Not many perennials have emerged yet. Even the natives which I grow are missing. The only ones blooming are Scilla and my double bloodroot. I have yet to see any echinacea,columbine, uvularia,trillium or wood poppies. It was a very warn windy day today. The soil is nice and moist but a good rain would be beneficial.

LorettaNJ said:Longk, you make me sorry I passed on polemonium yesterday, such a nice blue!

Never pass on Polemoniums! They're not fancy or rare but they are nice infillers that are super easy to grow and tough as old boots as well.

LorettaNJ said:Longk, you make me sorry I passed on polemonium yesterday, such a nice blue!
Jackie, some of my favorites, columbine and roses! Bluebird is a really nice one.

Thanks, Loretta - someone said that if you have differently colored columbines, they'll all end up the same color, so I am certainly enjoying the contrast of the red vs. blue

My yarrow is having an early start


Salvia Purple Knockout is blooming as well


My dianthuses or is it dianthi (?? ) are blooming but I didn't get snaps with the "real" camera - I'll take some tomorrow.

Jackie, I never get seedlings that look anything like the songbird series. Those types usually die out after the third season here. The smaller flowered varieties do reseed but they seem to keep their colors.
Jackie nice photo of the yarrow!

Thanks, Loretta -- it's hard to take clear pictures while crouching (or without a tripod) so I delete many as I 'approve/ditch' my photos

I hope I have the ones that come back the same. I am letting a couple seed pods mature but not sure if they even grow true from seed. These are my first and only ones. Excited because the Bluebird is going to bloom again!

Loving the blooms

Vestia foetida............
Vestia foetida by longk48, on Flickr

These smell amazing


Camelot Cream Foxglove


Dianthus Super Trouper 'Butterfly Dark Red' (more amazing smells!)


Dianthus Pop Star (another spicy fragrant dianthus!!)

A few days in the 80's have really made things grow. The ephemerals are starting to arrive in numbers along with tons of daffodils and tulips.

The Lewisia are really getting going now..........
Lewisia by longk48, on Flickr

Lewisia by longk48, on Flickr

Lewisia by longk48, on Flickr

Polemonium caeruleum..............
Polemonium caeruleum by longk48, on Flickr

Ajuga................
Ajuga by longk48, on Flickr

Iris germanica................
Iris germanica by longk48, on Flickr

Geranium phaeum.............
Geranium phaeum by longk48, on Flickr

Alstroemeria 'Inticancha'.............
Alstroemeria 'Inticancha' by longk48, on Flickr

Gorgeous Your pictures are amazing Long

Beautiful blooms Long, Jackie and Ginny.
Some of mine that has started to come out of their shell.

Gorgeous Mike I was afraid my Hellebore was too late to bloom this year since it just came up a short time ago - I'm holding out some hope I'll get blooms I love your different daffodils. Hope you are adding them to the database! and the trillium too! Will it bloom the yellow like mine?

Prairie Fire Crabapple this morning:

Each day is better! The last few days of 80+ temps have really made the trees and shrubs leaf out and some are starting to bloom. Raining today so expecting the green to truly be lush in the the following days.

Legalily said:Gorgeous Your pictures are amazing Long

Thank you

Ginny love the Crabapple tree.
In answer to your question, this is what my trillium look like in bloom
https://www.google.com/search?...:

Not that lush yet