I know our far southern members see quite a bit more these days but this was a huge surprise for me today... Both for timing and the fact that the squirrels actually missed some last year!

Lovely! I get so excited when I get the first bloom in the garden. Maybe sometime in March for me. Could be a snowdrop, crocus or Siberian iris, I never know what will bloom first.

Native violets out now. It was almost 80 today. Can't last though

Even though we were back down to 30 degrees for the high today, The were five crocus in flower! Daffs are up about 5 inches, and I'm seeing flower buds amongst the Hyacinth leaves. Why do we get so giddy over stuff that happens every year? 😁

Literally just saw these today.

Those are very pretty. What kind of bush are they?

Thanks everyone for the day-brightener. I really needed that.
Absolutely nothing going on here, we are sleeping deeply.

Everything is going here. Wild Carolina jessamine is blooming everywhere on the roadside

Chickasaw Plum trees are covered in blooms (and bees!)







Milkweed is busting out

These little red shrimp plants are all volunteers, they blew into the yard with the hurricanes of 2004 and have been here ever since. Blooming now

My Chickasaw is blooming along with a few blueberries and nanking cherries

Dirtmechanic said:


Literally just saw these today.

Gorgeous! I have two tiny Daphne and they've just now bloomed. They're beautiful and so fragrant!!

First snake outdoors. It was 89F here today, they are awake. This is just a little sweet 3-3.5 ft rat snake looking for a snack. Hope he eats the mice in the garage that ate the electrical wiring in my car

This was the sight out my door yesterday pre-dawn. But today it warmed to 42 degrees, the snow melted a little and a southern wind blew. Today, even though it's aways off for us, I could smell spring in the air.

Gina outdoors? How many indoors?

I have one (a BIG one) that lives in my greenhouse, which kinda counts as indoors even though people on the houseplant forum disagree with me I have been seeing him a lot lately, big Black Racer

I follow but don't participate in some of the tropical threads. I was aware of your "pet" lol

Yeah but guess what? I was out in the greenhouse today, working around my stream, and who should I almost step on?? Probably this very same rat snake. If he had been a rattlesnake, I'd be in the hospital right now. I think he came over from the breezeway and went into the greenhouse. I told him, be careful, there's a big black racer in here bigger than you, who will challenge you for territory. He didn;t look up, just slithered off into the alocasias

New leaf came out on one of my Heliconia zebrina 'Inca' plants. They are quite a bit happier now that they are in the ground and out of pots

It's official!!! Spring has sprung!

Hold on now....we are supposed to have a night of 34F midweek next week, so you will most likely be colder....not quite sprung yet!