t think helps my bulbs.
April 2, 2017
Chad Haney
Yours look great. We had a similar oddness, and I fear my hydrangeas may be worse for wear this year: not bloom.
I read that the same, I think, warm/cold snap killed off the Peach crop in the Carolinas, as well as a few others.
Yuch.
Good luck: whatever you’re doing, it seems to be working.
I’ve had trouble adapting to this gardening climate, and this hot/cold, climate-changey weather doesn’t help.
I wish you well, and again, thanks for the ‘blooming optimism’.
🙂