It is Garden Blogger's Bloom Day again! On the 15th of each month, we gardeners around the world with blogs share a few flower photos from our gardens.
Here in the Mid-Atlantic USA (USDA zone 7) on the DC-MD border, we had had a very harsh winter. January was our coldest and snowiest in years. We had a tantalizing taste of a few warm days and we are back now to the typical March of cycles of cold temps and blustery winds followed by glimpses of spring. Today is a lovely spring-like day.
Blooming in my garden today, I have Winter Jasmine, Witch Hazels, Heather, and Hellebores. The Forsythia flowers are opening and the buds on my Flowering Plum are just about ready to burst. Early bulbs flowering now include Snowdrops, Crocus, Winter Aconite, and early-season Daffodils like 'Tete-a-Tete' and 'February Gold'. In outside containers, I have Primroses, Alyssum, and Pansies.
The Saucer Magnolia (pictured above) is looking particularly lovely. The early blooms that opened on it last week got zapped by ice and snow over the weekend, turning them to brown rags, but those flowers still in bud at that point are opening up just fine now.
Be sure to follow @WDCgardener on Instagram for daily pics of what is blooming in my garden and other area gardens that we visit.
So what is blooming today in YOUR garden?
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHappy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!
Thank you and you too! :-)
DeleteHi Kathy, that is a really lovely Magnolia — I need more Magnolias! I'm glad someone else thought it was a particularly long, cold winter. — jw
ReplyDeleteThanks, John. Yes, never too many magnolias :-)
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