Hellebore and tied for second is bloodroot and brunnera -- specifically, the clump self-sown brunnera that decided to grow wedged right up against the foundation of the house. It's happy there and isn't getting out of hand, so I just leave it be :0).

My hellebores were in bloom in January and have all pretty much gone over now. But I do have a couple of euphorbias (characias, amgydaloides 'Purpurea' and 'Ascot Rainbow') in full bloom, the last of the epimediums and my 'White Gold' bleeding heart in flower.

And a clematis with big fat buds that I am checking daily :-)

For those of you many weeks since you first had perennials in bloom it might be hard to recall what bloomed 2nd!

tied for second is bloodroot and brunnera

@mxk3 z5b_MI, I am glad you mentioned these plants. Our brunnera and bloodroot are up but still a bit from showing flowers...especially the brunnera. It just shows that not all zone 5 are created equal!

Our double Bloodroot up close as of today:

Brunnera right now:

Pulmonaria and bloodroot.

tj

Ah, pulmonaria, a plant I don't possess :(.

Yea, she's the only brunnera blooming -- nice and cozy nestled against the foundation, I imagine.

Usually my pulsatilla are in bloom by now, but this year they've barely broken soil -- this is the first time I can remember them being so late. The dandelions aren't even blooming yet, and it's almost May! I haven't released my mason bees yet because there just isn't much blooming -- weeds, trees, or otherwise -- they don't travel far to forage so need the blooms very close to home. I'm probably going to set the cocoons out later this week, though, we have a stretch of 50s-60s forecasted and lots of fat buds on shrubs and fruit trees ready to pop any day now.

Do dandelions count lol? Geez, I'm realizing that other than my hellebores, I don't have any perennials in bloom right now. Spring bulbs, but no perennials. Guess I should work on that lol! (Heck, and I don't even have any photos of my hellebores! Could have sworn I took some....)

:)

Dee

Yes, Hellebores for at least the past 6-7 weeks. If we are excluding bulbs, I think my next perennial (if we can include shrubs?) is my apricot flowering quince. Epimedium is in full bloom, and Waterperry Blue Veronica are also. Virginia bluebells, woodland phlox, and pulmonaria have just joined in the past 2 days.

ETA: I forgot about the primrose! that patch has been blooming for at least 2 weeks, so it might be tied with the quince.

I just mentioned the dandelions because they're usually in bloom now and they feed the pollinators!

We do have a couple of hellebores in bloom and the pulmonaria has started in places. Lots of brunnera foliage showing but no blooms yet. Early spring is bulb season here so lots of them around.

I have no idea at this point what the variety names of any of these are:

Oh, I forgot about the drumstrick primrose -- those are blooming too.

A variety of bulbs (reticulated iris, crocus, and dafodil) but the first nonbulb perennial is a wild one, trailing arbutus/Epigaea repens. when I left home a week ago, nothing else was blooming. Technically, trailing arbutus is woody, so no herbaceous perennials at all.

First was Helleborus niger, second was Helleborus x hybrida. The second bloomer that wasn't a hellebore was pulmonaria, followed closely by brunnera, doronicum and violets.

Something else that is blooming is the pachysandra :-)

Wonderful! rouge you started off with a couple of beauties! mxk that Brunnera really found a happy spring home. woody what a great collection.

Funny how some plants are behind. My Pulmonaria is usually the first it has barely broken ground.

Primula started almost 2 wks. ago. Sorry about the blurry pic but it was wet and ...

Noticed the Pulsatilla today. I think Dicentra cucullaria - Dutchman's britches may have started before P,

Nothing yet. Still too cold this year for even dandelions. But soon. The perennials are starting to pop their heads out of the ground.

Funny how some plants are behind.

If I was more organized I would keep track of when a plant breaks ground in the spring as I find it so interesting comparing "ground breaking" from year to year.

"Anna's Red" Helleborus (for obvious reasons, LOL), along with the small bulbs (crocus). Pulmonaria "Jack Frost."

Iberis sempervirens/gibraltarica and Arabis deltoidea, followed closely by the Aquilegias (vulgaris, caerulea (several colors/cultivars) and canadensis)

I’m a bit behind: my crocuses are just starting! We had 4 meters of snow this year (the most in 25 years), so it will be another couple of weeks before I can see all my garden beds.

4 meters of snow, Mazelrom?! You must have run out of room to put plowed and shoveled snow. My sympathies! One year when we had about 3 meters, DH got tired of looking at the snow piles, he got out the tractor and spread snow out on the drive in a sunny spot to melt in midMay.

Cyclamen bloomed first followed by hellebore, anemone, iris reticulata and glory of the snow.

Hellebores and pulmonaria.

First blooms were already open on 1/1, Narcissus.

Oxalis bulbs were probably next. Rogue, you had asked in the other discussion about diamonds, beads of water. I know I've seen that a bunch of times but couldn't remember a specific plant offhand. And here I am 5 mins later uploading a pic with great drops of water. O. crassipes.

Pulmonaria and bleeding hearts