Spring Bulbs - What's Blooming? II

NIce Tommies, clay - I like the bluish ones.

Have never tried Winter Aconite, Neal -I like yellows and that is another unusual bulb I need to check out. I wonder how it would grow here - only one way to find out! I am putting that on my list with Chionodoxa.

Thanks Taammy - it is interesting to see the progression of things - though I would think Hemo would be a little ahead of Neal and Clay! Oh well, it is interesting to watch the northward progression of the blooms and in another month you'll all be going crazy with flowers.

Not too much new here today though I did have some new tulips opening - not sure what variety:

Wooohooo, 60'ish in Pa. We're experiencing Indian summer down South. I've these yellow Tulips among others.

Oh and then there's this - I THINK it as a bonus sent by Easy-to-Grow with my species tulip order- I think it is Ranunculus, possibly some kind of Anemone, can't remember and the leaves on those are similar - whatever it is, it's sporting buds and I just hope it doesn't end up that I have been cultivating a week all winter long as it's had foliage for a couple of months now! LOL

Wow Kim, beautiful tulip display - we're having the same warm weather that you are - was really muggy yesterday and felt like it was going to rain - supposed to rain Monday through Wednesday and we really need it.

Nice little daffodil blooming today

At least up north you all have nice green grass as soon as your bulbs start blooming! Here in the south we have to make due with either Bermuda or St Augustine, neither of which even comes out of dormancy until April so Kim and I have brown lawns to complement our nice flowers! LOL

Oh Steve, that's Ranunculus! I love those! They just won't grow here. Any time I've tried them, about the time they start blooming the weather heats up and they melt. Since those are already budding, I bet you'll see a nice display before the heat moves in. Anxiously awaiting those pics!

Yes, those ranuculus are lovely, they did real well here in my garden one year. I've forgotten to plant them these past couple years. Ooooh, those flowers are like rose blossoms on tender stems. They're going to be stunning. Those are annual here.

Thanks Neal for the confirmation :-)

Kim,

I have had them return for me but not strongly. I know they do not like cold weather and are regarded as zone 8 and higher so we're kind of borderline. Like Neal says they aren't crazy about significant heat either, so that knowcks us out of the running. Like you I do not consider them a "perennial".

Dahlias are a huge source of frustration for me as they DO return each year and develop these massive clumps - but look really ratty in the summer as that is another plant group that does not like significant heat....they burn and wilt horribly even if given a lot of water. They can actually look nice into the fall if I can endure a really rough looking plant through the summer, LOL.

Here is an unknown narcissus in bloom today

And a group of tulips

Steve: I find that I have to deadhead my dahlias religiously during the summer to keep them looking good and even then, they burn some, but they're worth it, I think.

I didn't realize Dahlias sulked so badly there. It must be the duration of the high temps? Our worst is usually just a few weeks around August, but the Dahlias hold up pretty well, and are gorgeous again in September. They actually endured drought quite well last year.

Narcissus Trevithian

and it smells sweet.

This Daffs. bed was planted back on 2001 (I've moved couple years later). The wonderful flowers are on autopilot years after years since the current owner hardly there to tend to them. No wonder, many are being used as naturalizers in the South. Oh, crocus too in lawns and such.

WOWSER things are just booming now. The colour waves are incredible. This is a good site for more heat tolerant dahlias (if you haven't already seen it) http://www.dahliasocietyofgeorgia.com/Dahlias%20That%20Grow%20Well%20in%20the%20South.htm

Snowing here in Vt. Love the show. Lily_love, wonderful spot, how could you leave it!

Gemini_sage, I do have lots of snow crocus planted but they don't appear for me until mid March or later. Sadly, I don't ever get them sooner. Love the Tommies. But I never planted a thousand of them. That must be spectacular. Patti

Patti, we were tired of the old place. So we just moved next door, yes next door to get a little more planting room. :-)

That makes total sense now, plus you get to still see all your old bulbs blooming. Patti

well guys, compared to last spring i dont have much to post, but here is what i have going on right now.

tracie

my first little iris.

thalia

i think this might be Pink Charm, but i am not 100% sure, everything that i have left got planted where ever i could find a spot for it.

not bulbs, but here is a shot of color! has actually been blooming a little all winter, but has really took off in the last few weeks.

Hardy Verbena

I planted a bunch of bulbs last fall, species tulips, some narcissus and many tommies. Two tulips came up but were weak and floppy, many of the narcissus came up in several varieties, but not a tommie in sight. I thought I read that the tommies would be squirrel resistant. Am I mistaken? I had a ton of squirrels over the winter and in fact I'm amazed that any of my bulbs survived them.

Sarah

One of my Hyacinth beds.

Top Hit, Amsterdam, Rosette, Ostara, Yellow Queen

Tracie: That Thalia is quite lovely. Must add that one this fall.

Angie

WELL Kim it's a good thing you only moved next door - I was wondering how you kept taking all of those pics of your old house if you'd "moved", LOL.

BTW nice setting of your daffodils with the lake background.

Aggie, I would say you had some things to show after you move. I am seeing those little white iris all over the place in this area, including my neighbor's yard. I have some TB Iris and Dutch iris and both will not bloom until around April 1st. I really like the "Thalia" as well, though have never grown it.

Wonderful hyacinth combination again, Chris. I love yellow queen - seems much "yellower" than City of Haarlem.

Here is N. "Curly Lace" - I love this one.

I luv that one too Steve. Does it naturalize well?

I think this is "Suzy".

Dahlia, this is my first year with it but it is a Jonquilla div. 7 daff so yes I would expect it to naturalize very well. It is a good narcissus for the south....same family as Quail, Hillstar, Golden Echo, etc.

Some tulips

Not sure what this is

More tulips

Daffodils

Better picture of "Bella Estrella" open wide ...

Those are all so gorgeous!!!

two daff's looking pretty..

Those are pretty, beahive

Pink Impression tulips

Steve, not only we seem to grow the same flowers, we used the same material to border our flower beds.....

Well Kim, it is kismet - LOL

^_^

What is that beautiful tree/shrub with the blossoms?

My first bud opened.
Giant snow drop! Zone 5a IL

Yeah!

Here's a collage of my first blooms of the spring. (I cheated with the cyclamen -
it bloomed in my greenhouse).