Yours is so full and beautiful.
Thanks for the pix.

Nice to see some colour. We have snow too.

These are first year bulbs and the deer (or rabbits) have been eating some [or parts] of them ... but.... the ones that have bloomed smell divine and there are more coming up (hopefully more pink ones!).

Covering them up with a cardboard box nightly has been the only thing that's kept them from being someone's snack (the spots on the leaves is the deer repellent we use with some degree of success..... )

Spring has sprung

Yes -- and, apparently, the Daffodils didn't get the memo

I have a clump like that too. I'm told it helps to move them, so I'll try that and maybe also give them a good dose of bonemeal.

3 came up last year and 2 flowered (I planted them late) , so when I saw the mass of flowers, I thought -- certainly they'll all bloom.....

2017:

Give them some more time. I've often seen the leaves come up well ahead of the bloom stalk.

I love that little crocus, Jackie. Is that tricolor? I have some crocus blooming but it is under the snow and nibbled on by rabbits so I didn't take photos this year. But I do have a few things that I caught before 2 feet of snow came down on us.
There is Winter Jasmine. A few honey bees were on them but I wasn't sure if they were getting anything or not. They prefered other flowers such as witch hazel and snow drops.





This one is Arnold's Promise which perfumes the whole yard.

Here it is during the storm. That blush of yellow on the mid right edge. The plant was bent all the way down but it made it through.

LorettaNJ said:I love that little crocus, Jackie. Is that tricolor? I have some crocus blooming but it is under the snow and nibbled on by rabbits so I didn't take photos this year. But I do have a few things that I caught before 2 feet of snow came down on us.
There is Winter Jasmine. A few honey bees were on them but I wasn't sure if they were getting anything or not. They prefered other flowers such as witch hazel and snow drops.

This one is Arnold's Promise which perfumes the whole yard.

Here it is during the storm. That blush of yellow on the mid right edge. The plant was bent all the way down but it made it through.

Yes, it is tricolor! I was thinking about harvesting saffron! but my biggest struggle has been keeping them from the critters!

Your blooms are gorgeous!!

Beautiful Loretta

Oooh and I am also very tempted to find a Witch Hazel plant!!!!! They are beautiful and I didn't realize they were fragrant!

Jackie, can you get saffron from Tricolor? I thought saffron was harvested from Crocus sativus which blooms in fall (not Colchicum autumnale which may be poisonous). I did buy that once but forgot what it was - so no saffron for me. But it would make sense you can get something from other crocuses?
And thank you Ginny and Jackie! Jackie, some witch hazels are fragrant. I also have Diane which is not known to be fragrant. Even so, some years one side of the tree may be fragrant and the other not, some years nothing at all. I highly recommend them if you have room. They really start the season early for you.

If you have the room get one. Also many of them have great Fall color.

LorettaNJ said:Jackie, can you get saffron from Tricolor? I thought saffron was harvested from Crocus sativus which blooms in fall (not Colchicum autumnale which may be poisonous). I did buy that once but forgot what it was - so no saffron for me. But it would make sense you can get something from other crocuses?
And thank you Ginny and Jackie! Jackie, some witch hazels are fragrant. I also have Diane which is not known to be fragrant. Even so, some years one side of the tree may be fragrant and the other not, some years nothing at all. I highly recommend them if you have room. They really start the season early for you.

• Witch Hazel (Hamamelis 'Diane')
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You are completely correct, Loretta; thanks for the heads up. I'll chalk it up to reading up on crocuses too quickly.

Good to know about Diane -- I would definitely be interested in the fragrant varieties Can you harvest any of the plant to make the witch hazel astringent that I buy at the store?

Bob, Fall color is why I keep my Jelena.
Great copper reds in the fall.

A bit cheaty as this Lewisia was a division last summer so I kept it in an unheated greenhouse over the winter but it is in bloom now...............
Lewisia by longk48, on Flickr

What a beautiful dainty flower