It's been some time since I've participated in Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, started and hosted by Carol Michel of May Dreams Gardens. But with us having one of the earliest springs I can ever remember, with so many lovely things blooming in the garden already, I just had to share them this month.
Our Little Acre is situated in USDA Zone 5b, surrounded by 6a, here in Northwest Ohio. Why we're in this little cold pocket, I haven't a clue, but my gardening experience has taught me that we can't reliably grow plants that are rated for Zone 6a, even if those around us can.
Now, on with the show!
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| Crocus, with an early pollinator! |
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| Crocus |
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| Crocus Crocus sieboldii 'Tricolor' |
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| Crocus Crocus chrysanthus 'Prins Claus' |
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| Crocus Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Giant' |
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| Hellebore Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Lady' |
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| Hellebore Helleborus x hybridus 'Red Lady' |
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| Hellebore Helleborus x hybridus 'Pippa's Purple' |
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| Hellebore Helleborus 'Ivory Prince' |
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| Hellebore Helleborus xericsmithii 'Winter's Bliss' |
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| Reticulated iris Iris reticulata 'Harmony' |
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| Reticulated iris Iris reticulata 'Spring Time' |
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| Japanese Andromeda or Japanese Lily-of-the-Valley Pieris japonica 'Passion Frost' |
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| Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis |
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| Winter Aconite Eranthis hyemalis |
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| Cornelian cherry Cornus mas |
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| Cornelian cherry Cornus mas |
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| Crocus Crocus chrysanthus var. fuscotinctus |
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| Snowdrops Galanthus nivalis 'Flore Pleno' |
It will be just a few days before a few other things are also blooming, including the first daffodil...
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| Daffodil Narcissus 'Jetfire' |
. . . and one of the lungworts . . .
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| Lungwort Pulmonaria longifolia 'Raspberry Splash' |
These unusually early warm days have caused plants to emerge so fast you could probably grab a chair and plop yourself down in it and watch them grow. We always long for these days, when winter has worn out its welcome, but now that they're here, we wish they'd slow down a bit. These joyous first days when spring begins to show color just zip by too fast.
"Bejeweled"
3 comments:
I love to see all that spring in your garden! Nothing blooming here yet, but at least some signs of life. Ironically we are also in zone 5b, although surrounded by zone 5a, but things will spring here later than further inland where they are on the cusp of 4b. Go figure.
Spring has sprung in your garden Kylee. These early blooms are fab.
It's so odd to me how the microclimates form, with you in zone 5B while surrounded by 6A. I've always found it odd that I moved here from the southern suburbs of Detroit, where it was zone 6B, and while the seasons seems a bit more advanced here in Columbus, I'm still in zone 6B. I can never figure it out!
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