Early

A mild winter means early blooms, everywhere. Our first hellebores are blooming (ivory ones) and the pink camellia in the front yard started blooming this week. Every day I head to work thinking I must remember to cut a few blooms when I get home, and every day until today I forget. (I just checked - it bloomed in mid-March last year!) As I walked to the garden group meeting, I spotted a few blooming daffodils, other camellias, and lots of crocus in neighborhood yards.

Our daphne is getting ready to bloom, and most regular daffodils are up an inch or two.

I guess this means I need to do more cutting back, soon. My allergies have terrorized me all winter and that makes me reluctant to do much in the yard. Had the gutters cleaned just this week, and will gladly pay him again after the oak blooms.