The flooding we had last weekend has mostly disappeared, as has most of the snow hereabouts, and although we’ll still get snow and frost and many below freezing nights for the next month or so (our last frost date is usually mid May), the garden is definitely waking up. Time to rejoin Jim Stephens in Garden Ruminations, who, every Saturday, encourages gardeners around the world to share six things that are happening in their garden.
It’s mainly about spring bulbs, of course, at this time of year. Pushing up are daffodils, Hyacinths and even this solitary Crocus:
Also up and getting ready for snipping are garden chives:
The prettiest sight in the garden right now is quite possibly the emerging purple foliage of Agastache – Giant Hyssop:
And definitely the most surprising thing in the garden are these snapdragons (Antirrhinum). They’re a cold tolerant annual here, usually, but it seems the deep insulating snow cover we had in January and February might mean last year’s plants will live to flower another summer!
The serious business of gardening has begun – no fooling around today! Have a great week everyone!
County Gardening 
We’ve got the heavy rainfall this week – they are promising a streak of sun later in the week, so Spring can continue on its way.
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Rain is also the order of the day all week here!
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I have to go check my agastache because it’s possible that I have new shoots too ! Yes snapdragons are very cold hardy. They give me flowers every year (even if your winters are harsher, I think you’ll get some)
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It’ll save me buying some this year if they do come back!
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I had to smile — snapdragons are a landscape bedding plant here, and usually are put in about November. They’re still mostly in bloom, but our warm temperatures soon will send them to flower heaven! You must be thrilled to see all these plants emerging!
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I am! Plus…the sun is actually shining right now!!!🌞🌞🌞
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Lots of promising signs of spring there. That purple foliage of the Agastache is nice to see. I’ve tried growing a few varieties but they don’t seem to survive the winter in my garden.
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It’s doing surprisingly well right next to the house, under the eaves almost, where rain seldom gets…must like dry conditions?
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The last time my garden was not buried in snow, I did not see agastache yet, but the chives are coming. I had not taken a picture, so did not think to include them this week. Green is a color, after all.
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It definitely is!
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You seem to get a real short sharp hit of things coming up together; here it’s spread over six months, Muscari leafing up in November through to Dahlias in April or May. So different.
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You’re absolutely right – mid April until the end of May – 6 weeks of spring then a hot summer.
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Serious business is at hand! Have you started tomatoes yet?
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Today!!! 😁😁
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This is more of what I expect from other climates while our comparable flowers are supposed to be so much earlier. It did not work out that way this year though. Most of our early spring bulbs got smacked down by all that incessant rain, but some are later than those in other climates. It is embarrassing. Didn’t you show some earlier that were earlier than ours?
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Snowdrops have been blooming since mid January here, when they weren’t covered in snow. Not terribly unusual but still surprising.
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