Please share what are some of your earliest blooming perennials in your yard. I omitted perennials that are blooming in late April / early May. Would you be interested in a video of me going over the plant that bloom in late spring in my yard?
Thank you for putting this list together! I don't have grape hyacinth but will definitely get some this fall. I love the way they clump together. Your spring garden is beautiful!
Hi Carla. Thank you! 💗 The grape hyacinth is one of my favorites. Now that I have bunches of it all around my yard, I plan to divide each bunch this spring after they bloom in order to increase my stock even more. That's my motto - keep on dividing! 😊🪻🌷
I'm winter sowing forget me not to plant around my dog's grave who passed away last April. I planted a dogwood tree at the head of her grave and want to cover the rest with the forget me nots.❤
Hi Sharon. Thank you for sharing. I'm so sorry for your loss. I think that area will look so lovely with the dogwood tree as well as the forget me not flowers. 💗🙏🏼
The video was nicely compiled. I was pleasantly surprised that I have most of these plants in my yard. I had seen the Corydalis in Longwood gardens and had ordered the bulbs online a couple of years back. I had no idea that it is also called Spring Larkspur. I have a bulb lawn with small daffodils and Glory of the snow. The only plants I do not have are the forget me nots because I have read that they are invasive.
Hi Seeta. I love the Spring Larkspur. I didn't know the name of it for years but thankfully found the name on the internet a few years ago. I'm sure your bulb lawn looks wonderful! I'd love to visit Longwood Gardens one day. Thank you for sharing, friend! 🙏🏼😊🌸
Thanks for another great video. It’s very helpful to have someone who is in NH for inspiration. I planted some bulbs this fall (for the first time) - hyacinth, crocus, allium and daffodils. Fingers crossed they come up. I did pick up a very small hellebore on sale at the garden center. We’ll see what color its blooms are. My columbine and phlox seem to flower semi early. Looking forward to spring. I do wish we had some snow it’s just so brown everywhere. 😊
Nice video with great info. My favorite spring ephemerals include North American native Anemone nemorosa (wood anemone) and any kind of trillium, both great for shade. You also might like epimediums, whose flowers appear first and are followed by lovely leaves, also great for shade. And last, I have some PJM rhododendrons (famously bred by Peter Mezzit of Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton as the earliest-blooming rhodie) that are a glorious welcome early in spring!
I doubt many of these plants would live long in my low AZ desert garden! 😢😢😢. I LOVE DOGWOOD! When I lived back East I had a dogwood tree and loved the flowers. I sure do miss them! I did grow pansies and Johnny Jump Ups. How do you tell the difference between them ? I can't tell. I thought the pansies would be much larger. But so far there isn't much of a difference. They are both still growing in small cells.
Hi June. Oh wow. That's a tough growing condition I imagine. I just looked it up and it does look like some plants that bloom later in spring for me (like dianthus, peony and iris) would also do well where you live. Maybe I should make a what's blooming in late spring in my garden video...? Johnny-jump-ups have much smaller flowers than pansies. They flower heavily and are more heat-resistant than pansies. I'm sure you'll be able to tell the difference once the plants get bigger. I call mine pansies because I started all of them from seed years ago and they were pansy seeds. But you never know. I've hard that sometimes pansies can revert back to johnny jump ups. 😅🌺
I love pansies, too. I have started them from seed indoors the last few years and I've found that the ones that overwinter outdoors bloom WAY sooner than the ones that I start from seed indoors. And I start those seeds very early, too! I got a small pot of Spring Larkspur from my mother-in-law's home. They are a bulb. I'm not sure where she got them from but I assume she ordered them from a magazine. She used to order from Breck's a lot and I see that they do sell them (www.brecks.com/products/spring_larkspur?srsltid=AfmBOooKPhwxVs40-eSyCClPNqfOeeShDga9modspQqHVOHxMrJt41q5) . I've found them to naturalize nicely so if you buy them, you shouldn't have to buy very many. 😊🌸
Yesterday I winter sowed some Forget Me Nots. I live in Michigan so I was surprised to hear they are invasive. The seeds look old and bug damaged so I doubt they will germinate. Someone gave me the seeds so I don't know how they were stored. I'll just put something else in that jug that isn't invasive.
Hi Doreen. You may want to double check on if Forget Me Nots are invasive. I had read it on multiple sources but it's best to check with local sources just to confirm. Who knows - maybe it's a particular variety only that's invasive. Good luck, friend! 😊🌸
Out with niece went to Delhi NY to a humane society that works with the college that she got her Vet Tech degree from to look at a cat and got caught in a snowstorm on the mountain. Their went the day.
Hi John. Oh wow. It sounds like you've had a very long day! We still haven't gotten any snow here (not like I'm complaining). It's been terribly cold though and honestly a little snow cover would be a good insulation for the plants. I hope I don't have many plant losses this year. 🌺
@ very got there and saw the cat but the woman that does the paperwork didn’t show. Made out the paperwork and left the money,have to go back again after approval. Just a formality as we have gotten a dog and another cat before.
I have been looking for lungwort seeds or plants for over a year. The seeds are so expensive and hard to find so I'm hoping home depot has some plants this year here in NY zone 6.
Please share what are some of your earliest blooming perennials in your yard. I omitted perennials that are blooming in late April / early May. Would you be interested in a video of me going over the plant that bloom in late spring in my yard?
Thank you for putting this list together! I don't have grape hyacinth but will definitely get some this fall. I love the way they clump together. Your spring garden is beautiful!
