Blooming now are- Daffodils, creeping phlox, Veronica 'Georgia Blue', and forsythia. I need more early blooming plants.

I have lots of daffs, some grape hyacinth (they are usually among the earliest, but not this year), lots of crocus, some hyacinth and my Greggii tulips are thinking about it, for bulbs. I have winter honeysuckle and hellebores, and saw a bright pink flower on one ornamental strawberry (either Lipstick or Pink Panda, I don't remember), my camellias are done. Both daphnes are flowering, the edgeworthia is opening the few blooms that survived the winter (I have to put a few cuttings in a more sheltered spot, the wind is too strong there), and the buds on my redbud and dogwoods are looking hopeful. My creeping phlox has yet to show any signs of life, and I HAVE to get some witch hazels, and try again to root some of my brother's forsythia! I also want more early blooms.

Now if you are talking about the weeds - henbit is in full flower, and there is a small, star-shaped blue flower which is actually rather pretty, but so is a drift of henbit from a distance.........

Witch hazel and weeds outdoors and , in the garage..evergreen clematis. Out in the forest, the buds on the pawpaw trees are maybe a week from popping open unless we get serious cold weather.
Every year I plan to start a serious row of muscari(grape hyacinth) and scilla. Maybe next year.

Crocus and Camelia's here

Crocuses are done for me. (I need more varieties)
Daffodils and scilla are blooming. winter daphne still going. Hellebores, pulmonaria, veronica, phlox, epimediums, windflowers (that somehow naturalized in the yard even though there is not sign of them in the garden), a rogue viola dissecta that seeded in a pot (OMG Brenda, it was 100 feet from the original plant!), and vinca. A lot of weeds are blooming for me too. My snowflakes (leucojum) are about to bloom, and the wood hyacinths are looking great. I'm going to divide them after they bloom to spread them out (just love them) so if anyone wants a few at the spring swap let me know over on the exchnges thread. Great topic! I love to watch the blooms this time of year, but also to see what emerges and wakes up each new day. I just LOVE spring. I think most gardeners do. And this weather is to die for!!!

Hellebores, Iris reticulata (a bit late this year, actually), early Narcissus, Scilla siberica, Spirea thunbergii 'Fujino Pink, Spirea prunifolia. The Ipheion are just starting to get rolling. In a couple more days, my Magnolia 'Wada's Memory' will be blooming along with Exchorda 'The Bride'.

Y'all please remember to come back to this thread with an update once in a while. I have acreage in SC, but I'm stuck in FL for a couple more years, so I'm VERY interested in what blooms when. Also, if you happen to notice native wildflowers, I'd love to learn about their schedule, too! Thanks!

And I managed to forget (the window looks out the other side...) that I have 2 deciduous magnolias, Jane and another of the Little Girls series (smaller growing and pink instead of purplish) in almost full bloom, as well as the black-catkin pussy willow just finishing and the Salix melanostachys just starting.

As far as wildflowers, a friend says that the bloodroot, hepatica and something else I now forget, were bloming the end of last week up along 176 between Tryon and Saluda, NC. The "wild" malus (white blossoms) are blooming up along I-26 to just above Hendersonville.

Asheville has only daffs and a few crocus as yet, but they are from 2 to 4 weeks behind Landrum/Tryon...., while Hendersonville is 10-14 days later, as a usual thing.

hmmm- i've had daffs, winter honeysuckle, hellebores, hepaticas, wild anemonies, veronica 'georgia blue', and quince all blooming for a while now. my iris reticulatas, earlier daffs and crocus are all done. the coral honeysuckle, jessamine, snowflakes, chionanthus, trout lilies, violets, cyclamen coum, scillas, grape hyacinth, lorepetalum, cornus mas, seckle pear, one woodland phlox and primroses are all looking pretty right now. soon to come with buds ready to burst are the aquilegia canadensis, tiarellas, trillium cuneatums, some dianthus, some of the fritillarias, strawberries, bush cherries, blueberries, plums, pluot, nectarine, european and asian pears. the bletilla, apples, species tulips and dogwoods already have buds set and won't be far behind. meanwhile, my bloodroot and lily of the valley aren't even up yet. funny how the order can be so different in spots and in other years. i love the new discoveries each and every day this time of year. it's like a birthday gift each day for a month or 2. :) tam

dibbit, the star shaped blue flower is likely Bluets, Houstonia caerulea. This is a native wildflower. I love it. The foliage is so tiny!

Here is a link that might be useful: Bluets

I can't believe it but I think one of our columbines is already ready to bloom. We can see the reddish colors already. Also some azalea blooms are poking through. Our "Black Tulip" deciduous magnolia is blooming. The dogwood is ready to burst and I was surprised to find a few leaflets of the Gerber Daisy we planted out by the mailbox have poked through the ground. I had no idea it was going to survive the harsh winter we had.

The daffodils are beautiful, crocus are about through, pulmonarias are doing great, but my proudest bloom are from the Virginia bluebells. I planted a little nub several years ago.
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We will see what the rains do on Friday. Nancy

I forgot, loropetalum. I put in 4 10' ones that had been grown to 1 or 2 trunks and trimmed to encourage they grow tall and narrow. Nice columns of rose.

