More progress on the "Is it ever going to feel like Spring?" front

[Siwsan]

My Crocus has finally opened. I now almost feel as if I can be slightly optimistic about the possibility maybe there's a chance of Daffodils opening, by the end of the week. But, for now, I am content with this:

[Brainstormy]

1. Lovely!

My dogwoods are at least three weeks later. It feels like December in Georgia today.

[Siwsan]

2. By the end of the first week of April, my gardens are usually in full bloom

The daffodils next to the house are up and in bud, but everything else (hyacinth, tulips, narcissus and lots more daffodils) are just poking up through the soil.

I am so anxious for it to get warm enough for me to get outside so I can start clearing the flower beds and veg garden.

[sarge43]

3. A pair of Bluebirds have signed a lease on our backyard bird house.

Looks like they're settling in. Hope we'll be godparents by May.

Can't wait for our daffodils.

[Siwsan]

5. That's lovely!

I always have a lot of robins building nests in my pine trees.

[sarge43]

7. I haven't seen any robins yet. We usually have great thundering herds of them stomping around.

There's still a fair amount of snow covering; they're probably biding their time farther south.

[llmart]

4. Hate to be a spoiler...

but that's not a crocus. It's miniature iris (iris reticulata).

However, I like them better than crocus!! You sure have a lot of spring bulbs in your yard. Lovely.

[Siwsan]

6. Really? This early? I just assumed it was a variety of crocus!!

To be honest, I never gardened in my life, until I inherited this property, so I'm pretty much learning everything by the 'seat of my pants, happenstance, luck of the draw and 'hmmm, I wonder what this is, and I wonder if this will grow here.' This was one of those things that was here. And I DID wonder why it looked so different from the other crocus. WHICH ARE SOOOOO LATE!!!!

Thanks!! I might share more 'mystery' stuff that pops up and hope you can help ID it!!

[llmart]

8. I'd be happy to help.

If I remember correctly, didn't you say you lived in Michigan?

Part of the fun of living in a new place is seeing what pops up in the yard.

[Siwsan]

9. Yes - Michigan

I was an apartment dweller, all of my adult life. Moving here and having a massive double lot with lots of planting areas has been a bit of a challenge, at times. Especially before I retired. My sister was a lot of help - she was a garden wizard - but she died in 2015. So now, when I'm up to my elbows in soil and seed, I like to think she's still giving me advice. I put in Bee Balm, in her memory, because it was one of her favorite plants.

I do have a tiny white flower with a slightly blue tinge that shows up, and is quite prolific. I thought I had a photo, but I'm not finding it, right now.

I'm anxious to add more to my wild flower bed, this year.

[yellowdogintexas]

11. the first year on a new property are very exciting regarding what pops up from the ground

Our house in Indiana had a gorgeous trio of huge peony plants. We moved there in May so we did not know about them until the following March-April.

I have not yet found a peony which will grow in North Texas. I love them.

[Fla Dem]

10. Yep, when I lived in the NE, crocus were always the first sign.