Which plant is that?

Last spring I went out in my garden, just to check if there is something blooming already. It was still a bit early for most of my plants but as I walked around I noticed the interesting early growth of some of the plants. There was a certain beauty in the way the plants, after a long winter push through the dirt like they are fighting their way out. So I went inside, got my camera and took pictures of these plants and budding trees in  my garden.

I wonder if you can tell what plants these are.

 1) what plant is that? Hints: it flowers early in the spring. The flowers remind me of little hearts. It comes in red and white varieties. Your grandma probably grew it in her garden.

2) This plants comes in many colors of pink to red, yellow to orange and white. It blooms in May, comes
from Japan but there are also varieties native to European lands. You mainly find in the the Northern Hemisphere. The European varieties bloom much earlier, around mid March. One of them is called 'Schlüsselblume' in Germany, where you can find it blooming wild in open Forest land and is the most common variety you find in Gardens. It bloom yellow and it's flower head has many little flowers hanging like little bells from a straight single stalk.

 3) This one comes in many different shapes and colors. It loves to hybridize all by itself so if you have a few different kind, with time you will find new plants in your garden. There are varieties of this growing almost all over the world. in the Northern hemisphere. There are quite a few native species to the US, mostly red and yellow and blue and white/pinkish. They belong to the Buttercup family. The flowers are bell shaped , spurred and pendulous.

Can you identify these plants? Leave me a comment if you wish.

What is blooming in my garden in May

Even I have been a bit too busy working in my garden to post to my blog at least I took some time taking pictures of what is blooming in my garden. I will add the names of the plants later.
Enjoy my flowers

This was blooming in my garden in early May

















Blooms in Mid May



















Blooms in Late May

Spring is around the corner

Spring is in the air, I just can smell it. It looked like for a while like Spring this year would never come.
I am used to have my Lilacs blooming around Easter in Oregon, I often use cut branches for my decorative egg tree, it is a German tradition. I put the blooming branches in a Vase and hang my blown out, decorated eggs and other little Easter ornaments on them. This year the Lilacs did not bloom at Easter they are really late this year because of the cool Spring weather we have had so far.
So I couldn't find anything to hang my eggs on to, the Forsythia was almost finished blooming and did not look to good anymore. Even my typical Spring bloomers like the Cowslip Primula just started to bloom right before Easter. There were no Tulips yet, hardly any Daffodils. I have to admit, I had to buy Spring Flowers for my Easter table this year.
But then, all of a sudden the weather turned warm, actually almost too warm and made all my Spring flowers come out, all at once it seemed. So instead having my Spring flowers trickle in over the course of Spring, I am having a burst of Spring flowers. Unfortunately that means they will be also gone as fast as they came.
So I better share my Spring blooming garden now, before it is all gone. Would you like to visit my garden?

Early April blooms


Bosnian Hellboro


Hellboro orientalis


Hellboro Hybrid Picotee Group



Erytronium tuolumnense


Muscari armeniacum


Fritillaria meleagris


Anemone nemerosa 'Stammer Berg'


Camellia japonica 'unknown cultivar'


Primula Gold Lace Group


Euphorbia myrsinites



Pieris jap. 'Crispa'


Pieris jap. 'Bonsai'


Pulmonaria Hybrid 'Margery Fish'


Spiraea thunbergii


Osmanthus burkwoodii


Ribes sanguineum 'Hanneman's White'


Hyazinthus 'maybe Pink Pearl'



Mid April Blooms



Epimedium warleyense


Epimedium Alpinum


Primula Granny Graham


Primula veris 'Sunset Shades'


Primula verticillata


Primula denticulata


Phlox subdulata 'two unknown Cultivars'



Magnolia 'unknown cultivar'


Viola odorata 'unknown cultivar'


Fritillaria uva


Berberis darwinii


Late April Blooms


Anemone apenniana 'Alba'


Anemone blanda 'Blue Star'



Trillium luteum


Virbumum-Burkwoodi


Primula siebodii 'Pink Blush'


Rhododendron 'unknown cultivar'


Dicentra spectabilis


Dicentra spectabilis 'Alba'


Lily-Tulip


Tulip clusiana


Tulip Tarda

There are also a few other varieties of Tulips blooming right now, only one or two of each are left. I lost almost all of my Tulips this winter to some nasty Voles, which took up residence in my rock wall. They must have munched all winter, there were enough Tulip bulbs for them to not go hungry all winter. Unfortunately I will have to rebuild my stock up again. I was looking forward to a nice display this spring, after I spent all my plant money a year ago on some cool Heirloom bulbs from
Old House Gardens and John Scheepers
Oh well, at least somebody liked them. Next time I will plant them in wire cages to keep them save from critters.