Just when we were feeling like spring would never come, the weather turned and the snow melted. Always interesting to see what’s been going on under the snow after all those months. When we see those early signs of life it gives us hope that the garden will once again be bursting forth in beauty in no time.
Here’s some of what I saw on a recent walk around the yard.
The daffodils are sprouting…
The azaleas and Judd viburnum are budding…
The Geum “Flames of Passion” I planted last fall greened up almost instantly when the snow started melting away…
The sedums have survived the winter… Here’s Sedum spurium ‘Blaze’…
The Dead Man’s Fingers I had in the yard last year have returned in a new spot. Still looking as odd as ever…
The garlic I planted last fall has already been sprouting. So exciting!
The ever present Creeping Charlie is already creeping :(…
The high flying, but very noisy, Sandhill Cranes are on the move back home…
And lastly, Peggy saw this beautiful snowdrop in her Michigan yard. Definitely a special harbinger of spring.
I had better get moving on my indoor seed planting. I was lulled into thinking spring wasn’t coming!
Have you had signs of spring in your yard?
No spring yet, but I think by April.
I thought spring was here, but then we got 3 inches of snow