I was out in the yard playing with my boys when what to my wondrous eyes should appear? Several signs that spring was finally near!
I first noticed the Daffodils which were ready to bloom.
I love Daffodils! Just when we think winter will never end, these beauties show their yellow flowers, giving us the first signs of life and reminding us that spring is indeed in our near future.
As I wandered around the back yard I couldn’t miss the mounds of these. Spring Beauties (Scilla Siberica) have beautiful small blue flowers and multiply like crazy so they can be separated and planted elsewhere each year (which is why they are all over my yard, front and back).
I continued my search and noticed these in my front yard. The blooms are small, white, bell-shaped flowers. They are pretty when they are in bloom, but they don’t last long and their leaves fall flat. Not sure if they are Snowdrops (Galanthus) or Lily of the Valley.
Another of my favorites is my pretty, crooked, drooping little tree in the front yard. It took me forever to figure out what this little lady was. My conclusion: it’s a Weeping Cherry (I think). Whatever it is, it’s pink blossoms are beautiful and bring happiness and life back to my yard after the blah of winter. Any day now it will be in full bloom.
And finally, my hydrangeas are peeking through! Periwinkle and pink, they border the house and back deck.
Others in my yard that will be showing soon: Azaleas, Irises (in many different colors), my pink Almond Bush and my Snowball bush.
Spring is near. Praise the Lord! I am over winter!
My Daffodils are coming up also..but for some reason some of mine have ended up in my yard instead of my garden! I can't wait till they bloom!
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Ah, the joys of Spring! I wish I had a house so that I could have a garden… sigh.
You should absolutely show off what you decide to do with the top of your dome!
I'm a wee bit jealous of your springy progress. Here we still have bunches of snow on the ground everywhere. Oh well, it's only a few more weeks, right? Right?? At least I can drool over everyone else's flowers.
WOW!!! I wish we had that progress here in Portland!!! Wow! You have a ton of plants coming up! My goal is to plant a ton this spring!!!
Thanks for sharing! I can't wait for Spring!!! And Easter!!!
xoxo
Same here pretty much in the Pacific Northwest. We just got our 3rd dumping of snow for this Winter but like the other dumps, this one should be gone in a couple of days.
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Oh wow! What I wouldn't give to see some green! We are all white here and minus 40 degrees C with the windchill! Great blog – I stopped by from the Girl Creative Blog Hop, and I'm a new follower!
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Hope everyone is feeling better and Yay! spring is almost here!
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