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happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day
It's the 15th of March and you know what that means. Beware, because you're going to have lots of Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day posts to study.
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| Hellebore hybrid Pine Knot Strain |
Here's my list from Tangled Branches North. I'm including a few photos with this post, but the links are to my photos on Picasaweb.
- Crocus chrysanthus 'Cream Beauty' (these are almost finished)
- Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant'
- Narcissus 'Tete-a-Tete'
- Narcissus 'Ice Follies'
- Narcissus 'Midget'
- Narcissus obvallaris
- Narcissus 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation' (almost finished)
- Narcissus unknown species/variety (but may be N. pseudonarcissus)
- Viola unknown species/variety (the good one that doesn't spread everywhere)
- Eranthis hyemalis (Winter Aconite)
- Galanthus nivalis (have seen better days)
- Vinca minor
- Helleborus hybrids Pine Knot Strain and Royal Heritage Strain
- Scilla siberica (just starting)
- Chionodoxa sardensis (just starting)
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| Narcissus pseudonarcissus? and Crocus 'Ruby Giant' |
The list is pretty consistent with last year's list, except that last year the Pine Knot Hellebores bloomed very early, then froze by March 15. This year, they're all in bloom. The pale blue/purple crocus of last year has one flower and the clump is about to be swallowed by a young cedar tree. Now the rosemary has tight buds, but no open flowers. Muscari is only showing foliage. If Vinca minor was flowering last year, I didn't notice it. The winter aconite that's blooming this year is a different clump than the one I mentioned last year. One Chionodoxa has opened a few flowers and one more is about to emerge, but the rest are still underground.
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| Eranthis hyemalis |
I haven't done much ornamental planting yet at Tangled Branches South, but there are 2 crocuses in bloom - C. sieberi 'Tricolor' and C. tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant'. The only wild plants blooming are the previously mentioned Red Maples and a lone Dandelion. The alders might be blooming, but I didn't look closely at the catkins.
It feels as if spring has settled in for good here in the Mid-Atlantic region, but I'm curious to see what's blooming (or not blooming) elsewhere in the global gardening community. Thanks Carol, for another Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day.
Labels: in bloom
20 Comments:
Interesting how you went back and looked at your post from last March. I did the same thing. I think everything is about the same, except, I don't think my henbit weeds are blooming this year like last year.
I'm seeing lots hellebores and crocus in the northern gardens!
Thanks for joining in again,
Carol, May Dreams Gardens
Lovelly pictures (I went over to picasa and had a look on all your pictures). Your blooms look great. I like the big clumps of crocuses, I only wish I could have them, but I think they wouldn't survive my hot dry weather
Wow ! wonderful plants and so gorgeous ! .. meanwhile I keep looking at the snowbanks .. sigh !
But it is helpful ? to see such pretty pictures , so thanks !
Joy
Wow is right...I loved the maple against the sky. Enjoyable visit!
Gail
clay and limestone
Tete-a-tete is one of my favorite Daffodils. Your ? Daffodils look great with those purple 'Ruby Giant' Crocuses.
Big patches of crocus--that's clearly the way to go. Very enchanting.
Your hellebore is wonderful! Enjoyed your GBBD post.
Your narcissus and crocus patches together is just stunning.
Carol: I forgot to look for my little cruciferous weed - I think it might be peppergrass. Maybe I got rid of it all ;-)
Gintonio: I'm not sure how much hot weather they can take. I think the southern US gardeners can't grow them either, but that might be because it doesn't get cold enough in the winter rather than too hot during the summer?
Joy: Keep thinking warm thoughts! It's going to be fun to see spring bulbs in the northern gardens after mine are finished.
Gail: Thanks for stopping by! I'll be right over to look at your flowers!
MMD: Tete-a-Tete has been a very sturdy old reliable for me. I think I bought them with a package of mixed daffodils at Costco a verrrry long time ago. Would you believe the squirrels planted the crocuses there?
Chuck B: I think when I started planting crocuses I had them in groups of 10. Happily, they've increased a lot, making me look a lot smarter than I am ;-)
WWA: The hellebores took a few years to settle in, but I really like the Pine Knot hybrids now that they've made larger clumps.
Bonnie: I wish I could claim the credit, but that honor belongs to the squirrels ;-)
That's a lovely photo of the daffs and crocuses, love the leaves all around them.
Wow, that hellebore is quite spectacular. Lovely photos.
I love the Hellebore photo were the blooms are floating in a crystal bowl. They are beautiful. The Crocus 'Cream Beauty' are lovely - it was fun looking through your Picasa photo album. Spring certainly has arrived there ...
Salix Tree: The crocus and daffodils are back in the woods. I usually just let the leaves lie where they fall back there.
Ki: The same hellebore flower in the first photo is floating in a bowl here. I think that particular one looks better with the light behind it.
Kate: I'm having fun finding containers to float hellebores in ;-) Winter was very short here this year, and I feel very lucky.
I love the strength of the yellow and purple color combination. Beautiful!
I love the strength of the yellow and purple color combination. Beautiful!
KJohnson: I used to think that spring should be about pastels, but I keep adding bolder colors. I need to organize my thoughts on that subject one of these days.
You have a nice group of spring bulbs, Entangled - the big clump of purple crocus with bouquets of daffodils around it is totally charming.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
What lovely flowers!
Hi again Entangled, really love the setting for your bulbs :-)
What a full list you have for this month! Oh... but it is the simple crocus and the fantastic clumps that are the outright stars for me :-D
Annie: Another vote for the daffodil/crocus combo. I think I need to expand on this idea.
Sarah Laurence: Thanks for stopping by! Your blog is quite interesting.
Shirl: The bulbs really brighten up the woodland in early spring. The early bloomers are some of my favorite plants, after a color-deprived winter.
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