Signs of Spring

7 years ago

I'm seeing lots of signs of Spring now. Things are blooming about three weeks early, so I guess the daylilies will be early this year.

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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)

7 years ago

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No Daf blooms here yet, but I do see that some of them are starting to bud up. The roses are what have taken off. I try and get to spring pruning first thing on them, especially the miniatures. A fully leafed out mini is hard to prune properly. However, this year I don't think they even lost all their foliage from last year and have now started growing new foliage on top of that. As with the rest of you that's about 4 weeks early (March 17th, St. Paddy's day, is the official start of gardening season here)...My potted daylilies are sending up new foliage by leaps and bounds too. It's going to be one hectic early spring that's for sure........Maryl

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tarheelgirl_7b
7 years ago
Lots of signs of spring here as well. We have had highs in the 70s multiple days already. My daffodils are blooming earlier this spring

Lori
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shive
Original Author
7 years ago
My Ice Follies daffodils normally don't bloom until a couple of weeks after the little yellow ones. But Ice Follies started the show this time. I guess they were making up for not blooming at all last year.

Maryl - So you're about 4 weeks early. You have your pruning work cut out for you. I read on another forum that some Florida people have daylilies starting to bloom already. How strange!

Debra
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
7 years ago
I haven't seen any daffodils blooming around here yet, but we have been unseasonably warm--a string of days in the sixties. It's also been dry. The daylilies are growing and I fear a repeat of last year. We had an early spring, then a cold April and a late frost. Amazing enough, it didn't hurt our fruit trees much, but really hurt some of the daylilies. As much as I want spring to be here, I hate those late frosts most of all.

Nancy
signet_gw(6b)
7 years ago
Nancy I feel your pain . we went thru the same cycle here but we lost all our fruit blooms to frost last year . The daylily foliage and the hostas looked like crap cuz they grew so fast with the warm spring only to be bitten by the late frost . I am hoping we dont suffer the same fate this spring . I just finished planting some Alliums that

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organic_kitten
7 years ago
Even the first of the azaleas are blooming here. I have been in the garden several hours the last couple of days, mostly cutting back roses and clematis and butterfly bushes and weeding and cleaning up some of the daylilies. There is a long way to go, but it is nice to get started....too early, but nice
shive
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7 years ago
I've been working about 3-4 hours a day in the yard this week, mostly pruning bushes, weeding, and mulching. Today it hit 80 degrees! Starting on Saturday it will be back to winter for a few days.

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del_s
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