Backyard on return home

Well we arrived home from California vacation on February 13th and found the remains of three weeks of icy weather in Maryland.  So this Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day has only limited flowers to share.  I suppose I should be grateful that the snow provided insulation for the plants during some of the coldest weather Maryland has had in years.  The snowdrops were visible in the grass.

Galanthus nivalis in the grass

There were just a few bare patches of soil showing up.  And in one of them the Adonis were demonstrating why you should plant Adonis.

Adonis in the early morning

And then when the sun came fully out

Adonis amurensis ‘Fukujukai’

The Adonis have long been one of my favorite flowers and over the next few weeks some of the other varieties will showing up after the snow melts.

I can also see some color on the Witch Hazels but they are behind their normal performance at this time of year.

Witch Hazel ‘Diane’

Witch hazel (Hamamelis mollis)

Otherwise we need to go into the greenhouse to enjoy the flowers.  The greenhouse survived the cold temperatures quite well and several of the flowers will come into the house.

Geum ‘Pink Frills’

Lewisia ‘Little Raspberry’

Nerine ‘Masonorium’

Cyrtanthus breviflorus

Cyrthanus hybrid

Veltheimia

Veltheimia flower

I think a lot of flowering will be evident in the next few weeks as the snow melts.  In particular the daffodils should be ready to go from the buds showing now to full open flowers…

I should mention in closing that we had a great time with flowers on the west coast with visits to Huntington and the UCR Botanical Garden.  In particular I will share a short video of our visit to the Ventura Botanical Garden

Short walk in Ventura Botanical Garden