Bloom Day

This is all that's blooming here on the Ides of March!

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day

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Bloom Day

Catching up with Garden Bloggers Bloom Day.

Bloom Day for May

I completely forgot it was Bloom Day over at May Dreams Garden until I went to read HolleyGarden and there was her Bloom Day posting. So here's mine, though if you go on to older posts you will see that I've been celebrating Bloom Day all month.

My miniature garden in an old pail is doing nicely. I'm going to leave in the volunteer clover for now.


One of two varieties of allium is in bloom. Irises are a nice contrast.


Siberian irises are spread all over the garden from an initial clump from a friend.













I have three pots of this lovely geranium on my deck. The pots are self watering and I have yet to add water after two weeks.

The clematis below must have known it was Bloom Day because it's opening for the very first time this season.

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - April

My poinsettia is still going strong!

Bleeding heart.

Last of the daffodils.

Compare this to last year's April Bloom Day posting. Weather temps make a big difference.

Check out other blooms this spring day at May Dreams Garden.

First Spring Blooms

It's Garden Bloggers Bloom Day over at May Dreams Garden. Above is just one of the beautiful scenes at the Philadelphia Flower Show. Below is one of the first crocuses to bloom in my garden. More to follow soon. Just wait for April's Bloom Day post!

Decorating for Christmas

All the stores have their Christmas decorations up, so having my Christmas cactus blooming now instead of in December is really not so unusual. It's all part of the early push to the holidays.




All during the summer and early fall I neglect this plant. It sits in the north-facing vestibule and I remember to water it about once a month. Then come October, I notice the buds and I tend it more and when the buds are more developed, in it comes to my great room and a south facing window. Here it is mid-November and it's glorious in its blooms.

See other blooms this month at May Dreams Gardens!

September's Bloom Day

It is definitely autumn. Plants are preparing for their time of dormancy. The majority of my plants have passed their bloom times, so it was with some trepidation that I entered the garden to find photo ops for today's Bloom Day. I was pleasantly surprised with what I found. There is still color out there. And those plants would be affronted if I said there was nothing to photograph because they're doing their darndest to be pleasing to the eye.

My volunteer marigold is still going strong!

The deer left a few blossoms on the new aster I planted in August.

The black-eyed susan and the false dragon are a nice combination.

The Autumn Joy sedum is in this location for the first time this year. It was a seedling from one of the plants in the front bed.

The striped phlox continues to bloom inside its protective cage (ground hog's favorite plant).

The savory is in full bloom.

One of the three mounds of cheddar pinks has decided to flower one last time.

Don't the grasses count as blooms?

The expanse of Autumn Joy in the front bed is muted by the morning sun. I'm really pleased by this bed: liriope, sedum, lavender, Russian sage (not visible), butterfly bushes and hydrangeas.

One of the few remaining butterfly bush flowers.

The hibiscus in its glory.

And the promise for more blooms in days to come.

A special thank you to my friend, Sherrilynn at Bluebird Nursery for sending me the striped phlox and the hibiscus as trial plants this year. I hope they survive the winter and give me blooms in the future.