Cherry hill

Top hat.

Lots of peonies starting to come up .

So pretty Ruthanna!

THanks for starting the thread, Ruthana! It's looking like your peonies are taking off! They will grow fast with warmer temps.

Here are some pics for comparison of what 4 days of growth and change looks like for the same bed and plant.

4/1

4/4


4/1 Golden Angel

4/4


Some other signs of spring - lots of daffs blooming right now

Karen and Ruthanna, you are way ahead of me. Today is so cold and gloomy that even Crocuses have refused to open their flowers. Thunders woke me up last night and brought really cold weather. I can hear another thunderstorm approaching. The sky has turned dark fifteen minutes ago

Rose heart

Abalone pearl

These 2 are putting on the most growth and look the best right now

Wow, Karen. You really under-planted TPs with daffodils. How long have they been together and did you notice anything when they are planted together in the long term?

The garden comparison photos are great, Karen. I always think that I can see a difference between the morning and
Afternoon in my garden.
I love your daffodils!

Ruthanna, your peonies are looking great hopefully you will have flowers in a few weeks.

Thanks, Alex and LG. Alex, the daffodils don't seem to bother the peonies much. Tree roots from fruit and flowering trees nearby do affect the peonies by causing buds to abort. But less peony buds get aborted if I apply fertilizer generously.

Ruthanna, my Roseheart looks about the same as yours.

Only happy Crocuses here. I have been planting Crocuses for at least ten years and fighting the squirrels I still don't have as many Crocuses as I would like to have, but I can see light at the end of the tunnel






Little Pulmonaria Red Start opened its first flower today:

So cheerful, Jasmin!

Thank you, Anya. You cannot imagine how many tricks I tried to save Crocuses from squirrels. In the end, I figured out that stone and/or heavy wood and brush over the newly planted bulbs physically prevent the squirrels to dig and eat the bulbs. In spring, I remove the stones and wood. That's how I managed to save some Crocuses. I will plant more of them this fall

Crocuses are really so cheery!

Thanks for sharing.

Here are my Spanish bluebells. The rabbits normally eat them to the ground.

So glad to see your garden is showing blooms, Jasmin. The crocuses are such great spring flowers.

Spanish bluebells are so pretty. I love to pick them for the vase but unfortunately they don't last long in the vase.

Good to know, Karen! I haven't ever picked mine.

Mieko2 said: Good to know, Karen! I haven't ever picked mine.

Yes, they wilt the following day if you use flowering food.

Here are a couple hellebores I bought from Klehm's s number of years ago, when they had more colors and forms than any place I ever knew. I fell in love with them blooming on one of our local plant society's spring buying g tours. How I miss those!

A tree peony bud emerging. The warm weather has advanced things a bit. Hopefully not too fast because the cold will come again. Hopefully not too old though.

Jasmin, Rizzo & LG what nice spring colors. They really pop!

Tracey, I just love hellebores. They are so expensive at the garden centers now!

Your buds look great!

We have some crazy weather here in southern Ontario Tracy love your hellebore.

Oh, that Oscar's famous black Helleborus Do we know its name?

A beautiful day here, 27C (81F). I am supposed to work and write in the house, but I just cannot help myself; I have to go outside.
Planning flower succession pays off, so far Crocuses are finishing but little Scialla sibericas are popping everywhere


And Puschinia albas; I will have to plant more of these in the fall


Here are the small bulbs from the front garden. I definitely need to plant more Puschinias. In the upper right corner is my Helleborus Orientalis seedling. People say that Hellebore seedlings do not turn pretty; they usually pick up the worst qualities from their parents. This one surprised me with a bud this spring. We will know what this little plant inherited from its parents in a couple of days


The herbaceous NOID that I call White Lady emerged today


Hoki is looking good, so far


So is Necklace with Precious Pearls I didn't expect her to have buds this year because it was totally covered and shaded by a Clematis last year. I am pleasantly surprised by a bud Hopefully, this will be her first bud in my garden


And Colourful Butterfly has a bud Love this one Both Necklace and Butterfly are "caged" because they are still small; that is, God forbid , raccoons or dogs can destroy them in a second.

It's looks great Jasmin. Those little bulbs really bring bits of color that is needed.

Nice to have good buds on those woodies. That black Hellebore of Oscar's is AMAZING. It's the darkest I've ever seen.