Here’s a view of the garden taken from an upstairs window. We have enjoyed a few mild days this week and much of our two feet of snowcover has melted away. It’s amazing how quickly so much snow can disappear after weeks of feeling that it would never go! Even more amazing is how quickly the garden begins to return to life.
Of course, you expect spring bulbs to be pushing up. These are daffodils. But many other plants are already greening up. Here is a sampling from a walk around the newly-released flower beds.
Morningstar Sedge (Carex grayi)
Hart’s Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)
Red Oriental Poppy (Papaver orientale)
Angelina Sedum (Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’)
Columbine sp.
Mountain Lover (Paxistima canbyi )
Tansy (Tanacetum niveum ‘Jackpot’)
Nice as it is to see some greenery, flower buds are even more exciting. Check out the adorable fuzzy buds on this Pasque flower. I hope it will be blooming, as its name suggests it should, for Easter next week.
Pasque flower ( Pulsatilla vulgaris )
The first flower to bloom will be this pink hellabore. A garden blogger who enjoys the milder climate of the west coast once wrote that he couldn’t see the big deal about hellabores. It was clear that he had never waited out several feet of snow for that first bloom! It’s pretty exciting.
Hellebore or Lenten Rose (Helleborus sp.)
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