I spotted a nice surprise in my front garden, this afternoon.

[Siwsan]

Talk about a timely reminder that tomorrow is the firs day of Spring!!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Let me recall my Botany classes ...

Looks definitely monocot, I'm thinking the family Liliaceae?

[Siwsan]

2. I just call it a Crocus!

I was out looking for even a sign of any getting ready to pop up and open, just yesterday. I didn't see anything! Then, I arrive back home from the cannabis store, and there they were!

I expect I'll have Daffodils opening in a day or two. That ALWAYS makes me so happy.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

3. Ah ... Iris family ...

Very closely related to the Lily and Orchid families.

TBH though I'm not entirely sure that's a Crocus.

[luvtheGWN]

19. Japanese Iris, I believe.

Beautiful! And how timely that it's an Asian flower.....

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

24. That's correct. Iris reticulata, I believe.

I love them! Of the many I've planted, few remain. I guess the voles ate them along with my tulips. Looking forward to replenishing the bulbs this fall, if finances allow!

Google images.

[Treefrog]

6. All my bulbs are coming up. Daffodils were first, then some crocuses, no sign of my tulips yet.

[Siwsan]

7. My tulips are poking up through the earth. Hyacinth is finally showing, too.

The Daffodils next to the house will be in bloom, soon. The rest, later. I love having them bloom in stages because I get to enjoy them for so much longer.

[Treefrog]

9. I love spring when all the bulbs come up again. Truly nature's magic. Something we can count on.

We all need that.

[Donkees]

11. 'Iris reticulata' - a spring bulb plant. (reticulated iris, netted iris)

https://www.thespruce.com/taxonomy-of-reticulated-iris-2132119

[Siwsan]

12. Thanks!

It's always the first bloom.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

26. Ah, I should have read the thread before posting (above.)

But yes, Iris reticulata. Especially for blue/purple flower lovers like me, these are fabulous bulb flowers!

[Biophilic]

4. In the same state but you seem to be a week or so ahead of us.

We have snow drops and the little yellow flowers that I can never remember the name of. No signs of crocuses yet, but they do seem to suddenly pop up with no warning which may be why they are so much fun in the spring.

[MiHale]

8. Hi! Love meeting folks from the same state...

Northern Mitt, about 15 miles west of Tawas City.

[Biophilic]

23. Oh, you are way north from me. I'm in Washtenaw county.

Who would have guessed you were from Michigan with your Red Wing patch and that is about all I know about hockey. Good to meet you

[druidity33]

21. bush flowers? Forsythia? nt.

[Biophilic]

22. The forsythia are still tightly budded. They've had a couple of Spring surprises before this.

I think they are being more patient this year. Or cautious.

[Donkees]

25. Winter Aconite?

[Biophilic]

27. Oh, yes, I love these little guys to death, but I can never remember what they're called.

I just go with 'little yellow flowers'. What can I say. sometimes I have to appease my inner child. She loves them and waits impatiently every spring for them to pop up.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

5. My favorite flower! That's gorgeous!!!!

[MiHale]

10. Hi! love the pics of your first up...

So beautiful, thanks. Then I know in about a week or two I’ll see the same.

How ya feeling after the 2nd jab? Getting ours tomorrow.

Any luck with the iPad?

We’re planting our root crops tomorrow been working on the garden getting it ready. The polar vortex is waning, the forecast for us is above average temps this summer. My feeling is we’re in for a drier summer at the same time, I’ve seen nothing official.

[Siwsan]

14. I've had zero after/side effects from the 2nd Pfizer jab

Not even any tenderness at the injection site.

I just notice that a couple of Golden Jubilee tomatos I planted from last year's seeds has germinated and looks really healthy. I can't find the seeds anywhere, this year, and can't count on my local plant nursery having them, so I'm thrilled to have some luck.

Starting Sunday it sounds like our weather is going to be beautiful so I'll be back outside clearing away Winter debris. Yard waste pick up starts on April 1, and I've already got 3 bags ready.

[BobTheSubgenius]

13. After having a not-uncommon early start to Spring, the season seemed to crawl back under the covers.

We've had flowering shrubs that finished blooming weeks ago...and now we have other flowers, like daffs, that have been blooming for only a couple of weeks.

[jaxexpat]

15. Ah, crocusus first-to-come-up-us. Winter finally gives into longer days.

I miss little of the colder lands, but crocuses, hyacinths and daffodils in spring (with hastas all summer?), these precious reminders of winter's passage I do so and sorely. Somehow, camelias, azaleas and viburnum are redundancies.

Little is precious as the memory of actually seeing the hyacinths that have pushed snow aside for their bloom. The power and glory of promise is best represented diminutively.

[2naSalit]

16. We have those but they won't be up for weeks yet...

But all the bulbs are coming up fast. We have a few crocus in bloom but there will be lots more by next week.

Yeah for spring!

[George McGovern]

17. Beautiful!

Really nice photo. Thank you for showing us.

[CrispyQ]

18. What a beautifully saturated purple!

I love iris.

[dem in texas]

20. Its Dutch Iris

That is what I have heard them called. I have planted them in my garden before. Don't have any now, but my snowdrops are blooming, haven't looked but should have dog-tooth violets blooming too. I had a crew clean-out my vegetable garden last year, I told them to cut down the grape arbor, but they cut down my 30 year old wisteria. It has no leaves at all, it must be done for.

[Donkees]

28. The wisteria may surprise you with new shoots from the old root system. Be patient :)

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

29. They look similar, however the OP shows Iris Reticulata, not Iris hollandica (Dutch Iris)

which doesn't bloom until later.


https://www.gardenfundamentals.com/iris-identification-type/