In the yard and in large containers around the porch - crocus, daff's and some weird sorta tiny iris (not reticulata). In the flower bed out front along the road - iris reticulata, rosemary, pansies, violas, crocus, hellebore foetidus, wind flowers, wild violets. Last month this bed also had a small clump of the yellow blooming muscari but they're done now. In the wooded sections of both the front and back - daphne odora, camelia, edgeworthia (even the one I'm holding for Rootdigger). In the flower beds in the backyard - scilla, strawberries (dark pink, regular white and the variegated leaved ones), iberis. In pots scattered throughout the yard - diascia, pansies, snapdragons, violas, violets (odora cultivars and parma violets) and these funky new ones called English Violas, a hybrid between wild violets and pansies, supposed to be perennial - we'll see about that. In bud but not even close to open are more daffs, columbines, hyacinths. In the veggie garden the blue berries and bush cherries are blooming and covered by the cutest little bumblebees.

Just noticed the Flowering Dogwood's buds have opened. They were not opened yesterday so this is good news. :)

bradford pears just bloomed here - dogwoods a couple of days ago.

Hi, here at the beach I have beautiful varigated Daphne in mid bloom. I cut some and brought them inside for the fragrance. Daffs are up, homestead verbena is blooming, and azaleas are trying to start. Woo hoo! Spring is coming! mudbug

Here are my hyacinths :) I should have taken photo's before the much needed 2"+ deluge, b/c the blooms got knocked over :(

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So its been at least a week since my first post. Our azalea's w/ the rose-like blooms are blooming and the rest of the azaleas are just ready to burst! Hmm what else. Our tulips are finally starting. The white ones are first. Pink red and purple still have a ways to go. Our new Japanese Snowbell "emerald pagoda" tree is leafing out and I can see the buds that will bloom later in may. The peonies are starting their ascent out of the ground as well as the liatris, platycodon and astilbe. The dogwood blooms have opened halfway...so they should peak next week. Thats about it for now :)

After 9 years of waiting one of my Prunus subhirtella( weeping cherry) has a handful of blooms! I could hardly believe my eyes.

Lots of my azaleas are blooming, but not any of the natives and the ones that just bloom later. Snowflakes, scilla, still a few daffs, some other bulbs that I no longer recognize, carpet phlox, epimediums, dogwood,redbud, veronica still strong, snowlfakes (leucojem), celadine poppies, vinca, candytuft. I'm sure I missed a few, and I have some tulips and wood hyacinths ready to go soon. It's starting to look (and feel) very springlike out there! -Ais.

Here in the mountains we daffs and the pears and cherries are starting along with the beautiful groundcover weeds I use in the garden, but my favorites are the Spice Bushes. Tiny little yellow green groupings on bear limbs. The hillsides and creekbeds are simply aglow in pale green from them all. Joy.

Here in my area I have the following blooming:
Joseph's Coat rose, Pear trees, Apple Trees, Amaryllis,
Mock Orange (single), Tulip Tree, Dogwoods, Azaleas, Daylily(one only).......

One of my favorite plants this time of the year is Quince "Cameo Peach". It is always a show stopper and grew from a small rooted plant in a 2" pot, fairly quickly. It is getting easier to find and I highly recommend it.

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TammyK - I would love to have a Pluot. They sound delicious. I am trying to add some fruit trees to my yard, a few at a time. Which do you have? What is the pollinator? And your plums, same questions. Thank you!

ah- my pluot died a while back! i've had trouble with the cherry/plum clan with them getting the drippy, gooey lesions (can't recall what that is right now). i don't remember which one i had- most likely one of the dark crosses since those are the ones i like when you can buy them at the store. i don't know what variety of plum we have - they were here when we bought the house. of the 3 (one of which was barely alive when we bought it) only 1 remains. the fruit is small and rosey pink/purple, with good flavor, but they are clingstone and the pit is half of the fruit. so i mostly use them to make a killer pancake syrup. i suspect they were considered ornamental, and the closest edible i've found online for resemblance is santa rosa. love the blooms' fragrance in spring, too. sorry i'm not more help!

oh, and if you look online at sites like raintree or one green world, they will tell you what to plant for pollination. they have the best selection of plums and pluots i've seen...

Purple Iris is almost done. Amaryllis x 'Johnsonii' is almost at peak bloom. The Stella 'd Oro daylillies are just starting. Henry's Garnet Sweetspire is also starting to bloom.

Everything is a month ahead of schedule here in Durham NC. Old rose 'Shailers Provence' is almost done, when it used to bloom for Mother's day. Ballerina Rose is blooming Just a couple late Yellow Irises have buds. The rest are done. Blooming now: Peonies, yarrow, Lavender stoechas, Sweet Williams, Braziiian Verbena, Gaillardias, Nigellas, larkspurs, columbines, lance leaf coreopsis, walking onions, thyme, bachelors bottoms, sage, thyme. Euphorbias (almost done). Weeds! Buds on Daylilies and foxgloves. More tree saplings and weeds and vines to pull than ever this year. I guess it's all about the rain last year? And global warming?

I'm eating blueberries -- picked the first ones end of April! A good 3 weeks earlier here in the Sandhills.

Now, I have some hollyhocks, alstroemerias, cannas, zinnias, nicotiana, honeysuckles, black and blue salvia, lantana, red hot pokers, roses, penstemon, and some snapdragons blooming.