Carolina Gardening: What's blooming in March, 1 by TomH3787

TomH3787 wrote:
My columbines have buds but none are blooming yet. I agree w/iris that columbines need good drainage. They also don't like hot, humid weather much. The US natives Aquilegia canadensis (eastern red columbine) and A. chrysantha (Texas gold columbine) do best for me so maybe you should give those a try.

Here's Freesia alba. I got this from Plant Delights last fall and it's been growing in a pot on the deck. Since it's not really hardy here I put it in the garage whenever the temps got below the mid 20's but it wasn't too much trouble. The flowers are very fragrant!