Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - May 2017

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - May 2017

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for May 2017.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are enjoying a spring with plenty of rain, and the garden looks more lush and full every day.

Our average rainfall for May is just a few drops over two inches, and already we are well on our way to five inches or there abouts for the month. Yes, we are ahead on rainfall for the

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day April 2017

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day April 2017

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for April 2017.

Here in my USDA hardiness zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I look around and ask the question we gardeners always ask.

"Where did all these weeds come from?"

I'm kidding.

I look around and ask "Are the blooms ahead or behind compared to last year?"

I checked back a few years by reading old bloom day posts and confirmed what I already

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - March 2017

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - March 2017

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2017.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the early spring which began in February continued on...

... until Monday when Mother Nature added a heavy dusting of snow. Then overnight into Tuesday, she added a little more snow and turned down the thermostat. It's mid-day as I write this and still the temperature hovers

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - February 2017

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - February 2017

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2017.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana the mild winter continues. We speak of it in hushed tones–the warmer temperatures, the lack of snow, the sunshine–as though saying anything about it out loud will cause the snow, ice, and sub freezing temperatures to return abrubtly.

So, let me whisper to you about the blooms

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - January 2017

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - January 2017

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for January 2017.

Many people think of January as the beginning of another year of bloom day posts. Actually January is the end of a year of bloom day posts since we started this tradition back in February 2007.

That's right. February 2007. That means those who have joined in from the beginning now have ten years of bloom day posts. Ten years.

And many

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - December 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - December 2016

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for December 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, any thoughts I had that Fall would really last forever have been blown away by the cold chills and snow of Winter.

I was grateful we were spared the big snowfall that fell north of us this past weekend, but that "sparing" didn't last long as we got a decent pile of snow dumped

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - November 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - November 2016

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for November 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we just woke up to the first freeze of the season a few days ago. This beat the old "latest first freeze record" set in the 1940's by about four days.

This means my bloom day post for November features some  seed heads covered with heavy frost.  They are the ghosts of the

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - October 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - October 2016

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for October 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we've been enjoying a mild fall with moderate temperatures.  Though our usual first frost date is around October 10th, we've yet to see even a hint of frost, so the garden grows on.

Up first, is a dahlia named 'Tutti Frutti'. I planted this out rather late in the spring. And by

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - September 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - September 2016

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for September 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the garden is on the verge of something big, a grand finale when the asters and goldenrod will burst into bloom and pollinators from miles around will flock to the flowers for their last bits of nectar and pollen before the final curtain falls and...

Well, we won't mention

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - August 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - August 2016

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for August 2016.

Just last week, here in USDA Hardizone Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I thought my bloom day post would be full of  my whining about how dry it was.

Was dry.

A lovely thunderstorm rolled through last Wednesday leaving behind over two inches of rain. I was pleased and thought how lovely and refreshed the garden looked. No more dry,

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - July 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - July 2016

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Lilium lancifolium 'Flore Pleno'

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for July 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden, it is high summer and the gardens are putting out the blooms, mostly on schedule.

Yesterday evening, the skies darkened, the temperatures dropped and several thunderstorms rolled through bringing wind, rain, and bits of hail.

Thankfully, the garden withstood the

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - June 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - June 2016

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Clematis x triternata 'Rubromarginata' 

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for June 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the garden is beginning to transition into summer, which is gardener's code for "get out there and weed".

Everywhere I look, it seems there is a weed or two or one hundred to pull, but that doesn't keep me from enjoying the many blooms,

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - May 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - May 2016

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for May 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are off to a great start to the growing season.

Well, almost a great start. As I write this, the weather forecasters are uttering words like "patchy frost". I've moved my tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants inside for now We'll see how things improve in the coming days before I

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - April 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - April 2016

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Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for April 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I'm pleased to report that after roaring out of the starting gates at break neck speed, Spring has slowed down a bit and returned to what I think is normal speed.

In other words, what's blooming now ought to be blooming now.

And there is a lot blooming.

Where to begin?  Shall

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - March 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - March 2016

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Miniature daffodils are in full bloom.

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for March 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I have decided Spring is early this year.

To verify this, I went back through all my old bloom day posts  - 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. The only year that comes close if you look at flowers blooming around March

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - February 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - February 2016

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Snowdrop in the snow on Saturday

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for February 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, I had high hopes a week ago for a magnificent bloom day showing.

Why such high hopes?

A week ago, it was warmer and lovelier than should be allowed in February, at least around here.

The grass was greener, the sky was bluer and I actually

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - January 2016

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - January 2016

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Helleborus × ballardiae ‘HGC Cinnamon Snow'

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for January 2016.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the question of whether we would get through the whole winter with no snow or ice has been answered, rather emphatically.

Mother Nature recently slapped us with cold and punched us with some snow and now it appears winter is here and

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - December 2015

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - December 2015

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Helleborus niger 'Josef Lemper'

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for December 2015.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we are in the midst of the tail end of a warm spell of record high temperatures.

On both Saturday and Sunday we had temps in the high 60s, which is about 30 degrees warmer than usual.

This mild weather has resulted in the beautiful display

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - November 2015

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - November 2015

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Camellia X 'Snow Flurry'

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for November 2015.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the blooms outside are scarce but like anything scarce, they are greatly valued.

First, there are camellias, sort of.

The best blooms on the only camellia to bloom so far, Camellia X 'Snow Flurry', a cross between C. oleifera 'Plain Jane' X C. '

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - October 2015

Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - October 2015

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Black-eyed Susans, a bit of floral flotsam

Welcome to Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day for October 2015.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, the growing season is slowly coming to a close.

While I should be pulling out annuals and vegetables, deadheading rampant self-sowers and otherwise preparing for winter, I find myself pausing, virtually leaning on my hoe, waiting for