As winter wanes, and hints of spring start to appear, its the sweet little blooms of Crocus that warm our hearts, reminding us cold days are soon to end. Any other time of year, those tiny gems could be easily missed, but among the brown and gray in the landscape those little blooms sparkle. As those first blooms arrive, lets share our pics!

Neal, You made my day with this PIC, I know I still have a few week's, but this tell's me spring IS heading my way:)

Well, I cheated and used a pic from last year, LOL. But I do see lots of Crocus emerging and it won't be long now. Last year I had some blooming by the end of January- looking like it will be Valentines Day or after before I see any this year. Even my Helebores are waiting to bud this year, which I'm glad to see because the last couple of years the blooms have been injured by extreme cold.

You got me, but I will get over it, you will be posting 2010 blooms soon, that will have to do for now:)

Neal, Those are so beautiful. My crocus foliage has been up for several weeks. But tonight everything is getting buried under loads of snow. I also love your personal photo.

Storm, Weeks, I better go take a look, I may have some up!

I love the brilliant color of these Golden Giants. Of course now they just got buried under 2 feet of snow.

These were some of the first to come up.

King of the Striped

Flower Record

unknown smaller species

Jeanne d'Arc

Great! I like the striped one.

Pure spring joy!

2010 pic

2010 pic

What are the blue ones? They look like Irises!

Sweet little Iris reticulata is what those are- aren't they precious!

Yes, they are! I didn't know there were Iris that small (correct, I know nothing about Irises)

Oh, you should definitely try some, they're cheap, increase well, and are such a great one for early color. Bunnies and voles find them tasty, but otherwise they're quite trouble free.