Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for March 2024.
Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6b garden in central Indiana, spring is rapidly pushing winter out of the way.
After several warm days, the garden is in full spring bloom with daffodils, hellebores, crocuses, and pots of pansies and violas all in bloom.
I walked over to the side yard earlier in the week and was delighted to see these little pinkish-purple violets blooming. I planted these years ago, as tiny plants I grew from seed.
They’ve gradually been spreading in this one area and are always the first violets to bloom. Though I am sure they are not native violets, I’ve lost the records I had—such as they were,—and so I don’t know for certain which species these are. My best guess is Viola jooi. At least that’s what I wrote last year when they were also blooming, just barely, for the 2023 March bloom day post.
Another delightful surprise this week was seeing a few Spring Beauties, Claytonia virginica, blooming.
I transplanted a few of these from my sister’s neighbor’s lawn last spring and wrote a blog post about how they are one of the flowers I always remember from my childhood. I hope they like it here and will naturalize around the garden.
I was also pleased to see the Corydialis in bloom.
I’ve lost the tag for this one but It’s a lovely pink and the little clump I planted has been getting a little bigger every year. I orderd mine from Brent & Becky’s Bulbs a few years ago.
I’m showing crocuses again, just like last month, except this month, it’s the bigger crocuses that are putting on a show.
I think the stripey light purple one is ‘Pickwick’ and I’m not sure what variety the dark purple one is.
One more lawn flower to see! The Glory of the Snow, Chionodoxa sp. are blooming in the lawn now, taking the place of all the crocuses which put on a magnificent show this year.
And that is all I’m going to show for March because as I write this, there’s a big thunderstorm rolling through. Time to get off the computer!
What’s blooming in your garden as we approach mid-March? Join in for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and show us.
To participate, post on your blog or Instagram, or wherever you are online, about what’s blooming in your garden around the 15th of the month. Then come back here and leave a link to your post on the Mr. Linky widget so we can find you and comment so we know what you have to show us.
“We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence
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I can’t believe how far your gardens are along! It looks almost like May, but with the fun of Crocuses too. It is very far ahead here as well in PA – maybe 2 weeks. Hellebores and loads of daffodils opening every minute. Thanks for hosting!
I can see the warm winters and shorter duration of winter is a phenomena that everyone in the world is experiencing , our spring arrivals are earlier this year.
Your new website looks fantastic and you have so many wonderful spring blooms in your garden. With the rains and milder temperatures we are also ahead of schedule here on Long Island. I have already been out playing in the garden as if it was April! As always, thank you for hosting this wonderful meme and Happy Bloom Day!
I enjoyed all your spring blooms and I even have some to contribute this March 15. I believe I have naturalized corydalis in my back yard (its blooms are yellow) – I’ve never seen, I don’t think, pink, so that was a nice find. I never quite knew what my plants were until now.
As always, thanks for hosting, Carol. I love your meandering violets! Spring is in high gear here in coastal southern California – it’s coming on so fast, it’s almost scary.
The effort to find and plant Spring Beauties is a tribute to a gardener! How beautiful!
Pretty, pretty. Don’t you just love spring?~~Dee
So pretty, love the Corydialis.
Hi Carol, I can’t believe you have Spring Beauty already but when things pop they really do pop. I just saw bloodroot for the first time this spring. I think the Corydalis is probably ‘Beth Evans’. That’s by far the most common pink.