Spring Comes On

The crocus have pretty much wilted, although the little iris last and last. The darker iris reticulata in back actually have silver-white markings. Daffodils have started opening. The ones in the back garden have been there since Jim and I went to Las Vegas. I did cut, a white one and two yellows, and a piece of the neighbor's forsythia that's on the lot line, because we are expecting bad weather that hasn't actually happened.

And the scilla that I thought would be a month away -- a couple have opened. Lots of periwinkle, and the GLory of the Snow, even one old one out in the grass.

I took the Christmas lights off the lilac bush without losing any buds. Maybe the lilac would have enjoyed having them turned on while it buds, keep it warm?