Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - March 2008
Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day this fine March day.
If Ralph Waldo Emerson is right and "earth laughs in flowers", then March is a series of little giggles in my garden here in USDA Hardiness Zone 5b.
The laughter starts out quietly with single flowers popping up around the garden and in the grass.
Then there are pairs of flowers giggling together. 
And finally a whole group of crocus flowers make even passersby turn their heads and notice something different in the garden.
Joining in the chorus is a new flower, alluded to a day or so ago on a Twitter update.
This is Iris danfordiae, one of the dwarf irises.
Soon enough there will be many Iris flowers laughing away the winter.
Mid-march is also a time to note the great potential for louder laughter in the garden.
There are early daffodils proudly showing buds.
The hellebores, Helleborus orientalis, likewise seem ready to bloom as soon as the days warm up just a bit more.
This red maple, Acer rubrum is surely going to be in full bloom in a few days
And I do believe that is a praying mantis egg case attached to that branch. Those are good bugs in the garden, so they'll be welcomed along with the flowers.
Before we end our bloom day tour, we look closely and find that a hint of the laughter of the May flowers, a peony, is just beginning to sprout. 
Yes, this soft chorus of giggles and little blooms here and there will soon grow into the loud laughter of flowers as Spring comes to Indiana.
I hope you enjoyed this tour of May Dreams Gardens today and will join us in this monthly bloom parade by posting on your blog about what's blooming and laughing in your garden. Then leave a comment here so we can find you and visit your blog to see all your pretty flowers.
All are welcome!
“We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
27 Sow Your Own Thoughts and Comments on this Post:
My garden is finally giggling too! Your Crocuses are all so cheery, I really like the white & purple together. How do you handle the problem of the growing Iris danfordiae foliage after the flowers fade? I couldn't find a suitable way to hide them, so I didn't plant any after I moved to Squirrelhaven. I got my Bloom Day post up early because I was so excited to have something to post after last month's dismal no-show.
Hi Carol, Hooray, I had blooms today!
We were expecting rain so I was thrilled to actually get 4 hours of clean-up with mid 50's temps. While I stretched the parameters a bit and added some buds, you can see what's blooming at my old country gardens at www.blotanical.com
I posted a Bloom's Day post as well! Sadly, my bulbs are not quite blooming yet - but they coming up and that makes me just as happy! (I was afraid for a while that they weren't going to come up after planting them in the fall - never had my own yard before so I was sure I messed something up) But nope, they are coming up and hopefully by the 15th next month I will have some actual blooms to post about! Yours are so gorgeous! I wish I would have planted more now that I look back on it - I only did about half of the bulbs I bought.
Well, is my face red! I thought it already was the 15th. Sheesh, how DUH can I be? Oh well, I have a garden club meeting tomorrow and a dinner after that so I guess I should be glad I posted it today. Sorry!
How awesome! Good for you, Carol! My garden isn't even snickering....yet!!
I put my post up for Garden Blogger's Bloom Day. I got it up a little early I guess, I hope that's OK! :)
I like those dwarf irises. I'll have to remember them for later!
Hello Carol - those little 'Danfordiae' are totally charming! So they giggle, huh? What do the early red tulips do - Chuckle?
My Blooming Day Post is up now... just a little early.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Carol,
I just posted my first ever Bloom Day post, too. But my efforts are pretty puny; after seeing your photos, I am definitely going to have to plant some crocus this fall.
I loved the quote by Emerson. I wasn't familiar with that one, but what a beautiful image!
I am awaiting those giggles and twitters!
Carol
Lovely giggles happening in your garden!Your peony is poking through the earth..how exciting!
I am enjoying the laughter OF FLOWERS AND THE BUTTERFLY KISSES in Arizona posted today on my blog!
sunkissed NG
That's a lovely expression... a giggling garden! Glad to see that spring has arrived in your garden too.
My contribution to GBBD is posted.
/Katarina at Roses and stuff
Hi carol, looks like spring is finally heading your way. You mus be relieved to see winter go away. lovely little irises! My GBBD post is donne. http://jardimcomgatos.blogspot.com/2008/03/mais-uma-vez-altura-de-convite-do-blog.html
Amazing how much you have blooming in your March garden, Carol, but then you are 4 hours South of us here in Chicago.
Hi Carol,
Your irises look wonderfully cheery. Must be nice to see after a tough winter!
It sure looks like a mantis egg case but when I click on the photo to get a better look I get an error message. How lucky to have mantises in your yard.
I missed last month's GBBD but my offering is up for March.
Hello Carol,
I keep forgetting to plant dwarf Irises. Yours are so lovely that I will have to make a note to get some next fall.
It's dreary out today but I will have fun visiting all your gardens. Thank you.
GBBD is posted on my blod today.
Kathryn J
Carol I so enjoyed the tour of your garden. I am finally participating starting this month, after wanting to for so long.
Soft giggles emerging from rainy Ireland...
I love your little irises, very cute.
Finally, now I know! That is a wonderful surprise and worth waiting for. I told myself I couldn't visit here until I put a post up for Bloom day. I did, although it's only indoor flowers.
It looks to me as if you've had some delightful fairy intervention in popping up those lovely Iris and clumps of crocus.
I can see that there is a lot of laughing and giggling in your garden :) 'Laughing the winter away' ha ha ha! exactly!
My March blooms are here
Ewa in the Garden: Blooms of March
I'd like to contribute my ~ garden update ~ post from yesterday towards this - I'll run and amend it so it shows a link to the garden bloggers bloom day! (cos i got crocuses too..)
thanks!!
keth
xx
My GBBD pretend blooms are up on my blog. Soon I will have the real thing.
Your bloom day idea has proved such a fantastic idea -- I've loved looking at all these blooms all these months. Finally, I'm posting again, after a long hiatus. Looking forward to meeting you in Austin!
http://vivesgarden.blogspot.com/
http://newsprout.blogspot.com/2008/03/garden-bloggers-bloom-day-3-15-08.html
There is my post for bloom day. I got a bit more blooms then last month but basically the same.
Carol, Do you have a record for the most comments on a post? Sometimes I get to the ladies garden blogs and there are 30 comments and I think why bother, I'll just get lost in the crowd.
It seems you and I have have lots of similar plants. I've spotted a few more Peony buds.
I have been thinking too about sending you some Snowdrop bulbs. There are a few spare ones lying about that I am sure the resident gardeners would be happy to let me dig and send off to a new home. Now if you want to get adventurous I could send you some of the Snowdrop seeds I plan to collect.
My March Bloom Day post is up! There's lots blooming in my Austin garden.
Can't wait to meet you in a few weeks!
Rachel at in bloom
I am really having fun looking at all the pictures. Thanks for doing this. I barely got my post up on time
Deb
I love your little dwarf iris!
We have a few wildflowers coming up - mostly the white ones so far (rue anemone, hepatica, bloodroot), but a few bluebells and couple of early trillums.
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