Montana Aureomarginata are my early birds.

Lots of eyes here,Shade! montana Aureo is 6 inches out of the ground and many others,especially the fragrant ones,and Undulatas. Most of my other early emerging ones are up also,like Stiletto,Leola Fraim,Sum and Sub,and some sports of s&s. Also Sagae,and Clifford's Forest Fire. Phil

I haven't peeked under too many leaves, but I did see June coming up, and a few other assorted eyes looking at me when I was hunting for space to plant some companionables. Plantaganea is up about an inch, so is Blue Angel, and a pair of Patriots in pots are showing.

Wow, you guys are starting already? Nothing in zone 5 yet. Another 2 week probably.

No eyes here in my zone yet, which is good! I don't want to see them for a while, because if they arrive too early that only means I'll have a much greater chance of having to erect little "tent cities" in my yard should we get some frosty nights after they start to unfurl. And the less I have to haul out the blankets the better. ;)

I'm happy to see daffodils and sedums poking up through the soil, though. They always cheer me up until the hostas start to arrive. Every year I tell myself to plant more spring bulbs to keep me patient until the hostas and other perennials arrive, but every autumn I forget.

I finally see some dirt and grass in my sunnier back yard, which in summer is shady. My front yard is sunny, but sloped away from the sun, so there is still 3 ft of snow at the curb, 1ft on the lawn. It's snowy in our zone 5a, but this week there actually might be a day of 58F, spring will come.

Nice big fat purple eyes showing on Squash Casserole today. Temps are supposed to hit 70 here on Friday so things will really be popping.
Swmo I always forget about Montana Aureo.
Phil your MA is further along than mine, Sagae is up here too.
Mosswitch haven't seen either of my Junes yet.
Steve keep us posted on when your first hostas emerge.
Kayly Red, daffs and sedums showing here too, funny thing is my crocus only just started blooming.
Bernd I don't envy that snow, we finally got rid of ours, hope not to see it again til next winter.

I finally found some eyes! Big fat ones for Sum of All and bitty ones for Dance with Me and Striptease.

Hey Shade! Looka here! montana Aureomarginata,taken just this afternoon. Take a look. Phil

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Way to go Phil!! Hoping to see a pic of your MA unfurled soon--temps dipped back down again here, I am in patient waiting mode.

Good news on the eye spy Coral, looks like spring will be reaching us all soon!

Saw some more eyes up yesterday, think it was Lime Smoothie, have to check my maps. Also disgustingly found some slugs hiding under rocks, ammonia time again :-(

From what I hear, the very best time to put down slug prevention is when the eyes are just poking through. It worked great for me last year.

Yes Swmo that is true, also do a 10 to 15% ammonia drench on the crowns when the eyes first appear, then drench again a couple of weeks later.

Good to know about the slug prevention. I will go out tomorrow and try the ammonia drench. Will also put down sluggo.

For me slug prevention means also removing all larger pieces of wood under which slugs can hide. So I bought a large roll of edging to replace found wood which I used as borders. I also bought many bags of finer mulch, no large pieces of pine bark, to cover the ground evenly. Then there are 3 cans of Bug-geta waiting.
In zone 5a in my yard there is still too much snow to start cleaning up, etc.
Bernd

Shade,with the weather going as it is now; 81 today again,after 82 on Saturday,it won't be long! That pic is already ancient history,as a lot of the leaves are unfurled already. Hostas are poppin'up everywhere,as I write this,and the weather is good for at least another week! I do have cardbpord boxes ready,if there is a freeze,but things are looking good for now. All my big blues,like Sieboldiana types,are still just showing nubs above ground. Phil