Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - March 2017

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2017.

Here inwards my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden inwards fundamental Indiana, the early on saltation which began inwards Feb continued on...

... until Mon when Mother Nature added a heavy dusting of snow. Then overnight into Tuesday, she added a piffling to a greater extent than snowfall as well as turned downward the thermostat. It's mid-day every bit I write this as well as nonetheless the temperature hovers below freezing at 29º Fahrenheit (-2º Celsius).

But the Sun has been shining off as well as on as well as where the fleck of snowfall has melted, flowers similar the Iris reticulata pictured inwards a higher house proceed to flower.  I've  been enjoying their booms for nearly a month. They seem to bloom inwards waves.

The crocuses out inwards the lawn also bloom inwards waves.

The lighter imperial as well as white crocuses bloomed weeks ago. These darker imperial crocuses were but at their peak when the snowfall came.

Nearby, also shivering nether the snow, are the Lenten Roses, Helleborus sp.

I'm happy similar a shot that I didn't cutting dorsum the one-time leaf terminal week. It is likely helping to protect the novel leaf from the snow. These volition endure fine in i lawsuit the snowfall melts as well as I plough over them a adept trim.

The Star Magnolia, Magnolia stellata, looked bang-up the other day.

 But looks terrible today.

This sometimes happens amongst magnolias around here.  They create non similar the mutual frigidity in i lawsuit they've bloomed. Some pessimists tell nosotros alone larn adept blooms i out of every iv years hence why bother? We optimists are excited nosotros larn adept blooms at to the lowest degree i out of every iv years!

These hyacinths are shivering, too.

But I intend they volition endure but fine.

These daffodils had snowfall on them a few hours ago,

but await fine now.

See how sunny the sunnyness is?

Last week, I potted upwardly violas inwards all my big patio containers. Yesterday they had snowfall on them as well as I couldn't resist a plug for my novel book, Potted as well as Pruned: Living a Gardening Life.

When it is mutual frigidity similar this, what tin sack nosotros do?

We tin sack but rest within as well as read a book, that's what nosotros tin sack do! (My majority is available inwards softcover, hardback as well as Kindle from Amazon.  If you'd similar a signed copy, e-mail me for information on how to enterprise straight from me. Or if you lot prefer, you lot tin sack enterprise a hardcopy from Barnes & Noble.)

What's blooming inwards your gardening inwards the middle of March? We would beloved for you lot to bring together inwards as well as demo us.

It's slow to participate inwards Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Just post on your weblog nigh the blooms inwards your garden, as well as then larn out a comment hither to tell us what you lot convey waiting for us to encounter as well as a link inwards the Mr. Linky widget hence nosotros tin sack notice you.

And remember... "We tin sack convey flowers nearly every calendar month of the year." Elizabeth Lawrence

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