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April 5, 2009 · 6 Comments

Snow Blooms

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squill emerging in snow

You can’t keep a spring bloom down for long.

I went outside to take photos of this morning’s short-lived snow fall and what to my wandering eyes should appear but blooms! The squill (Scilla siberica) in my front yard has started blooming. There are not many blooms yet — and they looked a little chilly this morning, but I’m not complaining. My neighbor’s crocus are also in bloom. So, perhaps spring is creeping up on usĀ  even though temperatures are predicted to be well below normal this week.

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Comments

  1. buzzybeegirl says

    April 5, 2009 at 8:00 pm

    I am just amazed that snow is still falling. Here in Tucson everything seems to be blooming about 2-3 weeks early. I look forward to your spring photographs =-)

  2. mynortherngarden says

    April 6, 2009 at 6:14 am

    The interesting thing is: This is two to three weeks early! (Earlier than last year, at least.) We’ve had what felt like a brutal winter, but apparently the plants think otherwise.

  3. Coleen says

    April 6, 2009 at 8:06 am

    When I walked through the garden yesterday, I was amazed to see that my daffodils are budded. My scilla is not quite open yet, but I have hope!

Trackbacks

  1. Another Bulb in Bloom « My Northern Garden says:
    April 16, 2009 at 7:12 am

    […] couple of days ago because — as has happened before — I forgot I planted them. Like the squill that are also blooming, the plants are small (the iris flowers are disproportionately large) and you […]

  2. First Blooms | My Northern Garden says:
    April 4, 2011 at 12:16 pm

    […] also detected the foliage, but no blooms yet, for the squill that is often one of the first signs of spring in my yard. It usually blooms about the first week […]

  3. First Blooms says:
    October 5, 2018 at 5:18 pm

    […] also detected the foliage, but no blooms yet, for the squill that is often one of the first signs of spring in my yard. It usually blooms about the first week […]

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