Wow, Lilac Wonder is amazing!!! It looks like it can’t be real. :)

Still not much happening here, though more crocus are blooming. :)

Jeffersonia dubia. Glad I could finally show this. I stupidly split the plant in half before planting so I could have 2. That was in 2018. The one half died and this other survived but suffered for years. Looks like its finally establishing itself.

Heloniopsis orientalis

Asarum takaoi ’galaxy’

Petasites japonicus var. giganteus growing along my pond

@artinnaturez8b, if I didnt know better that pic almost looks AI. I have already made a note to see if I can obtain "Lilac Wonder" for this Fall.

Rouge21 - "almost looks AI"

So funny you mentioned that, I think the same thing, but its simply what my phone camera gives me. It isn't able to accurately represent Lilac Wonder. My wife's phone can't either. The stark line where the Lilac meets the yellow, and the way the yellow appears to float, those are not accurate. But they are stunning aren't they? Highly recommend for their grace, delicate-ness, earli-ness and excellent foliage.

My first Gentiana acaulis flower.

Magnolia 'Tina Durio'

Picture taken April 1. I'm glad it's almost done naturally because we are facing another late freeze tonight. Ugh. I'm worried the glory days of 2007-2018, when, in spite of typical winter ups and downs, late freezes were very uncommon, may not be coming back any time soon.

Smaller tree for now, but my 'Atlas' is coming along.

That is larch foliage in the background. You can see why the English call these sort of magnolias 'cabbage on a stick'!

A patch of Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata) is blooming while the rest of it, in other parts of the garden, is barely up. Microclimates are wild.

Rhododendron lutescens, Rhododendron Blue Baron, Magnolia Snowbird, Saxifraga Marto Red, Loropetalum Ever Red.

That blue on the Gentian is electric!

I love that Magnolia Snowbird, Art.

UBG - Pretty larch background and Magnolias...

Great to see everyone's gardens starting for the season!

Finally, the cold has left and expecting warm sunny days. Daffodils are opening. Hellebores are starting.