Purple crocus buds showing this evening. about 3 plants of I.reticulata 'Harmony' trying to do the same. I haven't been out there, but John walks the garden as being inside drives him nuts. He too a tarp full of leaves down the hill into the woods today. He a a depression he calls the 'gravel pit' to fill with same. It was full of water earlier in the month, but ground is thawing so water is receeding.
