As you can see, the bulbs are a bit further along now. The snowdrops are open...
...as are the daffodils. We have four clumps of them running down the side of the rose bed, all planted before we moved in, and they come up reliably every year. (And we no longer have to put protective stakes around them because Olga's not here to trample them!)
The Leucojum, which is similar to a snowdrop, is blooming too.
The crocuses looked promising at first. This (above) was taken on Feb. 7.
But this was yesterday. The squirrel gods have deemed that no crocus shall be allowed to reach flowering stage!
I have not yet spotted any daffies in the gardens or on road verges around here, but there are snowdrops and crocus. We're expecting a drop in temperature this weekend after a couple of mild days, with the possibility of snow.
ReplyDeleteI have stopped planting crocus bulbs. The flowers just get eaten by rabbits.
ReplyDeleteSomething is eating our buds on our Magnolia tree, I think it might be squirrels, never happened before.
ReplyDeleteIt's beginning to look like spring has arrived over there. We have a long ways to go here.
ReplyDeleteThe promise of first spring shoots emerges from the earth, then the damned squirrels eat them. You can't win these days.
ReplyDeleteFrickin’ squirrels. I do remember Olga trampling daffodils wherever she went!
ReplyDeleteLast summer we had little rain but this winter we have had far too much rain. It has not been easy for garden plants - including bulbs. They need sunshine like the rest of us and not a surfeit of rainwater.
ReplyDeleteOur daffodils are still at the bud stage.
ReplyDeleteEvery year about this time, you people across the pond post your lovely pictures of flowers and it arouses such a mix of emotions in me. Enjoyment, jealousy, irritation. We are firmly encased in snow and ice and won't even see our gardens for a couple months. Flowers are yet another month further down the road; they might start popping up mid May if we're lucky. So please just don't complain if your spring is "slow" this year or I'll have to add rage to the list! Just kidding, they're beautiful and I do enjoy them!
ReplyDeleteLucky you with spring already. We are warming up (probably temporarily) but it will still be a bit before we start to see bulbs pop. I keep telling myself to plant snowdrops. Every year I forget. I'm glad you are starting to be in bloom!
ReplyDeleteLooking like Spring is trying to spring!
ReplyDeleteI still have a couple of feet of snow on the deck. But I tell myself it's a great protection for the plant roots from the bitter cold and winds. I can't believe how mild London winters are. Growing up in North Yorkshire, March was the earliest I ever remember daffodils. It was an Easter thing, going to Farndale to see the daffodils planted centuries ago by monks. And sometimes there was snow!
ReplyDeleteWe have a while to wait before we see our daffodils...
ReplyDeleteI am still waiting on the true arrival of my camellia buds. I'm also wondering if we'll get any azalea blooms this year after all those freezes.
ReplyDeletePlants are maturing very quickly.
ReplyDeleteWe've had spring for the past two weeks, but winter is not done with us yet. I'll see my crocuses in May but I will enjoy your bulbs now.
ReplyDeleteNo buds have appeared on my one small clump of daffodils yet and since I moved the narcissus last spring they didn't bloom this year. I wonder what can be done to protect your crocus from the squirrels.
ReplyDeleteYour Spring flowers are looking great.
ReplyDeleteThe squirrels eat my crocus too. Sometimes they dig up daffodil bulbs and plant them randomly. When I see a daff in the woods, I know it was the squirrels at work again.
Up North - we've got some early yellow crocus out on roadside verges, but no daffodils as yet, still in bud. And, so far, the squirrels and rabbits have left them alone, probably too much traffic disturbance.
ReplyDeleteWhat a happy sight to see. Well, except for the crocus. I hope the squirrels got some nourishment out of them at least.
ReplyDeleteMother Earth Is Alive And Kicking
ReplyDeleteStay Brilliant ,
Cheers