Hi Carla. Thank you! 💗 The grape hyacinth is one of my favorites. Now that I have bunches of it all around my yard, I plan to divide each bunch this spring after they bloom in order to increase my stock even more. That's my motto - keep on dividing! 😊🪻🌷
I'm winter sowing forget me not to plant around my dog's grave who passed away last April. I planted a dogwood tree at the head of her grave and want to cover the rest with the forget me nots.❤
Hi Sharon. Thank you for sharing. I'm so sorry for your loss. I think that area will look so lovely with the dogwood tree as well as the forget me not flowers. 💗🙏🏼
So sorry for your loss! But I bet she is happy how you are remembering her! Love both the idea of the dogwood tree and Forget me not.
The video was nicely compiled. I was pleasantly surprised that I have most of these plants in my yard. I had seen the Corydalis in Longwood gardens and had ordered the bulbs online a couple of years back. I had no idea that it is also called Spring Larkspur. I have a bulb lawn with small daffodils and Glory of the snow. The only plants I do not have are the forget me nots because I have read that they are invasive.
Hi Seeta. I love the Spring Larkspur. I didn't know the name of it for years but thankfully found the name on the internet a few years ago. I'm sure your bulb lawn looks wonderful! I'd love to visit Longwood Gardens one day. Thank you for sharing, friend! 🙏🏼😊🌸
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You're very welcome, friend! 😊🙏🏼🌸
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Thanks for another great video. It’s very helpful to have someone who is in NH for inspiration.
I planted some bulbs this fall (for the first time) - hyacinth, crocus, allium and daffodils. Fingers crossed they come up. I did pick up a very small hellebore on sale at the garden center. We’ll see what color its blooms are. My columbine and phlox seem to flower semi early. Looking forward to spring. I do wish we had some snow it’s just so brown everywhere. 😊
Loved the background info tidbits, thanks!
Nice video with great info. My favorite spring ephemerals include North American native Anemone nemorosa (wood anemone) and any kind of trillium, both great for shade. You also might like epimediums, whose flowers appear first and are followed by lovely leaves, also great for shade. And last, I have some PJM rhododendrons (famously bred by Peter Mezzit of Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton as the earliest-blooming rhodie) that are a glorious welcome early in spring!
I doubt many of these plants would live long in my low AZ desert garden! 😢😢😢. I LOVE DOGWOOD! When I lived back East I had a dogwood tree and loved the flowers. I sure do miss them! I did grow pansies and Johnny Jump Ups. How do you tell the difference between them ? I can't tell. I thought the pansies would be much larger. But so far there isn't much of a difference. They are both still growing in small cells.
Hi June. Oh wow. That's a tough growing condition I imagine. I just looked it up and it does look like some plants that bloom later in spring for me (like dianthus, peony and iris) would also do well where you live. Maybe I should make a what's blooming in late spring in my garden video...?
Johnny-jump-ups have much smaller flowers than pansies. They flower heavily and are more heat-resistant than pansies. I'm sure you'll be able to tell the difference once the plants get bigger. I call mine pansies because I started all of them from seed years ago and they were pansy seeds. But you never know. I've hard that sometimes pansies can revert back to johnny jump ups. 😅🌺
Love pansies, lucky you 🤩
Never heard of Spring Larkspur, where did you get those and are they a seed or bulb ? 🤩
I love pansies, too. I have started them from seed indoors the last few years and I've found that the ones that overwinter outdoors bloom WAY sooner than the ones that I start from seed indoors. And I start those seeds very early, too!
I got a small pot of Spring Larkspur from my mother-in-law's home. They are a bulb. I'm not sure where she got them from but I assume she ordered them from a magazine. She used to order from Breck's a lot and I see that they do sell them (www.brecks.com/products/spring_larkspur?srsltid=AfmBOooKPhwxVs40-eSyCClPNqfOeeShDga9modspQqHVOHxMrJt41q5) . I've found them to naturalize nicely so if you buy them, you shouldn't have to buy very many. 😊🌸
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Yesterday I winter sowed some Forget Me Nots. I live in Michigan so I was surprised to hear they are invasive. The seeds look old and bug damaged so I doubt they will germinate. Someone gave me the seeds so I don't know how they were stored. I'll just put something else in that jug that isn't invasive.
Hi Doreen. You may want to double check on if Forget Me Nots are invasive. I had read it on multiple sources but it's best to check with local sources just to confirm. Who knows - maybe it's a particular variety only that's invasive. Good luck, friend! 😊🌸
Out with niece went to Delhi NY to a humane society that works with the college that she got her Vet Tech degree from to look at a cat and got caught in a snowstorm on the mountain. Their went the day.
Hi John. Oh wow. It sounds like you've had a very long day! We still haven't gotten any snow here (not like I'm complaining). It's been terribly cold though and honestly a little snow cover would be a good insulation for the plants. I hope I don't have many plant losses this year. 🌺
@ very got there and saw the cat but the woman that does the paperwork didn’t show. Made out the paperwork and left the money,have to go back again after approval. Just a formality as we have gotten a dog and another cat before.
I have been looking for lungwort seeds or plants for over a year. The seeds are so expensive and hard to find so I'm hoping home depot has some plants this year here in NY zone 6.
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Same problem in Pa. Zone 6
Think spring, my friend! We just need to get through the cold weather of January and February. We've got this! 😊💗🌻
Me googling “bulb lawn”
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