# Spring flowers! What'cha got blooming? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 15, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963 "2009-02-15T16:59:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/1 "2009-02-15T16:59:07Z")
This week a bunch of daffodils popped out in my flower beds - almost overnight, it seems. I [have](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/100_0244.jpg) [four](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/100_0242.jpg)[different](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/100_0243.jpg) [kinds](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/100_0245.jpg). I also have something which is like lily-of-the-valley or snowdrops which are just beginning to start blooming. You can see (maybe!) one tiny white bell on the left side of this [bunch](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/100_0246.jpg). I dug all those bulbs from a friend’s “old home place” a few years ago. Their family ran a plant nursery and her dad had collected the bulbs over his lifetime, many from overseas. I also found a bulb lying on the sidewalk when I was in NYC over the Xmas holiday, which I pocketed and took home with me. It is putting up a bud as you can [see here](http://i70.photobucket.com/albums/i84/NinetyWt/100_0241.jpg). From the looks of it, it is a hyacinth, but I’m curious to see exactly what it is. What have you got blooming? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/2 "2009-02-15T17:08:59Z")
Heh Spring. That comes in June. The only thing blooming here is the snow. ---
**Author:** ![Karyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/fbc32d/32.png) [@Karyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karyn)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/3 "2009-02-15T18:08:12Z")
I still have some [salvia](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/salvia.jpg) that flowers in the winter here, [vinca](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/100_1243-1.jpg), [african daisies](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/res1.jpg), a [few](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/rediris1.jpg) [[URL=“http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/BeardedIris.jpg”]bearded](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/BeardedIris2.jpg) [iris](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/BeardedIris2.jpg), [fortnight lily (cape iris?)](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/alstromeria.jpg), [redbud](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/DSC00412.jpg) tree, [calla lilies](http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g132/KGpictures/Flowers/DSC00392.jpg), and a few small bulbs. We had a very warm January and early February that got things blooming early but now it’s been cold and raining for 10 days so it slowed everything down again. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/4 "2009-02-15T18:08:49Z")
Nothing here yet but mud. Maybe next month. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/5 "2009-02-15T18:21:06Z")
I’m jealous. We had a good melt and now another 2 inches of snow fell over the weekend. I have a buncha new bulbs and three new perennials that I’m just dying to see. I predict at least 8-10 more weeks of winter before we see anything blooming around here. I can hardly wait to hit the garden stores! ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/6 "2009-02-15T18:26:34Z")
We have a hand full of crocus blooming around our back porch. The bulbs live under the concrete, so they bloom about a month early. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/7 "2009-02-15T18:33:23Z")
This OP is a cruel joke, right? Current temperature in Piper-land: -21C, with snow forecast for later this week. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/8 "2009-02-15T18:34:12Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Nothing here yet but mud. Maybe next month. Same here. I do have a very distinct line of bear tracks through the patch next to the house, though, so it’s not completely undecorative. ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/9 "2009-02-15T18:36:23Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > We have a hand full of crocus blooming around our back porch. The bulbs live under the concrete, so they bloom about a month early. :Jealous: My crocus are still under a 3 foot snowbank. I do see some hints of lawn in the back yard though. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/10 "2009-02-15T18:49:05Z")
My snowdrop are up, and a few are blooming! Spring can’t come soon enough; every year, I dread winter more and more. I planted snowdrops specifically to keep my sanity. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/11 "2009-02-15T19:07:37Z")
Daffodils? Those show up around June! Serious spring arrives around May up here, mud a bit earlier. And daffodils are my favorite flowers. I could buy some at the store but I kill plants, so no daffodils for me unless they get some already cut ones in. I’m jealous of your daffodils, though I am one of those weirdos who likes winter and isn’t tired of it yet. I will be by the end of next month, though. I’m actually hoping for more snow, if only for the tourist business, seeing as I work at a ski resort. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/12 "2009-02-15T19:19:54Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > This OP is a cruel joke, right? > > Current temperature in Piper-land: -21C, with snow forecast for later this week. My first response to this thread was, “SHUT UP! SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP!” -15ºC or so here, with light flurries, for the next week (or three months - you never know). And then it rains for a month. We had a nice crop of ice coming up, though. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/13 "2009-02-15T20:57:57Z")
Heavens! All you poor winter-weary Dopers! We don’t get a very long spring so I have to enjoy it while I can - by the middle of May we’ll be getting hot again, and by June it’s like living in a sauna. **Karyn** , I prefer the Dutch Iris but the color of the first bearded iris you linked to is gorgeous. I have some yellow ones, which I dug up on the same trip when I got those daffodils - I don’t really like them but they have huge blooms. Also, I’m jealous of your redbud! I forgot to add that we have one dogwood tree, but it’s not blooming yet. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/14 "2009-02-15T22:48:59Z")
Almost everywhere else I’ve ever lived was in various southern places so I do understand this spring flowers in February. But I actually prefer it up here. Every time I get tired of a season, there’s a change that’s right around the corner. I do miss early daffodils, though. I don’t miss humid Southern summers one bit! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/15 "2009-02-15T23:01:04Z")
Beautiful flowers. Lovely green leaves. Soft soil. The smell of turned earth. _whimper_ _ahem_ Sorry about that. > [@NinetyWt](#): > > Heavens! All you poor winter-weary Dopers! Thanks. My aunt used to call us from Victoria around this time of year talking about the bulbs coming up, and meanwhile we’re sitting through another month of ice and snow. I just had a bit of a flashback when I saw your OP. It was a beautiful sunny mild day here in Toronto, which means that it was actually above freezing, and there was mud visible between the snow. People were out in droves walking around and enjoying the sun. ---
**Author:** ![Hokkaido\_Brit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Hokkaido\_Brit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hokkaido_Brit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/16 "2009-02-15T23:22:32Z")
Yah boo! Another one buried under 4ft of snow right now. (Northern Japan - friends further south have got plum blossom and the like.) I do have a very nice Christmas cactus and a cyclamen doing their things inside though. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/17 "2009-02-16T00:01:32Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Heavens! All you poor winter-weary Dopers! Now you’re just rubbing it in! Well, it warmed up some lately, so I do have I fine mudbog going. I almost lost my neighbor out in the soup in front of the house today. It’ll freeze again soon and thus be safe to walk across till the spring comes…around March 21. I do have some trees and shrubs on order from the state conservation folks; they should arrive mid-May. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/18 "2009-02-16T00:30:41Z")
Snowdrops - lots and lots of snowdrops this year - I’m going to have to lift and divide them adter they’ve finished flowering. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/19 "2009-02-16T00:48:35Z")
My snow camellia are blooming again. They went on a brief hiatus for a couple weeks this winter, but I’ve seen a few new blossoms opening this weekend. Hopefully the sleet and wind we’re getting today won’t scare them off again. They’re tough little cusses. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963/20 "2009-02-16T01:23:24Z")
I got nothing. Oh, I could have something… if I could grow plants. I don’t have a green thumb: I have a pink and purple polkadotted thumb. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spring-flowers-whatcha-got-blooming/485963.md?page=2)