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: Jonquil/Narcissus/Daffodil: Snow Drops: The Gotch

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

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...

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

Against all odds (unforgiving, shaded, north-facing, recently frozen raised beds), the ever-tough-as-nails Ligularia Dentata, makes its 2025 appearance: Next up, its Leopard Plant -n- The Rocket cousins.

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Tulips huddle for warmth as winter won't leave go: But that doesn't stop Mini-Pineapples, AKA Hyacinths, from forming: The Gotch

Cornelius_Gotchberg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 5:14 pm 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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Does Pyramid deliver that chicken pizza? And if so, is it still hot when it gets there?

Late Crocus: Late Scilla: 1st Hyacinth: The Gotch

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

Homegrwoninillinois wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:43 pmI 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

Cornelius_Gotchberg wrote: ↑Thu Mar 27, 2025 5:51 am

Homegrwoninillinois wrote: ↑Wed Mar 26, 2025 10:43 pmI 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

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.

MissS wrote: ↑Thu Mar 27, 2025 6:30 pmWell 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

Not the 1st, and certainly not the last: 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! And the Hyacinths have burst open; 76°F/24.4°C & balmy'll do that! The Gotch

@Cornelius_Gotchberg what made you think that it died?

MissS wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 4:20 pm @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

Cornelius_Gotchberg wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 5:16 pm

MissS wrote: ↑Fri Mar 28, 2025 4:20 pm @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.

1st Daffodils of the season, photo-bombed by Scilla, Snow Glories, Tulip foliage, and Hyacinths: Cut Flower Season, and a house positively filled with the breathtaking fragrance of Hyaciths, commences for the lovely and long suffering Mrs. Gotch: The Gotch