If you've been following along since the beginning of this meme, you hopefully remember that it is February when we begin a new year of bloom day posts.
On that first bloom day post wayyyy back in 2007, my garden was covered with snow. Today in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, there is no snow and the temps are on the warm side. But it is overcast and rainy so the crocuses are stubbornly refusing to open. They are like that. Closed on cloudy days, wide open for the bees on sunny, warm days.
In other years, precisely six out of the last 12 years if you count today, and I do, we've had snow on the ground in the middle of February.
Out in my garden this year, the beginning of the 12th year of bloom day posts, the witchhazel, Hamamelis vernalis is just starting to bloom. I find it difficult to take pictures of its flowers with my iPhone camera so you will have to trust me that it has a few tiny blooms.
Other than that, the garden is stubbornly staying wintry, unlike last year when I had a crazy number of spring blooms in mid-February. But that's okay, I like this slower pace of seasons much better than last year's big rush of spring-too-soon.
Indoors, I have hyacinths blooming "on vase". It wouldn't be February without them!
In the sunroom, one crazy Amaryllis, which I've had for several years, is choosing now to bloom.
Nearby, not to be outdone, the Thanksgiving-Christmas cactus is reblooming. I guess it didn't think it got enough attention when it bloomed a few months ago so is trying to get my attention now.
We don't always know the whys and wherefores of plants so we take blooms as we can get them, especially in February where in my garden, even without snow, it is still winter.
What's blooming in your garden? We'd love to have you join in for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day and show us. It's easy to participate. Just post on your blog about what's blooming in your garden then leave a comment below to entice us to come and see what you've got and a link in the Mr. Linky widget to show us how to get there.
And tell us on your blog post what hardiness zone you are in. Then we can envy you if you are warmer than we are, console you if you are colder than we are, or be jealous if you are the same as us and have more blooms!
And always remember...
"We can have flowers nearly every month of the year." ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
Comments
I'm not sure which hardiness zone we're in, I always thought about 7 but it's a different scale in England. This year it's been a relatively mild winter overall and it seems we are blooming early!
I know what you mean about gardeners in hardier zones - it's a great boost to see the plants we might be enjoying in our own gardens once the weather improves.
I am happy to tell you that I am enjoying quite a lot of blooms in my garden this month. The hellebores and cyclamen coum are doing very well. They also started self-sowing. I also have some snowdrops blooming at the moment. Interestingly, the crocuses aren´t flowering yet in my garden. Maybe next month.
Enjoy your blooms!
Best wishes,
Lisa
Congrats on reaching your 12 year milestone.
Have a lovely rest of the week!
Toni
I am in Zone 8, and it's been a warm one up until this week, when all of that is changing...
A few of my crocus have finally bloomed. The weather has been cold, rainy and dreary for what feels like forever. I am in lower Tennessee, zone 6b/7a. I never know which zone since I am right on the line.
I am ready for Spring!!!!!
Jeannie