First blooms on that cool fuchsia with lime green edge petunia, what's the name of it Zuzu?
And look at my cute & bright chicken pot, a gift from Zuzu!

Sue, your photography skills get more and more awe inspiring.

The petunia is named 'Pretty Much Picasso.'

I would never have guessed that marmalade was a feral Kitty. Do you have hopes of him becoming tame at all?

He is a sweet-faced darling, isn't he? He'll be tame any day now. Four of the nine ferals are now so tame that I can barely walk through my house. They keep weaving in and out between my feet. After all that time without human contact, they now can't get enough of it. Marmalade came here in the last bunch. They arrived about a month after the rest, so I'm sure they'll be tripping me a month from now.

Ranunculus adding lots of color

This is a beautiful salmon one

Even when opening, this one looks so elegant

Osteospermums are one of my favorite easy-to-grow plants, I collect all different colors. I got this one last year and it's in full bloom now.

This one is by my back door, soft yellow with peach touches

These white nemesias are supposed to be annuals, not here. This is the second winter they have been here and they are in full bloom right now. Seems to be only the white ones that do this for me so far.

'Bill Wallis' geraniums have reseeded everywhere, adding lots of color with their tiny blooms

A vibrant ranunculus

This tall bearded iris just opened today, and by tall, I mean 4 foot at least! It's called 'Honey Scoop', for that odd little scoop petal thing it's got going on there!

2 more blooms on that tiny (under a ft tall) Cocoa Pink dwarf bearded iris

And what do ya know, a rose! This is Cafe.

Fabulous photos, Sue. My Cocoa Pinks are blooming too. I love those dwarf irises.

No roses blooming here yet but I do have Spring bulbs and Forthysia (sp?) in bloom.
My roses are breaking dormancy like crazy....some even leafing out
with the warmest March on record here in Michigan.
Sure enjoying the early warm temps although its quite shocking
to the system to go from winter to 70 - 80º so quickly....
but I like it! I like it!

hehe i like it too. it was above 80 and dh was threatening to turn on the ac.. he wasnt eased into the warmth. i said no ac until july!

the lotus is sending up leaves, and i see buds starting to swell on the roses near the house . they bloom early. daffs are done . helebore are still blooming, bleeding hearts, summer snowflakes, heucheras, soon
zuzu dontcha love the flowering almond. i got a half dead one on the clearence rack at lowes last yr and it looks fab right now. i just cant wait for the iris explosion. shouldnt be long with these warm temps.

I do love the flowering almond, Dana, but it spreads like crazy. For a while, I was cutting off the suckers and planting them in other parts of the garden, but now I have six or seven huge shrubs that keep getting bigger and bigger. They're too pretty to dig up and toss, though.

How funny that you're in the 70-80 range, CR and Dana, and I'm in the 40s and 50s here in sunny California. It still hasn't stopped raining. It's terrible for the fruit trees. The plums and pears bloomed, but the rain knocked all the blossoms off, so now there'll be no fruit.

It hasn't consistantly been that high...
just days here and there.
Today its in the 50's and raining, which we really need.
We are very dry!