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Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day: March

It’s that time of the month for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day where we show what we have flowering in our gardens.

First, the weather

It’s been extremely warm, dry, and windy in Oklahoma this week, and there are still fires burning this St. Patrick’s Day. I’ll be glad when things calm down. Also the Eastern redcedars (Juniperus virginiana) are in pollination mode so the air quality isn’t great. I have some residual trauma from the Simpson wildfire two years ago, but I’m basically ignoring the fires today so I can post about beautiful things instead like flowers for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day.

Don’t worry, I have the Watch Duty app on my phone that alerts me to any changes.

These clear blue pansies are wonderful in these terra cotta pots.
This is one of my pots out in front of the house. I slapped a hellebore it it, surrounded it with fancy pansies and then added an oxalis in front. My contribution to St. Patrick’s Day.
Obsessed with all kinds of blue pansies.
I am truly obsessed with blue pansies right now.

Flowers for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day

This spring, I am clearly obsessed with blue pansies. I love all the shades of blue and purple pansies come in. I also love the pink and ivory antique shades, but this year is all blue.

I blame my fixation on my friends, Beth Teel and Teresa Vaughn Dawkins from the Oak Grove Garden because they often share shades of blue. Be sure to check out Teresa’s concrete urn with blue pansies. So beautiful. I often start my pansies indoors in December to get exactly the cultivars I want, but mice ate my seedlings in the greenhouse. Silly creatures. I think I saved four plants and put them beneath grow lights in the basement. Anyway, I found plants at Davison’s Nursery on Memorial, TLC Nursery, and Lowe’s. Lowe’s has the most unique ones, but the others are lovely too.

The front border of Dee and Bill Nash cabin
The front of our log cabin. It might look like the border is full of flowers until you look at it from a distance. We’re just getting started.
Hamamelis ‘Arnold’s Promise’ is still hanging in there. It neaerly died in the fire, and I think it would be happier in sandier soil.
I love this shot so much I’m showing it twice. I realized today my front garden has three concrete angels in it.
Pink and white daffodils with a concrete angel for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day: March
Here’s the second shot of my large angel and the pink and white daffodils. I love this part of the garden right now.
Tete a Tete daffodils which flower as they emerge.
Tete a Tete daffodils which flower as they emerge. They will grow a bit taller and flower the entire time.
More beautiful yellow daffodils.
More beautiful yellow daffodils.

I love my front border in spring. If you click on the photos, they will enlarge and become easier to see. If you don’t grow ‘Tete-a-Tete’ daffodils, you’re truly missing out. These little darlings flower as soon as they emerge and keep on going for weeks.

Spirea 'Ogon' with arbors in the back garden
Spirea ‘Ogon’ with arbors in the back garden. This is one of my favorite shrubs.
A bevy of white daffodils with pale yellow cups are so nice.
Another shot of the yellow jonquils with naked ladies bulb foliage

I’ll be honest. March is not my favorite month for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day, but April will be better if we get rain. I did run outside and “snap” these photos of what’s going on in my garden. For more GBBD goodness, head over to Carol’s blog, May Dreams Gardens and see what other bloggers are sharing. I’m late to the party so there should be quite a list.

Until next time, stay blooming.

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  1. Beth@PlantPostings.com

    Lovely blooms in your garden, for sure. I’ve been thinking about you with all the Oklahoma fires: Stay safe! I’m a big fan of Pansies and Violas, and they’re great additions to pots and plots of garden space. Happy almost spring!