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Crocuses Bless the Garden in Late Winter

February 7, 2016 By Carol Michel 9 Comments

When Carol returned home on Friday and looked out the back door at the garden, she gasped audibly.  Were those crocuses blooming already on February 5th?

She flung open the door and rushed across the patio to the lawn.  Yes, those were crocuses blooming.

In the fading light of the day, she took pictures of the buds and marveled at how early the blooms were.

The next day, Carol’s first thoughts upon waking were of the crocuses in the lawn. She hoped for a sunny day and within hours, her hopes were realized. The sun was shining.

Soon enough, the crocuses began to open.

In Carol’s mind, they were opened one by one by tiny garden fairies running from one bloom to the next.  They tickled each bloom open and then stood back to admire their work.

The first show of spring was well underway.

Carol waiting patiently before going out to see the blooms. She didn’t want to interrupt the garden fairies in their work of opening each flower.

By mid-afternoon, Carol could wait no more.  She opened the back door, making a bit of extra noise  to alert the garden fairies of her presence, and made her way to the lawn.

So many crocus blooms.

She walked along and began to count the blooms.  1, 2, 3…. 76, 77, 78… 210, 211, 212… all the way to 382.

382 open crocus blooms on February 6th.

Carol was delighted, but in her delight she began to sense how quickly spring can arrive. Was she ready? She hadn’t ordered her seeds yet. She should do that now. Was this the entire crocus show? Carol knew there were thousands of other crocuses in the lawn, and reminded herself this was not the end of the show, it was the beginning.

She wondered, “If there are 382 crocus blooms now, how many blooms will pass through this garden before the end of the season?”

The answer, she decided, was more than she’d ever be able to count. And she knew then how blessed she was to be a gardener, how blessed she was to still feel the excitement each spring when the first of the crocuses bloom.

Then she went back inside and began to dream of May.

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: bulbs, spring

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  1. Renee says

    February 7, 2016 at 3:46 pm

    How exciting and beautiful! These signs of spring are lovely. I should go check on my crocuses…

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  2. Lisa at Greenbow says

    February 7, 2016 at 8:09 pm

    Already! Wow!!

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  3. Kathy says

    February 7, 2016 at 9:31 pm

    Yes, gardeners are the blessed race.

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  4. Unknown says

    February 8, 2016 at 8:11 am

    Blessed indeed! What a joy! The Crocus are blooming here too! I keep looking out for an early bee plunging drunkenly into their flowers. One day soon….

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  5. Pam's English Garden says

    February 9, 2016 at 11:41 am

    Spring is early with snowdrops in my PA garden but no crocuses yet. P. x

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  6. AnneTanne says

    February 9, 2016 at 1:14 pm

    The crocusses in my garden are all early species, so crocusses blooming in February is not unusual for me. But this year, I could make some pictures of bees and hoverflies among my crocusses already on January 25th…

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  7. RobinL says

    February 10, 2016 at 1:57 am

    What an amazing trick, crocus in February, in Indiana! I was bragging about your crocus (crocuses? croci?) to others, but when I went to see my own, there was nothing. Actually, my iris reticulata always blooms long before the crocus, and I didn't see them either. Darn. Guess all the garden fairies are at your house.

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  8. Commonweeder says

    February 10, 2016 at 7:09 pm

    You are getting crocuses – and we are getting practically the first snows of winter. Something is not right. I'm glad I get to see crocuses, even at second hand. Thanks.

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  9. outlawgardener says

    February 15, 2016 at 6:19 am

    Do thank Carol for sharing these images of the fairies' delightful work. I'd hoped she'd share this when reading about her planting crocus in her lawn!

    Reply

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