The Flower Stampede Begins.

3-8-11 SHORT HILLS: We did get a big rain, 2.55 inches. The sump pump was very busy, but the basement stayed dry. The temps were in the fifties during the rain, and so the snow piles have dwindled considerably.

Yesterday was cooler, and the yard was a quagmire after the rain so I did clean-up and pruning around the driveway, accumulating enough for a dump run with the debris.

Today I was back in the yard doing more pruning and made two trips to the dump with bamboo, boxwood, rhododendron and juniper winter kill. I oiled and adjusted gates and fertilized more rising spring bulbs.

New blooms: spring snowflake, crocus [almost].


Spring Snowflake, Lercojum vernum, is related to the Snowdrop, Galanthus, both are in the Amaryllis family. This one has six petals instead of three and each one is adorned with a green-yellow dot. Look back a few days for pix of Snowdrops.

Early Crocus is threatening. Sometimes I think I like them better in the bud stage.