I keep mulling over the inclusion of a forsythia in my garden but the size relative to the bloom duration with non- descript foliage keeps me passing on this bush (kind of how I feel re traditional lilacs). But I see there is a (much) more compact version requiring very little pruning called "Show Off".

I ordered one of them this year. I was going to start a thread about mini forsythias, but never got around to it.

Kevin

We have a few types of forsythia in our garden. Some bloom longer than others. This one is the earliest. The others probably won't bloom for a month or so. I think the others are smaller too.

Let me go look for a few pictures.

As the Puschkinia have naturalized throughout the lawn, they're stars at the moment until the grape hyacinths appear, followed by the dreaded dandelions. Lungwort/pulmonaria is opening & columbine is up several inches but it'll be a while before the landscape here switches over from Dull Winter to Pretty Spring.

Just to give you an idea gumneck of how further along you are than me:

I see no evidence yet of any of my many brunnera...nothing...nada. You may well be a month ahead of me

STILL waiting for some warmth! The temps are slowly climbing, but the wind will just not stop! Brrr!

Dee

Gunmeck, that is absolutely beautiful. I've never seen that before.

Sandy, can you help me post two pics at once? I love your Hellbore.

BBP, the only way to post more than one picture in a single post is to first upload it/them to a hosting service e.g. Photobucket or Imageshack or etc.

This is a new area, so we are in the creeping stage, but it is great to see a plant bloom for the first time.

This is Lavender Anouk. It's doing quite well, already.

Can't wait to mulch, everything will look so much better then!

Took a walk around the yard today. Other than the daffs & chionodoxa, the only things going strong are the weeds and the wild roses, which I can't ever seem to get rid of. Despite my attempts to eradicate them, they just seem to pop up in new places.

Oh, that wild raspberry-type vine. The one that grabs your ankles, trips you, AND stabs you with thorns? That's going gangbusters already. Sigh...

I do see some growth on some of the hydrangeas, though, which is good. This past winter seemed to be really hard on them. Still waiting for growth on about half of them, but I am hopeful.

Dee

As for the picture posting. I opened an account on photobucket (there are other options, also) and I can copy the info for more than one photo into each post I make. But I don't think people mind having to scroll down to see one picture at a time if that's easier. Just as long as we get to see picutres, I'm happy. :-)

Today before the rain started I saw the ground. Several inches of snow expected the tonight and tomorrow. There were some bulb leaves peaking out of the mulch.

We're still at crocuses (in the sunny parts of the garden).
The Chionodoxa 'Giant Pink' is also blooming in sunny spots. It's been a very late spring. I've always assumed bigger crocuses and then Chionodoxa (only use the pink one), with some overlap. Seems to be more of an overlap this year.

This morning:

I got a lot of lilies emerging and some columbines.

Dee

Hard to keep an eye on the flooding, water kept rising all night long and finding it path to the river. Can not stay up all night and watch it and even get close. If you got close to parts of the garden, it was at least 6-8" of mud you would sink into. I'll take thr drought. So many things are rotting from sitting in that much water. My poor alliums that I planted last fall will not make it. Peonies do not like wet feet. I have so many peonies that are still trying to dry out, will see what happens eventually. The picture does not even capture how many peonies I know have in that corner that flooded. This was taken before my renovation to that corner.

So perhaps your peonies will be okay. Obviously yours probably got more water, at least all at once, than my friends do, but you never know. Let's hope for the best!

Dee

Fingers crossed for you.