I’m not a fan of winter at all and always find that season of the year depressing. Matter of fact, as soon as winter starts, I start counting down to the first day of Spring!
Spring has finally arrived here on the northeast coast and I was pretty excited to see it’s first signs on Monday, March 21st. Usually I see my daffodils popping up out of the ground around March 10th or so…but this year, my flowers are obviously a little behind.
Every Spring season the first two flowers that I see pop up in my garden are my daffodils and my mini grape hyacinths. I’m not sure why they call them mini grape hyacinths around here because they aren’t hyacinths at all. I’m not sure of their proper names and will have to do some research on that.
My daffodils (miniature and full-size) along with those grape hyacinths are my first spring bloomers every year and they will typically bloom for 2 to 2 1/2 weeks. Once they are done…I will see my regular hyacinths and tulips popping up next.
When you plan out your flower beds it’s always important to plant a variety of flowers that bloom at different times, that way you’ll always have something blooming throughout your growing and gardening season. Here in the northeast, that means that daffodils and grape hyacinths are GREAT choices for your first bloomers.
If you are looking for second bloomers, I would recommend tulips and hyacinths which typically start blooming just as your first bloomers are ending. I plant both inter-changeably in my flower beds that way I always have something in bloom from mid March through Mid April.
Once they are done…then my late Spring and early Summer flowers start coming in. I’ll tell you more about those in a new post later next month. I love flower gardening and veggie gardening and this year I’ll be sharing some gardening tips with all of you here on the blog.
I love your flowers and I agree that it is important to plant flowers that bloom at different times of the year. It is still cooler than normal here, but the crocuses have bloomed.
I have daffodils, tulips and cherry blossoms out right now and it is so pleasant to see the colors in the yard. I have several lilac trees and they have blossoms starting which I am so looking forward to. I love when there is the combination of the fragrance and the beautiful flower.
I always enjoy watching for spring flowers when I am out on my walk.
Thanks for a great post.
Ah, daffodils are among my favorite flowers. It’s going to be a while before we see any here in Downeast Maine, though. We got several inches of snow a few days ago, and might get more tomorrow. Although our flowers are no where in sight yet, the seasonal birds have begun to arrive, and it’s a joy to hear their songs in the fields and trees.
I love seeing that first splash of color! The Pear Trees & Dogwoods are blooming around here, & I’m hoping we don’t get another freezing spell that causes them to ‘get bit,’ as my Granny used to say, lol.
Your daffodils are lovely! When we moved into this new (old) house 2 years ago I was amazed that in the spring we had daffodils spring up around every tree! But I think they are the survivors because we have so many voles or moles that the yard is one big underground burrow and they must not eat daffodils!
What are moles? Are they like groundhogs? We have a HUGE groundhog problem and I’ve been dealing with those for the past 3-4 years. Some of the things we’ve been doing have worked to chase them out of here and some haven’t.
Moles are mouse-sized animals that live underground. They make tunnels that sometimes make lumps in the lawn (molehills, the kind people make mountains out of). They’ve got pointy noses and teeny tiny eyes.
I did see some daffodils last week, but not today:
DENVER — An early spring blizzard caused multiple crashes and closed several interstates and highways in Colorado on Wednesday. Some of the major roadways have reopened, but travel problems remain.
Yep. I just stayed home.
eeeeeeekkkkkk! I want no parts of the blizzards or snow for that matter. We had our blizzard already and I don’t want to go through that again any time soon. So far, our weather has been beautiful the past 2 days with sunshine and temps in the 60’s. Supposed to hit 70 today. Bring on the sunshine and heat…I’m ready!
Thanks for sharing the beautiful pictures. Spring is the very best time of the whole entire year. I love daffodils so much they make my heart smile when I see them. I was a little worried because our daffodils bloomed super early this year. I love when we spring forward and change the clocks. I love that it is getting dark later now. I am like you winter depresses me so much.