Just ordered from Brent and Becky's. They ship to Alaska now.

That's awesome Mary Stella! They're one of my favorite sources! What did you order?

Gladiolus:
dwarf San Siro
Bangladesh
Sweet Blue

Looks like I goofed and doubled up on San Siro but that is okay. I got 10% off for the order being over $50

Mary, I'm glad you were able to order from B&B! I've gotten wonderful bulbs from them in the past.

Here's my front garden from today.

Beautiful photos! I especially like the entrance shot.

Wow Annette! Gorgeous! I love the color echo with the camelia, and your entire yard must smell heavenly with all the hyacinths and those jasmines! What is the blooming hedge? Thought azalea at first, but it looks different?

Annette absolutely beautiful

Thanks Gary, Neal, and Ginny!

Neal, the garden does smell heavenly! It starts at the front door with clematis armandii Snowdrift, and the the divine scents of the hyacinths. I'm loving the hyacinth combo of Pink Elephant-pale pink, Fondant-medium pink, and Pink Pearl-fuchsia pink. I'll be adding more of these next year.




The 1st sets of tulips up are Ollioules and Salmon Impression


The muscari are also doing well.


Neal, the pink shrub is a Laurapetalum.

That clematis fooled me! Thought it was jasmine.

Ohhhhhhh! Like out of House and Garden. Sigh. And your house, what I can see of it, is beautiful. Can only imagine what the rest looks like. Someday I really must move to civilization. Like that will ever happen. But I have so many good friends here that it is ALMOST like being there...

It is getting to be that time of year again! Spring!!! So nice to get back in touch with everyone and a new season of blooms.

Annette, your home is absolutely lovely. All your garden beds are so meticulously kept too. I definitely can't say that about mine LOL. I was amazed last year when your bulbs further south were blooming so many weeks ahead of mine, sure gives insight and perspective about how the blooming slowly spreads north.

Here in Northern Virginia, my snowdrops are blooming.

Thanks Terri!

Your snowdrops are beautiful, and in such a wonderful setting with the rock retaining wall and lantern!

The bulbs are blooming weeks ahead of time, it's been so ridiculously warm. It's going down to freezing tonight, so we'll see how the blooms fare.

We have cooler temps coming over the next 2 weeks, and I'm hoping the rate of blooming will be slowing down.

I want a longer bloom season, and I was hoping to see the pink tulips blooming with the Kwanzan cherry trees, which are still presently dormant.

Love the masses of snowdrops Terri!

Galanthus elwessii are blooming here now along with lots of daffodils (typically they bloom somewhat before the daffs), but oddly the G. nivalis flore pleno are only just starting to open.

Annette, much cooler here today too. Yesterday the high was 77*, today's high of 42 was this morning, its dropped to 38* now. I'm also hoping the cooler temps will extend the life of the blooms and slow blooming.

Great drifts of snowdrops!

Mixed Dutch iris.

Avalanche

NOID amaryllis

Baby Boomer. As close as I could get without sprawling on the ground to take a pic.

I'm jealous Kabby

Very nice Kabby!

1st crocus this year -


Also noted a few early daffodils and some aborted hyacinths.


Yesterday, while walking with Plato, spied these about a block south of us, 1st noted spring bulb locally - Aconite




Indoors, I'm swamped in daffodils -

Glad to see your getting some early blooms j! The Aconite is lovely, I wonder if they would do well here?

I have to remember where I planted the early bulbs last fall