What's In Bloom?

17 years ago

I know we are expecting rain, snow, wind, etc. later this week, but I am curious about what is (or isn't) blooming where you live.

Here in southcentral Oklahoma, in Love County midway between Marietta and Thackerville, we have the following in bloom:

Forsythia and flowering quince (pretty much finished)

Native sand plums, thicket plums and Mexican plums--mostly finished and leafing out

Native redbuds--early ones are about finished blooming and are starting to leaf out, later ones are just now blooming

Ornamental flowering pears like "Bradford" and "Aristocrat"--most have already bloomed and are leafing out, a few late ones are still in bloom

Native and cultivated hollies--native possumhaw hollies are about finished blooming, Dwarf Burfords are in full bloom and covered in bees

Cultivated plums, pears, peaches and apricots are pretty much finished blooming, except for the very late ones. Cherry trees still in bloom.

Clove currant (Ribes odoratum) is blooming and the air smells luscious!

Wildflowers of all types are blooming, including the wild onions, wild garlic and wild carrots (Queen Anne's Lace), henbit, purple vervain, spring beauties, and Indian Paintbrush. I haven't seen any bluebonnets blooming here yet, but they are blooming down in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. While down there this week, I did notice that the nurseries are packed since they can start planting warm-season stuff now.

Wisteria is in bloom, trumpet creeper is leafing out, and American Crossvine still looks dormant.

Daffodils and hyacinths are mostly done, and the irises have blooms that should open in the next 3-4 days, although I don't know what snow will do to them if it falls. It is kind of early for irises, but is has been that kind of a year.

Reseeding annuals are sprouting but most are still very tiny.

Malva zebrina is up and about 2' tall, but no buds on the plants yet.

Roses have buds but no blooms yet.

So, what's blooming (or just finished blooming) where you live?

Dawn

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Comments (11)

sopamanda
17 years ago
Azaleas are starting to show color here...
lifesblessings
17 years ago
pears, peaches, apricots = all through and leafing out
hensbit, dandelions and little wildflowers are blooming
a few butterflies, bees are having a ball
roses are leaving out but no buds
blueberries are trying to leaf out
some new seedlings that came in bareroot are budding
daylilies and iris look like they're anxious to show off
holding my breath until after Friday's snow
after that we'll probably only have one more frost
at least we're out of the drought
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plantermunn
17 years ago
I have a tiny blue Iris blooming and a peach tree full of blooms.
Okiedawn OK Zone 7
Original Author
17 years ago
I forgot to mention that the native blackberries are in full bloom.

Plantermunn, I looked at my irises a little while ago and it looks like the first one will bloom tomorrow. I have others that are very close to blooming. I guess I can cut an armload of irises for a bouquet and enjoy them indoors if the snow gets close to us. Our weather guys seem iffy....putting the snow into the forecast, then taking it out, then putting it back. I guess we'll get whatever we get down here, but it sounds like some of y'all may get hammered and hammered hard by this storm.
plantermunn
17 years ago
I have little green strawberries.

Do you think they would make it if I cover them with pine needeles? The snow here is going to be from 3 to 5 inches.
ksokiegonnab
17 years ago
Here in the NE, redbuds are blooming and dogwoods are just getting started--green & small so far. Nearly all fruit trees & early bulbs are finished blooming.
Okiedawn OK Zone 7
Original Author
17 years ago
Plantermunn, I'd certainly try to cover them with pine needles or straw or whatever you have handy. I am a little concerned about pillbugs and sowbugs getting in there under the pine needles and devouring the strawberries, but maybe you don't have pillbugs and sowbugs like I do????? Maybe it is so cold up there that the pillbugs and sowbugs are not active (if you have them at all there). Here, they are still kind of hibernating under the mulch but come out on warm days.

Ksokiegonnab, I think most of our fruit crops are in for major damage unfortunately and I hate that.

Dawn
mulberryknob
17 years ago
peaches, pears, and apples all blooming. strawberries too.

wildflowers--rue anemone, corydalis, tradescantia, purple and yellow violets, woodland phlox.

wild plums and redbuds, althoug many of these are "weeping" this year with broken limbs hanging down and still blooming. dogwoods starting to show white.
soonergrandmom
17 years ago
Redbuds are in full bloom, Bradford pears are about finished, forsynthia is still pretty. All the iris I have seen are only 8-10 inches tall so no blooms there. Hostas are up and growing, and the canna just started to peek out today. Our snowfall is supposed to be light, but the temps are to be low.

I have a lot of WS seedlings that should be OK, but I planted a few annuals that will probably need to be moved inside. I pulled them under cover tonight, but it should stay in the 40's tonight. They wil probably get moved to the bunkhouse tomorrow. We had rain again today.
Okiedawn OK Zone 7
Original Author
17 years ago
My irises are now blooming.
plantermunn
17 years ago
Cold as it has been the last couple of days. I was surprised to see that the Indian Paintbrush was blooming today.