Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day March 2013

What's blooming in Mississippi, USA, zone 7

We are blessed to live in an area where Pansies bloom throughout the Winter months.

I bought twelve plants, already blooming, on October 31,

and they will continue to bloom until the weather gets too hot for them.

February is peak bloom time for the Daffodils at my house,

but I have a few late-season Daffodils that are just now opening their buds.

I forget about the Hyacinths for most of the year.

 Then suddenly there they are with their wonderful aroma.

Muscari, Grape Hyacinths
These are very small and easy to overlook.
I am thinking about moving them all to one flower bed for an en masse planting.

Leucojum, Snowflakes, are sometimes confused with Snowdrops, Galanthus.
One way to tell the difference is to remember that Snowflakes have several blooms per stem;
whereas, each Snowdrop bloom has its own stem.

These Hellebores are sometimes called Lenten Roses because they bloom during Lent.

If you see a yellow shrub at someone's home, it is probably Forsythia.
I let mine grow naturally, but they can be pruned into square or round shapes.

These Spirea blooms are tiny, but there are thousands of them.

When all the buds open the shrub looks like a big white ball.

The Ornamental Pear buds are just beginning to open.

They are small, so I zoomed in to show more detail.

Hope you are having a beautiful day!

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