Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for May 2021. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, if you stand still for a minute you will probably hear the collective exhaling of the breaths of all of us gardeners as we look at the long-range forecast and think that maybe, possible, hopefully, almost assuredly, we are now going to be frost-free until Fall arrives. Whew! But let's not get too far ahead of ourselves! Though the nights have been chilly and flirting with … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – May 2021
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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – April 2021
Welcome to Garden Blogger's Bloom Day for April 2021. Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we'll begin with my obsession of spring -- the violas, pansies, and violets. This particular pansy is a 'Frizzle Sizzle' which is my new favorite variety. I love the ruffles, the distinctive markings, the faces! And yes, I am one of "those gardeners" who lets the wild violets go wild in her garden. Is that all the Viola sp.? No, that's not all! At the local … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – April 2021
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2021
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 … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – March 2021
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – February 2021
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2021. Here in my USDA Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, it is currently 7ºF, which is -14ºC. There is some snow on the ground, but it is a patchy bit of snow covered with a thin coating of a light snow that fell overnight. "Fell" isn't probably the best way to describe how that particular bit of snow landed on the ground. "Floated down" might be better. Beginning Sunday evening (Feb. 14th), more snow should fall so that by Tuesday … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – February 2021
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – January 2021
Hello, and welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for January 2021. If you've been following along with this meme since the beginning, you've just completed 14 years of posts. That's right, the first bloom day post I published was Feb. 15, 2007. Congratulations if you've been posting since the beginning. And thank you for joining in whether it was with one post, or 168 posts. To wrap up this 14th season of bloom day posts, I went outside where I found lots of flower buds on the … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – January 2021
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – December 2020
Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for December 2020. Here in my USDA Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I went out to the garden expecting to find flower buds on the hellebores, and I was not disappointed. Indeed there are flower buds on several of the Helleborus niger, the Christmas Rose. Weather permitting and cooperating, I think they will actually be in bloom on Christmas Day. What I did not expect to find was a snowdrop, Galanthus sp., in bloom. Yes, I am aware of … [Read more...] about Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – December 2020
