In honour of both St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) and Spring (March 20th) falling on the same week I thought it was appropriate that I post some photos of the type of greenery and flower buds that I hope to begin seeing sometime in the next two to three weeks.

Our gardens are still covered in two or three feet of snow. Quite unusual for any winter around here let alone this time of year. However, I suspect that deep beneath the snow my spring flower bulbs know that it’s warming up and that they are preparing to emerge from the ground.

The photo above is of pink hyacinth buds developing. I expect to see some plants that look just like this by no later than mid April. Below is one of the first flowers that I’ll see. It’s a yellow crocus. I also grow purple crocus’ too. I expect to see these harbingers of spring as soon as most of the snow is gone. Often I see crocus’ by March 25th or so.

Along with Tulips, daffodils, and several other types of spring flowers and bulbs we should begin to see hosta’s emerging from the earth by the middle of April and with luck, if it’s been a nice Spring they should be at least this big by mid-May or earlier:

Do you photograph your garden and the plants you grow in different stages? From the first green leaves to the first flower buds?

Once the snow melts away I’ll have to start getting to my spring tasks! I look forward to seeing new plants emerge much more than cleaning up the garden, but it all goes together doesn’t it?

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