Love your patch of snowdrops! Mine return, but really don't seem to be very vigorous. I need to plant more.

Crocuses are in bloom and I so love them. i have some scattered in my lawn and they bring me great pleasure when I see them. I added some more in the beds and in my daughter's garden and I will have to go back and see what I bought lol, because they are a pale yellow which to me is unusual (compared to the usual bright yellow I have) and I am really enjoying them.

A few daffs in bloom here, but most are in bud stage still.

My beds are pretty messy - I too left more than usual to clean up!

:)

Dee

Dee, I tried a number of different varieties of Galanthus and some of them disappeared quickly. The one that is spreading really well, I believe is the Galanthus nivalis, a small single. So you might want to try that one. Mine reseed a lot.

I love crocus but so do the rabbits. I see out there, they have already started eating the foliage. I do have a good patch every year under my front Maple that has the vinca groundcover. For some reason, the rabbits don't eat those.

Your daughter must be excited to see her spring garden that you have been working on.

I'm still out there pruning every day now, trying to finish up.

My crocus have been blooming for about a week, so where are you Barrhead? Are you North or South of Boston? Maine?

You have a lot of flowers on that Hellebore. While my crocus are blooming now and snowdrops are starting to go to seed, the Hellebores are pushing out some flowers but the foliage is still unfolding. Daffodil buds are filling in.

Prairiemoon2, I am in southeastern MA…

Okay, so you are a little ahead of me. In a couple of weeks, we all should be having lots to take photos of... 😀

very true!

I don't have any bulbs blooming just yet, but this is a good time for my hellebore. Well, it would be a good time if we weren't getting snow tomorrow. I give to you a plate of pretties, a flower from each plant currently in bloom. I have about 20+ more varieties in bud, so wish them luck! I'm thinking they'll make it through the snow OK!

Thyme, LOVE your bowl of Hellebore flowers! You have a nice selection. I Love the yellow one. That's a pretty bowl too. They’re all so pretty and you have a lot!

You’re north of me and mine are just barely opening. And now with cold and snow on the ground, oh well, can’t wait for spring to be here for good.

PM2, When I see you next, I will bring you a hunk of the yellow one. It is actually my best grower and bulks up nicely each year. Do you need some of your ’Fire Island’ hosta too? I think you lost yours?

Thyme, I would love a division of that yellow Hellebore! I'll have to find something to trade you for it. Actually I have two new Hellebores, that last year were new and looked new, so I'm waiting to see what they look like this year. One of them has variegated foliage which I hope will work out well in that bed. And I've found small Hellebore plants take forever to get any size in my garden, so I've started buying them in gallon pots now. So this variegated one should be big this year, I hope.

The 'Fire Island' Hosta....has it done well for you? It really didn't do that well here. And actually the rabbits are eating my Hostas if I don't cover them as soon as the leaves start unfolding. I don't know how it will go this year, now that we had the section of fence replaced that needed it. I would like to think they will stay out but I know that is wishful thinking. [g]

Lovely photos! We have crocus out, that’s it. (Excpet I suppose snowdrops if I had any). I’m so impressed with how crocus multiply. Definitely worth the cost of the original bulbs. I’ll add some photos of the ice last weekend. I was at a friends house in New Hampshire. It was at a friend’s house in New Hampshire. It was a crystal winter Wonderland!

And the darn deer are already munching on my daylilies.