Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - April 2017

Flowering currant

I don't know where the first half of April went and now I feel behind on so many things in the garden. But I take solice in the fact that I see something new in bloom every time I go outside.

My favorite natives showing off:

Flowering currant

Oregon grape

Oregon grape

Bulbs! I planted more tulips this year and it's still not enough:

Grape hyacinth

Fritillaria meleagris

Some of the other flowers around the yard:

Asian pear

Sea thrift

Rock cress, newly planted

Forget me not

Creeping phlox

Vinca minor, carefully controlled in one area

Kinnikinnick

First strawberry blooms

Hellebores win the prize for longest bloom, these have been going since December.

Blooming inside:

My grandmother's Christmas cactus

African violets - three of my four are blooming, but hard to get good pictures

Thanks to Carol at May Dreams Gardens for hosting the monthly Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day! Even when my garden is keeping me busy with spring chores, it's still fun to see what's going on in gardens around the world. 

What's next? Blueberries, lilacs, aquilegia and a rhubarb stalk that will probably be cut down before it blooms.