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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2021

March 15, 2021 By Carol 18 Comments

Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for March 2021.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the first daffodils are blooming. This particular one is ‘Tete de Tete’, a reliable, early blooming miniature daffodil. It isn’t much more than four inches tall, if that.

But before there were daffodils, there were little irises.

This one is Iris histrioides ‘Lady Beatrix Stanley’, sometimes referred to as Iris reticulata. I have a lot of unnamed varieties of reticulated irises blooming in the front garden.

But before the irises bloomed, there were crocuses! Lots of them in the lawn in back and more in the front flower beds.

They tend to bloom in waves, with these darker crocuses leading the way in the second wave.

The first wave, which started on February 25 was like this in just a few days time.

Most of the lawn and flower bed crocuses are varieties of Crocus tommasinianus. (Did I spell that right? Most gardeners just refer to them as “tommies”.)

I do have some named varieties of crocus, including ‘Pickwick’, a favorite striped flower.

I’ve been out working in the garden this past few weeks and have already planted several flats of violas and pansies in containers, plus snapdragons and alyssum at the ends of the raised beds in the vegetable garden.

This planter will fill in nicely and be ready for a big Easter display!

What else is blooming? How about snowdrops, hellebores, winter aconites, and a little tiny Scilla.

In other words, spring is arriving right on schedule!

What’s blooming in your garden on the 15th of the month. Join us for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and show us. It’s easy to participate. Just post on your blog about your blooms, then leave a comment below and a link in the Mr. Linky widget and we’ll come check it out!

“We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” ~ Elizabeth Lawrence.

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  1. Pauline says

    March 15, 2021 at 2:26 am

    Love all your spring flowers, especially the crocus! Spring has arrived here too!

    Reply
    • commonweeder says

      March 15, 2021 at 9:47 am

      Pauline – What a beautiful spring garden. We are just at the very very beginning of spring. We love visiting and getting ready for our spring.

      Reply
  2. Michelle Chapman says

    March 15, 2021 at 5:45 am

    I love Pickwick crocuses! We live not far from the actual Pickwick, which the variety is named after. The Tete a Tetes are in full swing here too.

    Happy Blooms Day everyone!

    Reply
  3. Helen Malandrakis says

    March 15, 2021 at 9:42 am

    Lovely, Carol. The only plants I have blooming are crocus.

    Reply
  4. Barb Rogers says

    March 15, 2021 at 10:14 am

    A new flower, (to me) strangely related to chrysanthemums!

    Reply
  5. Kris P says

    March 15, 2021 at 11:27 am

    All sweet little blooms! Crocus don’t fare well in my part of the country but I really need to try Iris reticulata next year. As always, thanks for hosting, Carol.

    Reply
  6. danger garden says

    March 15, 2021 at 12:27 pm

    Happy Bloomday Carol! I’m such a non-conformer, you’ve got all the spring blooms and haven’t got a single one. Well, except for maybe the hellebores, I do have some of those…

    Reply
  7. Kathy Jentz says

    March 15, 2021 at 2:36 pm

    I am back from my winter bloom day doldrums – now that it feels like spring has finally sprung! Got several flats pf pansies to plant so jumping back outside shortly…

    Reply
  8. Lee@A Guide to Northeastern Gardening says

    March 15, 2021 at 4:29 pm

    Carol-I love your colorful iris and crocus. The Hellebores are blooming here in the northeast, with Crocus, Hyacinth and Daffodils on the way, as the foliage is just emerging. Spring is almost here…Happy Bloom Day!

    Reply
  9. ks says

    March 15, 2021 at 9:20 pm

    Happy Bloomday-how great it is to see spring !

    Reply
  10. Brenda K Johnson says

    March 15, 2021 at 9:51 pm

    Love those outdoor blooms, Carol! They’re beautiful! Spring is almost here!

    Reply
  11. Jane / MulchMaid says

    March 15, 2021 at 11:08 pm

    Happy Bloom Day, Carol! I have a general assortment of blooms, but many of them are very, very small, like Sarcoccoca, Azara, and a sweet little Camellia. I do love your Tommies throughout your lawn!

    Reply
  12. Ray says

    March 15, 2021 at 11:13 pm

    The blue Iris are beautiful!
    -Ray

    Reply
  13. Arun Goyal says

    March 16, 2021 at 2:15 am

    Beautiful post ..loved the spring blooms, the pansies in the pot are looking stunning. Spring has arrived in our region also , I have started a link up party related to Gardening here at http://jaipurgardening.blogspot.com/2021/03/garden-affair-spring-flower-snapdragon.html
    if interested please share your post related with Gardening or nature .
    Thank you for hosting.

    Reply
  14. Cherie says

    March 16, 2021 at 2:36 pm

    Thank you so much for sharing these lovely photos! We got 2 feet of snow here (Colorado) this weekend which isn’t a lot of fun but oh my how we love that moisture!

    Reply
  15. John says

    March 16, 2021 at 5:05 pm

    Hi Carol, Isn’t it hard to wait and wait for Spring and then when it comes wish that it would slow down so you can savor each flower?

    Reply

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