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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: May 2020

Mid-May always seems to be when the early bloomers have faded (hyacinth and daffodils, mostly), but the full-on Spring color hasn’t quite broken through.

  • These red single peonies are always the first peonies to bloom.
  • I transplanted these camassia to this spot from their awkward placement in a different border a couple years ago.
  • Here are the camassia with the peonies (which may get transplanted elsewhere this fall).
  • This is one of the few Tulip Angelique that have survived for some three or four years.

In another two weeks, the double peonies and the Siberian irises and the roses will all be in bloom. By the next Bloom Day, many of those will also have faded, but others will come to take their place.

As always, many thanks to Carol of May Dreams Gardens for hosting Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day on the 15th of each month!

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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: April 2020

Nope, that title is not a typo. I’m going to document last month before I get into this month.

It snowed on April 15 this year, which is not as unusual in northern Ohio as people seem to think. My birthday is April 22, so I tend to remember these things. I never count out the possibility of snow until after my birthday.

Luckily, no harm came to any blooms or foliage from the snow — nothing would have come up already that couldn’t handle a little cold.

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Daffodils In Bloom

The earliest of the daffodils have been in bloom for about a week. This is one of the later early blooms; I’ll have another wave of bright yellow elsewhere in my garden in a few days.

I laid down this landscape fabric last year, and transplanted the daffodils in the green, prior to blooming. I’m pleased that several of them bloomed this year! I’m sure I’ll see even more color next spring, after more of them are settled in.

It can be a little strange to realize that I’m starting to see the long view when it comes to gardening. Next fall, next spring, expanding and transplanting and letting some borders grass over on purpose.