I dare not take pictures cause some plants look so sad right now, and we are getting more rain as we speak.

I have siberian wallflower blooming that I sowed this year along with my virginia stock.

Dianthus barbatus, phlox divartica, and my gailardia are blooming also. I have buds on my shasta daisy silver princess and my persian chocolate.

Gardenweed I also wanted to let you know I haven't seen one sign of my baptisma I sowed last year, but I do have sprouts in the container I sowed this year. The balloon flower and ruellia did come back though, so I am happy.

Tree peony and siberian bugloss, neither one was wintersown, alas.

There are a lot of things in bloom in my garden. My garden began to bloom in late February. Some of those are gone, but many new things are coming up.

This is my sliver of woodland collection:

A friend gave me a few Trilliums a few years ago. This one blooms first:

She also gave me this wood anemone:

And this. I have no idea what it is called:

I have coveted Mertensia virginica. Finally the collection has taken off:

Last year I splurged on these darling little natives:

I also wanted these native primulas of Europe. After a few attempts at sowing seeds from TM, I finally begged a GW member in Europe to send me seeds. These are the products of seeds from Belgium:

This one is sweetly fragrant, but you have to be far away downwind to catch the scent:

This is the quintessential primrose:

I stepped on these shooting stars by accident. This plant came from Alaska:

Another native Dicentra from Ellen's seedlings:

These are primulas from the Chicago plant swaps. Ellen always furnished us with many seedlings every year. People usually didn't know what they were because the seedlings were tiny.....:

This is my first primula that really took off. It came from a neighbor down the street:

Yellow Epimedium from Ellen as well:

Prairie Smoke from seeds. Those of you who received Prairie Smoke seedlings from me last year should have some ready to bloom in their garden by now:

Erythornium pagoda, another native of the PNW. Grown from corms:

White Bleeding Heart from a friend:

A purchased pink Bleeding Heart:

Helleborus that were planted more than 12 years ago finally took off:

Pulmonaria, also a seedling from Ellen's plant swap. Every time I went I swore I would not come home with any plants. Lol:

Variegated Solomon's Seal. Took it several years before it began to multiply. When I saw it at the plant swap, I always swiped it too, to add to my collection:

Lunaria annua, Money Plant:

I sowed Forget-me-not 26 years ago when we first moved into the house. I have never had to sow the seeds again:


Fritilaria meleagris, native of England. So unusual people are puzzled by them:

Phlox subulata that came with the house:

Lamium maculatum. This one blooms all summer long of and on:

Ajuga reptans:

Leucojum aestivum :You and I have similar taste in our gardens. "Gravetye Giant". It multiplies faster than Daffodils:

Barberis "Rose Glow":

Anemone blanda:

Muscari = quite fragrant up close:

Apple blossoms:

And of course, some of my Tulips & Daffodils:

I stuffed my garden with plants, so I have something interesting to look at 12 months of the year. Of course, spring is the best & most interesting.

One tip from the bulbs forum I learned to make tulips keep coming back (some won't). After they've bloomed in the spring, cut off all the stems but leave all the leaves to die back naturally. Then sprinkle with bloom booster when you cut the stems. In the fall sprinkle again. It seems to work and many have multiplied.

Actually I think I forgot the bloom booster last year but they look great.

Eileen, I saw some of the bluebells at a Gardening club member's house and she called them Va. bluebells and they look like yours; said they disappear after they finished blooming and return next Spring, so that might be the same reason yours disappeared or you thought that you had lost them.

Lois..my peonies have buds on them but still tight ones. It is supposed to be in 70's until Friday when we expect showers again.

Pitimipianai..you have a knack for growing such beauties, and I'd love to see pictures of your full yard in bloom again this year. Remember the white hydrangea cutting/seedling you sent me last year and my son asked for it? He has never taken it out of the large barrell and when he was here for Mother's Day, he told me it is still alive in that barrell. We haven't been over to his house since early last Fall. Guess I'll have to take some of my plants/seeds and plant over there. He loves flowers but forgets to water them, plus his work hours are so crazy plus he is taking a prerequesite to prepare him to go to Nursing school. He needs low maintence plants that will take care of themselves.

PV

I think I've got a whole bunch of jack-in-the-pulpits that germinated, 3 pointed first leaves. Not sure about those either. I'll scatter them around in shady spots because they might not all make it.

The JIP's are in a flat with cellpacks & pots where I planted the Virginia bluebells, and my log indicates nothing else was in that tray. I think I bought those from Prairie Moon, thanks to you, piti.

I just love VA bluebells. I have many plants but only 2 bloomed this year. I wonder if their ability to bloom is affected by their roots being disturbed.

That frittilaria (sp?) is really one neat plant. It's amazing how you squeeze so much together, and it all looks great!

Brad AKA Moonwolf

That's about all for the moment - Montauk daisy is budding (!), and daylilies as well.