A new chat for us We came from over here....... The thread "Show Us Your Cottage Garden & Chat (Dec. 2011 - March 2012)" in Cottage Gardening forum

Hurray! A chat for spring. It is so warm here, it is certainly spring in my garden.

Locked the old thread Cece
And made this a sticky.
Am on iPhone and away for a bit.

Lovely photos!



>Here, the Tulips are starting to open, and the tree frog is back in his house.

That is so funny with the frog peeking out of the birdhouse!

I am surprised to see tulip blooms. Here the tulips don't even have buds yet. I guess I just have to wait.

Great thread. I am still hovering over green things.I will have Pomponette and Sunlover tulips in about 3 weeks.
We are due for cold weather again. Temps in the 50's hat should slow down the asiatic lilies until we are in the "freeze free period"
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My Globemaster alliums are comming up.

There are actually several of the early single varieties of tulip open. My folks brought some of them home from Mackinac Island; I think they were originally growing in the gardens of the Grand Hotel. When there's more than two open I'll post a picture.

But your in zone 5 and I am supposedly in zone 7. Not even any buds yet here and I have single early tulips too as well as Darwin Hybreds and some other types.

Merlin

Pappy George





Bluebells, Tulipa humilis

Leucojum aestivum, Bleeding Hearts

Lilies
......and plenty of healthy weeds!

Lilies coming up are looking really good. I love lilies and have lots. All the flowers are lovely, especially the daffodils.

Thanks, Rita.

Yesterday I stepped back, heard a crunch and I had squashed an emerging Bleeding Heart plant, I had forgotten about. I sure hope it can recover!

I bought a few bare root last Fall from Easy to Grow late in the season.

I have enjoyed all the pictures, what a wonderful sight. Gets me all excited about spring and I have a few things blooming my self. Lots of Hostas coming up, but that's another Forum , Daffodils, My Dogwood is getting ready to bloom, My Cherry Tree is blooming.

Beautiful, Susan! Lovely.

Hostas and all plants are fine in this forum.

We show our gardens en toto here. So feel free to post as you wish.

Thanks Janice. Don't know how to sticky or to lock. Hope I didn't step on any toes, starting the new thread. Just thought it would be easier for some.

All your pictures are wonderfil!!

Not at all, Cece!

I am happy you started this new thread!! Thanks!

Rita, I don't know how this relates between our areas and bloom times, (except that ours is very early this year), but we had no colder than a zone 7 winter this year. My Cardoons survived without cover, and that's not supposed to happen either.

Janice, beautiful! The 5th picture is something I keep trying for, and haven't yet attained...what a full and lovely effect!

Susan, your Cherry is beautiful. Mine is blooming now, too. This is our best year ever for tree blossoms, since the buds didn't get hit with a "late" frost.

Here's the Weeping Higan.

Stunning Higan, Chelle!

Thanks, Springcolor! With such a name, you must have some nice things blooming now?