I took these ages ago, because it’s actually 03-12, but I was lazy getting them cropped/resized, then I couldn’t get them to upload from my phone, then my site was down for a couple of days, then I got busy, so whatever. Everything’s a lot farther advanced now, of course, but I took them, and dammit, I’m posting them, and changing the post date so they appear in the correct order.

Croci peeking up out of the lawn. As dry as it was last summer, I’m surprised they even survived.

Cool shelf fungus. I was down by the creek, trying to think of excuses for not yet having started bush honeysuckle removal down there.

Of all the bebe pines I’ve planted, only two remain. They’re pretty sad-looking, but they by-god survived last summer, and the summer before (one or both of them did), so they’re tough little bastards!

It’s been so long that I forgot whose buds these are, but what the hell. I know one of them is from Diervilla…I think. 😀

Bee balm population looks good so far!

These amused me because even though they’re still pretty spindly, this is one of the two 10-12″ single sticks of freebie purple lilac that I planted beside the old lady’s white lilac. I didn’t think they’d survive at all, but they’re actually doing pretty well, considering the start they got (or didn’t get…they were really little and bareroot).

Miniature daffodils playing peekaboo!

The biggest of the hyacinths. I’ll bet it’s purple because they always bloom first. Hell, I don’t even know that my other colours survived…we’ll see!