What's popping out of it's winter slumber in your yard?

**Darlene** · 04-15-2005, 01:27 PM

I have bleeding hearts, chives & tarragon showing their lovely selves

**paelthom** · 04-15-2005, 01:35 PM

Fruit trees are in full bloom. Mums are beginning to peak through and hostas have come up nicely. Lilies are poking through and it looks as if the clemetis (sp.) may actually bloom this year.

**jlxian** · 04-15-2005, 01:46 PM

About half of my hostas are up. The columbine is budding and my ferns are unfurling. A few of the perennials I planted last year are coming back, but ROFL my husband burned this section off in late winter and burned my plant tags too -- so I do not know what is there anymore! Oh, and the peonies are about half exposed and my creeping phlox (rock moss?) is blooming.

I absolutely LOVE spring.

**Kimberlina** · 04-15-2005, 04:52 PM

Hostas are poking there little heads up, I have daffodils in full bloom, as well as paperwhites, hyacinths,anemones, tulips about to bloom (another week or maybe two), the crocus' are pretty much done, rhubarb, catmint (ugh!), garlic, and some things I have yet to identify.

**daddys3chicks** · 04-15-2005, 05:42 PM

Besides the dandelions, clover and crabgrass, my hydrangea is coming out as are my cannas. My Tulips are almost past peak.

**britbunny** · 04-16-2005, 07:08 AM

I've been pleasantly surprised at how much stuff has grown again. At the moment I have 3 Japanese Azaleas (I got cuttings from MIL and mine look better than hers just now!

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I have tulips, primroses, my pieris (sp) is just going red at the tips. My fuschias (that I subsequently learned I should have brought in over winter) are all doing well. My herbs have come back - oregano, chives, sage, bergamot and some others. I also have many plants I got free from my family that I don't know the names of. And my clematis (which I bought when it was just a stick wilting in a garden centre) has got buds on it.

So doing better than I thought. My dad was amazed when I told him everything I had was still alive - great faith in me!

I haven't actually DONE anything yet - far too rainy.

**DaisyLady** · 04-16-2005, 02:55 PM

Nothing yet, not even grass except a rare spot here and there. Although we have been having lots of sun and some unseasonably warm temperatures, we are very dry for this time of year. We even have a no open fire ban on for the whole city! We are in need of some rain and then I am sure things will start to come up quickly.

**forestdale** · 04-16-2005, 03:47 PM

It must be exciting waiting to see what pops up for another year in the garden. Apart from a few deciduous trees and my perennial veronicas, everything stays the same most of the year here.

How about a few photos, girls?

**SewCrafty** · 04-16-2005, 04:09 PM

Well Jack uncovered some 'green' things today! LOL I do know what they are, peonies even I can't kill these things! And lilies but they won't bloom until around July. Not another thing here yet, no buds on trees or my lilacs and only few patches of green grass.

But I was able to get a small handful of 'salad' (grass) for Bub, she screamed at me so bad, I HAD to!

**PrairieRose** · 04-17-2005, 04:03 PM

We've got daylillies up and looking chipper, grape hycinth (sp?), tulips, autumn joy is round and pretty, poppies are greenin' up, roses are putting on a few green leaves, the violets have bloomed, the lilac bushes are in bloom and leaf, I think that's about it. Yeah the dandelions are in bloom too, Gripey just mowed them down.

**Heather** · 04-17-2005, 06:14 PM

Daylilies are popping up and I see the start of my hostas that I planted last year. Lily of the valley are poking through and the crocus have the flowers on them. I see buds on my lilacs bushes, always happy about that..made it through another winter, they should be good from now on. I LOVE lilacs! Rhubarb that I planted last year is started to show signs of life as well.

It's an exciting time of year to watch everything "wake up" again.

**Sara Noel** · 04-17-2005, 11:13 PM

Hyacinth, daffodils, tulips, and the magnolia tree. Buds are forming on the lilac bushes. No sign of hostas yet.

**bamamomto4** · 04-17-2005, 11:23 PM

daffodils,irisis,cannas,hostas,apple tree is blooming,forsythia,and a few rose buds that Katie and Jackson picked yesterday

Not sure if the azaelas or snow ball bush have bloomed yet...haven't even noticed.

**Mommy2five** · 04-18-2005, 03:38 AM

Wow! you all have such wonderful thing coming about with spring! I can't wait to have a yard again!

**Layne** · 04-19-2005, 04:57 PM

I lost two rose bushes over the winter.

Other than that most everything wintered over pretty well.

My violas I planted last year have spread here and there and are the only flowers blooming in the garden so far.

My biggest success are 8 foxglove that I planted last year. Every one is coming back! I was worried because they like part shade and I planted these on the south side of the house in full sun. I did baby them along and mulched heavy this winter.

Daylilies, columbine (my favorite), daisies, delphimium, all of these are showing signs of coming back this year.

I am thinking about planting some peonies this year. Mom has had a beautiful red/purple one for years and we always look forward to it blooming.