Bloom Day Blizzard

Today February 15, is a total blizzard here in Nova Scotia, Canada.  Not that I'd have anything blooming outside anyway, but there is some colour inside the house. 

A few weeks ago, a dinner guest kindly brought a pot of tulips to the house, just starting to bloom.  They have lasted a long time, and though they are well past their prime, here is an expose on their February flowering.  Aside from a worn Poinsettia, this is all I got.

 

I have not been blogging much, or reading blogs this winter, but this blizzardy Garden Bloggers Bloom Day is the perfect occasion for a fresh start.  Enjoy all the blogs, thanks to the listing at May Dreams Gardens. Today is definitely a day to dream about May, here in eastern Canada.

A Heck of a Helleborus

The snow has been lovely and plentiful over the past, uh, four weeks.  Underneath are the wonderful hopes of spring.  Back in January I took these photos at the Cottage.  A very robust Helleborus foetidus was there, looking great, with these spectacular buds.  Maybe in just a month, I will see them again, preparing to bloom.  

This plant is tough, and despite the heaps of snow over it now, it should be happy as can be when things start to melt.  In front of it is a rather dead looking Eryngium. Hopefully the Helleborus will encourage it to live again.  

     Nearby, another Eryngium, or Sea Holly, is looking OK.  And the Snowdrops (Galanthus) are always fine, despite being heaved out of the soil altogether.

If your garden landscape looks like a snow covered wasteland to you right now, think of the impervious plants just waiting to arise.  

Bloom Day October '14

So October Garden Bloggers Bloom Day is here already.  I got over to the Cottage for a day, and caught up on the colours of the season.  The short asters,  below, certainly are becoming drifts.  Time to split them up and share the wealth next year.

 

The last roses are slowly fading, and the taller asters keep popping up everywhere.  

The little chrysanthemums, above, were a gift in June.  They were blooming at the time.  Here they are at twice the size, blooming again.  The only other way they could surpass this would be if they survived the winter and bloomed next year.

You may see that I roughly propped up the fading foliage of the peonies to make way for 'fall crocus.'
Enjoy this happy Bloom Day.  Visit May Dreams Gardens for flowers from around the globe.