Blooms on the First Day of Spring

The first day of spring was March 20th, and I celebrated by taking pictures of absolutely everything that was blooming in my garden. It was fun.

Peach Tree Blooms

I planted 2 peach, 2 apple and 2 pear trees last spring. The peaches are the only ones blooming now. The trees are all dwarfs, but they’ll still produce more than we can eat. Dwarfs are easier to pick and take up less space. I’ve heard that peaches are hard to grow organically….we’ll see.

Here’s a few more pictures from the first day of spring.

Blueberry

The Loropetalum is just starting to bloom. As soon as it finishes flowering, I’m going to give it a good pruning, and cut all that winter damage out.

Hepatica acutiloba

Camellia japonica ‘Kramer’s Supreme’ is just starting to bloom.

Red maple tree.

Spiraea thunbergii ‘Ogon’

I added that Spiraea thunbergii ‘Ogon’ to the garden last fall because I fell in love with the foliage. The blooms are a pleasant surprise. I didn’t know that they would be this showy. The Missouri Botanical Gardens has more information on this plant.

Asarum maximum ‘Ling Ling’

There were some other plants that were blooming, but weren’t pretty enough to make the blog. The paperwhites and winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum) were just finishing, and the serviceberry, vinca and candytuft were just getting started. The daffodils, violas, lungwort (Pulmonaria) and Brunnera ‘Silver Heart’ were also blooming.

The Lenten roses (Helleborus) looked especially nice, and I’m planning a Helleborus post for my other blog, but I couldn’t end this post without showing you my favorite picture from the first day of spring.

Helleborus ‘Mrs. Betty Ranicar’

Happy Spring!