{"id":7834,"date":"2025-03-20T20:08:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T01:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/?p=7834"},"modified":"2025-03-20T20:08:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T01:08:36","slug":"garden-bloggers-bloom-day-march-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/?p=7834","title":{"rendered":"Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day March 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prunus mume ‘Matsubara Red’<\/p><\/div>\n

Well I’m very late in posting this month.  Let me note for GBBD<\/a> that it is definitely spring here, both on the calendar and outside where it’s been weeks since our last frost.  A particular highlight for me is the first blooms on our flowering Apricot as shown above.<\/p>\n

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Prunus mume ‘Matsubara Red’<\/p><\/div>\n

This little tree has been in the ground since 2022  and was initially bothered by deer in the front yard.  But now it is getting big enough to actually bloom and it will be a special bell-ringer for spring from now on.<\/p>\n

All the normal first highlights of Spring are showing up now, but most especially the daffodils.<\/p>\n

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Daffodils planted here over 50 years ago<\/p><\/div>\n

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Narcissus ‘Little Gem’ in the woods<\/p><\/div>\n

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Narcissus ‘Sunnyside Up’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Daffodils in the house<\/p><\/div>\n

There are of course hundreds of daffodils to come in the next 6 weeks, but at the same time the Hellebores are providing their expected showy blooms.<\/p>\n

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Helleborus hybridus ‘Kingston Cardinal’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Helleborus x ‘Berry Swirl’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hellebores in the kitchen<\/p><\/div>\n

Among the many other species providing springtime delights right now I am absolutely delighted by the Hepaticas.  I think they are really looking outstanding this year.<\/p>\n

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Hepatica nobilis<\/p><\/div>\n

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Hepatica nobilis blue<\/p><\/div>\n

Even in the woods in a much more difficult environment the Hepaticas are spreading.<\/p>\n

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Hepatica in the woods<\/p><\/div>\n

Some other special contributors at the moment are the Fritillaria stenathera<\/p>\n

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Fritillaria stenethera ‘Cambridge’<\/p><\/div>\n

This is a rarity that you rarely see anywhere in the U.S.<\/p>\n

And a particularly nice Pulsatilla is in bloom at the moment.<\/p>\n

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Pulsatilla ambigua<\/p><\/div>\n

This one came from Edelweiss<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

And while the focus is outside right now it would be a shame to pass by the greenhouse which has a number of beautiful flowers to share.<\/p>\n

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Ixia maculata<\/p><\/div>\n

This last was from the Pacific Bulb Society<\/a> last year.<\/p>\n

And then the Clivia are putting out many flowers right now, both orange and yellow.<\/p>\n

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Clivia miniata v. citrina<\/p><\/div>\n

And I can see big buds and first flowers on the Peruvian Scilla.<\/p>\n

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Scilla peruviana<\/p><\/div>\n

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Scilla peruviana flowers<\/p><\/div>\n

Note that this wonderful flowering plant is neither Peruvian nor a Scilla but that is a history lesson<\/a> all in itself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well I’m very late in posting this month.  Let me note for GBBD that it is definitely spring here, both on the calendar and outside where it’s been weeks since our last frost.  A particular highlight for me is the first blooms on our flowering Apricot as shown above. This little tree has been in the ground since 2022  and was initially bothered by deer in the front yard.  But now it is getting big enough to actually bloom and it will be a special bell-ringer for spring from now on. All the normal first highlights of Spring are showing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,4,21,34,47,9,8],"tags":[11,38,49,53,46,42,12],"class_list":["post-7834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulbs","category-flowers","category-garden-bloggers-bloom-day","category-greenhouse","category-indoor-plants","category-signs-of-spring","category-sources","tag-bulbs","tag-flowers","tag-garden-bloggers-bloom-day","tag-greenhouse","tag-signs-of-spring","tag-sources","tag-trees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7855,"href":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7834\/revisions\/7855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/macgardens.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}