Thanks so much Jo Anne, I'm assuming that they tend to slowly dry down after blooming sometime by your mid May? You simply let them stay in ground and eventually have a small clump, out of cloning baby bulbs.? These spring herald gardening is a special focus for us gardeners in temperate regions that need the boost of very early color, before the full spring arrives. Some will gointo my woodland garden, others in my cottage garden and still others in the rock garden. Your post has helped me in my planning as I step into our fall.

Arturo, yes they do form clumps.I also put three bulbs in a hole.
I couldn't exactly say the old growth dies off. Mine remained all season and don't die until winter. I leave them as spikes just because I believe the afterlife of the spikes feeds the bulb for the next season

Pelargoniums are in bloom:
1)Pel hortorum 'Pink Happy Thought'


2)Pel crispum 'Prince Rupert'


Lampranthus Pink Kaboom


and my lovely carnivore, as it wakes up from its winter dormancy: Sarracenia purpurea:

Sarracenia purpurea is so cool! Its getting colorful at your place Tarev!

Thanks Neal! We are having an extended cool down, but sunny so the flowering plants are happier! So in love with the Sarracenias, such toughies, just have to make sure they are kept with wet feet always.

I love these Anemone Blanda. They havn't multiplied as much as I would have hoped in 8 years. Squirrels are the problem.



Had to have some pansies from my garden center visit last week



The Daphne is suffering from deer snacking.

How odd. Our deer have never touched the daphne. It's tough to advise anyone on "deer-proof" plants because their taste varies so much.

daphne!



'Lawrence Crocker'--starting to be a real shrublet this year

Mine was a division from a friend. It has'nt changed much in 3 years.

Mine in 2008: (you can barely see it!)


In 2012:

Just some garden shots after spring cleaning.

WOW Julia. Your garden is really booming.

Yes, this is an amazing time here. The rhododendrons are blooming, the trees and everything is popping out of the ground. We also just had a few days of sun. Today back to the rain.

Beautiful gardens!

Julia, such a lovely combination of choice plants- beautiful!

Everything looks so nice Julia.

Well, one thing that WON'T be blooming is my Wisteria Sinensis.

It was covered with flower buds. The best in years. And then we got not one, not two, but THREE sub-freezing nights. The bud clusters are all hanging like dead fish. It wouldn't be quite so bad, except that it only started blooming a few years ago. On the bright side, next year should be a real stunner. I hope

Julia,

Love the gold bleeding heart! Mine is up but not blooming yet. What is the chartreuse plant in the third photo? It looks like a fern?

Rose that is a maidenhair fern. I will go look at the tag later, get a better name

Rose,
Adiantum venustun, evergreen in my zone.