My yellow peony is about 5 inches high. My other two - a coral and a chocolate - are still hidden under the bark mulch.
I agree, right now I am about a week behind Michigan. My farmer friends are complaining, they need another week to get most of their fields planted and after today we are supposed to get something like 6 days straight of rain. They would be happier if the rain held off a week.
I think temps next week are supposed to be in the 40's. But yesterday turned out nicer than expected. I dug up Yabba Dabba Do because it looked like it could be rotting even though it is in a very well drained and newer bed. Once I got it dug up it didn't look as bad as I thought, so I stuck one of the fans back in the ground there, then brought the other three in for cleaning, to air dry, and then to transplant in a pot for a couple of months. I may just stick it in the garage for the next week to protect it a bit. It's in a sunny windowsill right now. I have a few others on a "watch" but am hoping they survive without intervention. I think the freezes, dampness & cloudy days have done a number on them. There is a section of one bed that may have had some winter loss, but I haven't gotten in there to really check. I hate to uncover things too much because of the cold weather, yet don't want too much mulch on them that they rot. Hopefully I can get in there later this afternoon and see what is what.
My hyacinths have buds!
And my iris that I lost are all on the west side of the house. My east side of the house bed is doing OK. Winter must just have been too cold for some of them. I am still being patient - some it is obvious are gone, nothing left at all, not even a stem or two. Others "might" make it, I can see a spot o' green on a couple. I am not sure I am going to have much of an iris bloom season this year, at least on the west side bed. On the other hand, more room to plant more iris.....
