Northeast Gardening: Less than 30 days now!! Spring is around the corner!, 1 by DonnieBrook

DonnieBrook wrote:
HAPPY SPRING, ALL MY FRIENDS!!!!!! I can feel your excitement, and I'm feeling it here too. You'd think I wouldn't find it so exciting since I've had my hands in the dirt (and mulch today!) for months, BUT, just the idea that my northern friends are finally getting some gardening hope makes me excited for you all!

Today was actually quite an exciting day, gardening-wise and "spring-wise" here too. First, on our morning walk, we were surrounded by a huge flock of hundreds of migratory cedar wax-wings. I'd have given anything to have my camera handy. They were all over 2 cuban laurel trees just above our heads.....beautiful!! Plus - my dwarf (not really) patio Meyer Lemon finally has its first flowers on it after a whole year without any! AND, my second bottle brush tree that was practically dead after being knocked over in a storm in the fall is LOADED with beautiful red blooms! Thirdly, my yellow mandevilla vines finally have their first blooms following my "extreme" pruning when we arrived in October. Finally, my yellow elder has its first bloom as well. You can just feel the excitement in the air here. Oh yeah.....one last exciting update, both of my orchids are about to pop with their blooms. It must be getting near Easter time!!!

Here's a shot of my "Fort Myers" hibiscus blooming today.....Happy Spring!!!!!