.....Spring....

Most of us are sighing with relief at the sunny warm days brought to us lately. We complain at even a day of rain now, having become so tired of the cold gray winter that's just fading.


Here are some beauties...

Daffodils

Star magnolia, Magnolia stellata, at the Green Hills Library

Saucer Magnolia, Magnolia soulangiana, in the Flat Rock neighborhood of Nashville

A red buckeye, Aesculus pavia, not quite blooming (look for pictures here soon)

Nice to see...

...a few fantastic blooms this week. Even with such a long and cold winter, these reliable splashes of color showed up with last weeks sun and warmth.

The shrub is witch hazel, Hamamelis x intermedia 'Arnold Promise'.

The white flower is Helleborus. Once the flowers show up I go ahead and clip back most of last years leaves. They may look a little like lollipops at first, but I want to see the blooms.