Somehow another month has gone by without my posting here, and it's
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day again. I write in haste so I can get a lot of things done today, since tomorrow is Easter and somewhat occupied, and besides it's going to hit the high 80s and there are very few leaves on the trees as yet. Today will be cooler and cloudy, so good for those outdoor tasks.
So here's what's blooming - it might be easier to say what's
not blooming, because this is one of those years when everything seems to go at once, probably due to the insane weather shifts. So far April is possibly somewhat cooler than February (I know that's not actually true, but it seems so).
I really am hurrying, so these are just in the order I took them.
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| This is claytonia or miner's lettuce in my salad table. Little white bits in the center are the flowers. |
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| White bleeding heart |
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| Epimedium |
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| Hellebore |
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| Rhubarb! I need to cut this off to give more energy to the plant, but meanwhile it counts. |
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| Magnolia, one of the Little Girls |
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| Celandine poppy - these are ALL OVER THE PLACE as usual. |
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| The Field of White Violets |
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| Virginia bluebells and bleeding hearts |
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| I Don't Have Time to Look Up These Daffodils |
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| Catmint |
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| Pieris japonica |
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| Lilac |
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| Golden ragwort |
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| Another daffodil |
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| This one is Yellow Cheerfulness - my favorite |
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| Bridal Crown daffodil |
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| Blueberries - gonna be a big crop if I can save them from the birds this year |
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| Leucojum aestivum |
Also blooming: dogwood, redbud, pawpaw, a few early tulips, grape hyacinths. Missed the Mohawk viburnum between GBBDs this year, but it was spectacular and deliciously clove-scented. Speaking of which, most of my tiny clove currants survived and may grow!
Okay, on to putting a raised bed in the community garden plot, and other tasks. Some infrastructure pics to come soon.
