What's Blooming Now - March 13,  2012

Spring Has Sprung!

Okay, with this weather, how could the Gardens not be in bloom?  The tulips are still coming up, but in the meantime, the Virginia Fairbanks Shade Garden is coming into its most beautiful time of the year.  The daffodils are coming out everywhere, and there are lots of different varieties to enjoy.

They appear in small areas and in mass plantings in and around mounds and in the "sink hole" feature toward the south end of the Shade Garden.

There's are also hellebores throughout that sink hole bed, plus beautiful purple/burgundy Lenten roses near the Shade Garden entrance to the Efroymson Wedding Garden.

The dainty blue reticulated irises are also out, along with patches of delicate snowdrops like these located at the north end of the Ornamental Allee.

Don't miss the raspberry pulmonaria that have popped out a bit early to catch this early taste of what late spring should be like.   We'll keep you updated!