Old Friends and New on April GBBD

Pulmonaria Lungwort

I welcome with joy this Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, because at last I have some blooms in my garden. A few old friends made an appearance this week, plus some new ones that I planted last year. The pulmonary, like all my flowers, is very late. There are many of them in the Woodland Walk, given to me by a dear friend from her garden. Gifted-plants are the best, I think. Some small clumps of lungwort, with a few blooms, are peeping through the pine needles. Little else is happening in the Woodland Walk, where the deer seem to have ravished the mountain laurel, and much that I planted last spring including hellebores. The new hellebores at the entrance to the woodland garden have survived, and 'Ivory Prince' in the shade garden has truly come into its own.

Helleborus (I don't know the species)

Helleborus (I showed the red buds in my last posting)

Helleborus 'Ivory Prince'

 My old friends, the daffodils are glorious! They multiply every year.

Narcissus spp.

This daffodil bed is much admired by passers-by.

 I am hopeful that the new daffodil bulbs I planted last fall in the cottage-garden border, will eventually spread. 

One of the new ones -- don't know the species -- it came in a mixed bag.

The deer, or maybe a rabbit, ate most of the crocuses that I planted under the crabapple tree. I'm sad to tell you they ate the white one, the header in my previous post, before it could open its petals. I'm not sure if these crocuses will come back next spring, as the leaves are chewed down to the ground. Only a few remain ...

This crocus bloomed even though its leaves were chewed off.

My old friends, the primroses, are just beginning their spring show in the cottage garden. I believe every English cottage garden needs primroses:

Primula Hybrid Primrose

Primula Hybrid Primrose

I found the first tiny flower on the vinca, which my mother-in-law - who planted it - always called periwinkle.

Vinca minor Periwinkle

Finally, not blooms but lush growth on the sedums I planted around the pond. I chose green-leaved plants and dark-red ones. I don't know what the flowers will be like.

Sedum Stonecrop

Sedum Stonecrop

But what is this, under one of the maple trees? ...

One bloom that isn't late ... the first dandelion!

My thanks to Carol of May Dreams Gardens for hosting this wonderful meme, Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. She invites everyone to join in the fun, so why don't you head over to her blog and see what is blooming, today, in gardens all over the world.

To my old friends and new, both blooms and bloggers, I wish a happy springtime - or whatever season it is in your little corner. Have a great weekend!

Pamela x

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