spring has sprung! (many pix!)

[altterrain]

With temps today in the 60's and 70's forecasted for the next few days, I am officially announcing -

Spring is here!

anemone blanda





burkwood viburnum





daffodils (and a little fritillaria)





dogtooth violets





epimediums





grape hyacinths





kerria





kerria 'pleniflora'





korean spice viburnum (makes the whole place smell great!)





lenten roses





candy stripe moss phlox





pulmonaria





redbud





botanical tulips





tulips




-Brian

[MTCarpenter]

Wonderful pictures!!

Hey, would grape hyacinths be the same thing as Texas Bluebonnets?  With my uneducated eye, they look the same.

[altterrain]

Thanks Matt. Grape hyacinths are in the same family as your typical garden hyacinths, a spring bulb.

 

 

 

Texas bluebonnets are a lupine (actually five different ones from what I have read).

 

 

They like a limey sandy soil, neither of which we have in this part of Maryland. I have never been to Texas but I have seen them bloom like crazy along the roadsides in southern California in late winter. I have also heard of mealycup sage (Salvia farinacea), another texas native (but does well for us as a tender perennial or annual) referred to as bluebonnets.

 

 

Sorry for the long winded answer, I have a case of "Spring fever".

-Brian

[MTCarpenter]

Sorry for the long winded answer, I have a case of "Spring fever".

 

 

Shoot, that's not long winded at all!  Good information.  Thanks for taking the time to put that up.

Long winded is when I try to explain to my daughters how when they graduate from college that their knowledge of math and science will have a direct impact on their earning ability...