morning sun filters through baptisia and nora barlow columbines in the square garden

nectaroscordium blooming now

may flowers: wiegelia and columbine.

mountain laurel "pinwheel" is just opening.

pierus is blooming now. i really like this one.

the front shade garden

bluebells this week

the silverbell has been blooming this week.

the dogs with lilac...

the dogwood in front of the house. from the attic, i looks like heaven.

yesterday was cloudy and a great opportunity to photograph my over-the-top tree peony! what's not to love? The deer don't eat this yet, making it an all around winner!

the tree peony today, and unfortunately hot day for the peonies

maiden hair ferns!

the white cercis canadensis (redbud) is growing like mad. it's difficult to capture how pretty it is.

i've been working on this dwarf apple espalier for about 6 years, and it looks like it might finally produce fruit this year.

one of my favorite flowers, omphalodes, is blooming today

flowering almond today

the trilliums have multiplied nicely over the last 9 years, and are blooming.

magnolia "ruby" is putting on a paltry show this year, but the flowers are still stupendous.

our newest addition, hammie "peaches!"

daffs yesterday passiflora pura vida is blooming in the sun room

azaelia whippet under yoshino cherry
primrose

magnolia ruby

daffodil orangerie is blooming

the dogs among some teeny tiny daffodils i planted last fall.

magnolia leonard messel blooming today

looking north... and south at the parkway just a mile from our house today.

our total rainfall was 9.7".

our girl yesterday. today we are having a nor'easter and after 4.5" rain so far, the roads are flooded and closed.

my pretty boy today. tomorrow we are supposed to get a big nor'easter.

refugee from the wild digitally captured by my husband in our garden

dwarf iris this week

harry lauder walking stick blooms against a cerulean spring sky.

the crocus, before the deer ate them all.

yesterday's over 6" of snowfall was a big setback for the garden, but otherwise fun.

if you look at the archives for this time last year, you can see that this little clump of crocus is blooming earlier this year. also, now i have a much better camera for these close ups, so i can do the clump proud!

hammamelis "diana" is blooming this week.

the aloinopsis schoonesii i bought on a trip to logee's with my sibs is blooming this week!

the harry lauder walking stick a few days ago, taken by my husband.

here is my sister's ralph's glory orchid in full bloom. she's been nagging me for a month to post it!!! well, it is stupendous, i'll give her that. ok, and i will start posting more again!

our area has had the least snowy year since 1878! today, when it is usually in the 20's F, we are to have 70 F! mom's camellia, which usually blooms in april, is blooming now:

the whippet galloping and the poodle gamboling in the unseasonably warm weather.

we are having record-breaking warm weather here; the white camillia is blooming now for the second time ever, since i planted it 7 years ago! the flowers are 1.5 inches across. we are expecting a cold snap early this coming week, i hope it's not too cold!

the american yellow clivia that my brother gave me has continued to bloom from the center of the plant. usually clivias send up a stalk crowned with flowers, as did my sister's clivia, prince of orange (search earlier post.) now i'm trying to figure out how to teach my clivia to bloom the right way! are clivia's teachable? The flowers are 2 inches across. The plant is really pretty, thanks bro!