First Sign/s Of 43.0731° N Spring 2025

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

With our Deep Freeze in the Rear View, and a little rain to loosen things up, Bulbs are starting rear their welcome heads; 23 days later than last year.
Hyacinth:

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Jonquil/Narcissus/Daffodil:

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Snow Drops:

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

1st Tulips, coupla weeks later than the last two (2) springs:

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Yesterday tied the record 66°F/18.9°C; it fell back to 48°F/8.9°C today but tomorrow'll warm right back up.

Speaking of tomorrow, I set out/filled most of the Bird Baths today, and the Feathered Friends are frolicking like there ain't gonna be one...

The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

1st Day Of Spring...who you's gonna believe...that there Kukulcán Pyramid at Chichén Itzá in Mexico...or The Gotch's pavers...?

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The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Against all odds (unforgiving, shaded, north-facing, recently frozen raised beds), the ever-tough-as-nails Ligularia Dentata, makes its 2025 appearance:

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Next up, its Leopard Plant -n- The Rocket cousins.

The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Tulips huddle for warmth as winter won't leave go:

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But that doesn't stop Mini-Pineapples, AKA Hyacinths, from forming:

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The Gotch

[Tormato]

1st Day Of Spring...who you's gonna believe...that there Kukulcán Pyramid at Chichén Itzá in Mexico...or The Gotch's pavers...?
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The Gotch

Does Pyramid deliver that chicken pizza? And if so, is it still hot when it gets there?

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Late Crocus:

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Late Scilla:

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1st Hyacinth:

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[Homegrwoninillinois]

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I finally have one! Sorry not wanting to hijack your thread. I was just beyond excited to see one too.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

I finally have one! Sorry not wanting to hijack your thread. I was just beyond excited to see one too.

Let not yer heart be worried; is this late ~late for you's, as well?

The Gotch

[Homegrwoninillinois]

I finally have one! Sorry not wanting to hijack your thread. I was just beyond excited to see one too.

Let not yer heart be worried; is this late ~late for you's, as well?

The Gotch

I am south of you, I cannot recall if it is late. Tulip greens are just above the soil now. The weather seems to be odd this year.

~Sam

[MissS]

Well I'm not too far from @Cornelius_Gotchberg. He 's just down the road a bit but I don't have a single flower in bloom yet. I was in the flower garden today pulling some grass out that keeps spreading around in there and I did come across some crocus that were just starting to break the soil. I have no signs of squill but daffodils are breaking ground and the allium are jumping out.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Well I'm not too far from @Cornelius_Gotchberg. He 's just down the road a bit but I don't have a single flower in bloom yet.

For those keeping score at home, the divine @MissS is @43.0324° N and 67.2 m/108.15kms due east of The Gotch (@43.43.0512° N), which is ding nigh straight line.

The pics are of a south facing bed near the house; other than that, the difference is a head scratcher, to be sure.

Glass half full?

The days are getting longer...in both locations, and each have beau coup rainfall in the forecast!

The Gotch

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

Not the 1st, and certainly not the last:

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Best news I've gotten yet this early Spring: the magnificent Fern Leaf Peony (bequeathed by the divine @MissS in May 2023) which I thought had died; GREAT NEWS that the rumors of its death had been greatly exaggerated!

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And the Hyacinths have burst open; 76°F/24.4°C & balmy'll do that!

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The Gotch

[MissS]

@Cornelius_Gotchberg what made you think that it died?

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

@Cornelius_Gotchberg what made you think that it died?

It went to Dry Sticks in the late Summer, well before everything else.

I can't tell you's how many times I looked at it (when it wasn't covered by snow) and hoped my worst fears wouldn't be confirmed.

The Gotch

[MissS]

@Cornelius_Gotchberg what made you think that it died?

It went to Dry Sticks in the late Summer, well before everything else.

I can't tell you's how many times I looked at it (when it wasn't covered by snow) and hoped my worst fears wouldn't be confirmed.

The Gotch

p. tentiflora (fern-leafed peony) goes dormant early. Usually around the end of July. I just put a pot of flowers on it to cover the bare spot in my garden.

[Cornelius_Gotchberg]

1st Daffodils of the season, photo-bombed by Scilla, Snow Glories, Tulip foliage, and Hyacinths:

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Cut Flower Season, and a house positively filled with the breathtaking fragrance of Hyaciths, commences for the lovely and long suffering Mrs. Gotch:

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