I somehow lost this thread & had to go hunting for it. I took this on March 1st. This is the first chance I've had to post it. I have plenty of jonquils up but these are the only ones blooming so far.



We had such a weird fall & winter. Fall didn't exist at all and winter came very, very late. On Christmas our temp. was a whopping 85.5 which is highly unusual for here.

Those look like Erlicheer, Ann. They look like little gardenias!

Yes, Earlicheer. They smell like BIG gardenias. YUM!

I have no idea what's going to happen with any of my jonquils this year. My Geranium bulbs were up early but as yet there is no sign of any bloom stalks. Last year they were blooming on March 2nd. I have Tete-A-Tete both out front & out back. The ones out back are up way earlier than ever before yet the ones out front are still hiding. No sign of blooms yet on the ones out back. My Sweetness are up - no sign of blooms yet. Last year they were blooming March 18th. The species daffs, Narcissus jonquilla are up but no sign of bloom starts - last year they began blooming March 17th. Everything is whacky! It's a coin toss as to what's going to happen.

Beautiful blooms dirt and Ann! I'm so happy to see all of the beautiful blooming bulbs.

Here are a few blooms from my garden this afternoon.

N. Ice King


N. Cum Laude


Ice Follies


N. Tete-aTete



The tulips under the Kwanzan Cherry trees are starting to bloom.


H. City of Haarlem


Random blooms

Beautiful Annette! I bet it smells pretty wonderful around your house with all those blooms.

Thanks Kabby! The scent from the hyacinth is wonderful!

Well it wasn't me that said it, but I was thinking about it! In my forced pots, the hyacinths, the tulips and daffs all vie for me to sniff them. I don't have to lean up close for the hyacinths that's for sure. As beautiful as all the flowers are, I had to enlarge the photo with the garden art in it. I LOVE the peacock!

Y'all are sharing such pretty pics of your-alls spring bulbs

I admire them and wonder what's wrong with MY spring bulbs!! So far, I've got THREE crocus and a lot of green tips. All I'm seeing so far is mostly teasing green tips; most of the daffys in my spring bulb garden aren't even THAT much! (The pic by my name is Spring 2015.) Since they're mid-season bloomers, maybe they just hit the snooze alarm?!?! I wonder, would taking a shovel and beating on the earth over their heads wake them up. . . . or just give them a headache??

Beautiful everyone ..

Oops Kabby😳 ! Guess that should have been thanks to Ann!

Thanks to BetNC and Shannon as well ! Bet, please don't beat the bulbs, I'm sure yours will be blooming soon.

Don't fret... Bet. I'm doing it enough for any 3 people. Daffs Quail and Minnow aren't even breaking the earth yet. I have 2 plantings of Sun Disc that better bloom or I'm going to pitch a hissy fit. Now I'm afraid I watered the perennials and annuals too much last summer and rotted my bulbs. I think I should be seeing some lily foliage. I I I ... Peace out Kabs, gardening is supposed to be relaxing.

Shannon what kind of bulbs will we be seeing from you?

My Geranium. Not a single sign of bloom stalks.


These are NOID's - same size blooms as Earlicheer. These were here when we bought the place. Very fragrant. Reliable.

WOW! That NOID is AMAZING!!!

I see one bloom stalk topped with about seven gorgeous blooms. . . .AND you say it's FRAGRANT, too?!?!?!/ I wish you knew what it was: I'd definately getr me some!!

It is a pretty little thing Bet and just as agreeable as can be. I moved them in the middle of the blazing summer last year. They went from 1 spot that had no water availability but was going to get mowed down, to another spot with no water availability and blazing sun but where they can naturalize. I separated them when I moved them as they had been one big clump. They seem to have taken to the new location like ducks to water and are blooming right on time. The lady who gardened here never marked the name of anything so I have lots of NOID's.

Ann, I wonder if your noid is Avalanche? Sure looks like it- lovely! That's one that doesn't perform well here- they require so little chill time they always try to grow during warm spells of winter only to get frozen to mush.

Daffs can sometimes do puzzling things. Your non blooming Geranium reminds me of what happened here with Topolino, a miniature trumpet. They bloomed as expected the first spring, but the 2nd I only saw 1 bloom from 10 bulbs. Now they're in full bloom and look beautiful! I have no clue what the problem was. The only cause I can think of is if I let neighboring plants completely shade the leaves when they needed sun, I just can't recall that happening there....Oh well, glad they're back

Don't want to scare anyone, but when daffodil foliage fails to emerge or groves spindly and grass like foliage with no flowers it can be worth checking for holes near the basal plate on the bulbs. The narcissus bulb fly likes to enter there. When spring comes it exits and pupates in the soil. We had this pest for years here and I only discovered it when accidentally stepping on a bulb one autumn and a big larvae popped out. The bulbs will go soft as the larvae eats away but they will usually not rot. Always blamed poor blooming of the daffs here on the sandy soil, but even though this pest is hardly ever mentioned here in Sweden as far as I know, it undoubtedly is here.

Also my thought is that if the spring is hot and dry, some species may not have time to grow a big enough bulb to bloom the following year. I suspect this could be a problem for some species in some areas of the US.

gemini_sage said:Ann, I wonder if your noid is Avalanche? Sure looks like it- lovely! That's one that doesn't perform well here- they require so little chill time they always try to grow during warm spells of winter only to get frozen to mush.

Daffs can sometimes do puzzling things. Your non blooming Geranium reminds me of what happened here with Topolino, a miniature trumpet. They bloomed as expected the first spring, but the 2nd I only saw 1 bloom from 10 bulbs. Now they're in full bloom and look beautiful! I have no clue what the problem was. The only cause I can think of is if I let neighboring plants completely shade the leaves when they needed sun, I just can't recall that happening there....Oh well, glad they're back

You nailed it Neal! Avalanche it is! I was just out looking at them, bent down to that luscious fragrance and counted. Between open blooms & buds yet to open.....I counted 16. It came to my mind "the seventeen sisters". I came back in here to look it up & found your post.
I actually got some of these bulbs from Van Englen but they didn't do anything at all. They have disappeared. So it turns out I have them anyway!

Thanks for the information William. I've never noticed or looked for it, but it's here.

William said:Don't want to scare anyone, but when daffodil foliage fails to emerge or groves spindly and grass like foliage with no flowers it can be worth checking for holes near the basal plate on the bulbs. The narcissus bulb fly likes to enter there. When spring comes it exits and pupates in the soil. We had this pest for years here and I only discovered it when accidentally stepping on a bulb one autumn and a big larvae popped out. The bulbs will go soft as the larvae eats away but they will usually not rot. Always blamed poor blooming of the daffs here on the sandy soil, but even though this pest is hardly ever mentioned here in Sweden as far as I know, it undoubtedly is here.

Also my thought is that if the spring is hot and dry, some species may not have time to grow a big enough bulb to bloom the following year. I suspect this could be a problem for some species in some areas of the US.

Thank you William. Is there anything can be done about the bulb fly?

I love your Avalanche @flaflwrgrl Ann ..

I did manage to plant a few blubs from Brent & Becky's .. so far I have some yellow crocus and some 2" tall daff leaves that were not there in the am but were up by lunchtime And there is I think daffs coming up by my truck that
were here so who knows what they are and a bunch of daffs I sved from a burn house

Love seeing everyone's pictures Thank you