Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - April 2010

April brings an abundance of yellow to our spring garden when the daffodils bloom with gay abandon.

One of the most glorious sights of springtime in our garden is daffodils backlit by the afternoon sunlight.

It's breathtaking!

My dear husband planted this Forsythia at least 6 years ago and this is the first year we've seen it actually bloom with more than a handful of blossoms. It's certainly not overdressed, especially compared to some I've seen, but we're excited just to have branches bearing blossoms! 

The little clump of Chionadoxa glows in the Rock Garden down by the road.

Glory-of-the-Snow is an easier name to remember it by.

The Lilac Garden is overflowering with daffodils.

With Scilla Siberica/Siberian Squill adding its beautiful blue.

It spreads easily and even shows up in the lawn. This little beauty can sew itself wherever it pleases. The more the merrier!

A paler version, but no less beautiful, is the Puschkinia/Striped Squill.

The little white petals have a blue stripe running through them.

I'm thrilled to see these pansies made it through the winter.

Arabis/Rockcress has just begun to bloom. It makes a pretty white carpet at the feet of the bleeding hearts which are growing rapidly and will begin blooming soon. 

Last summer our niece gave me several plants from the old and well established garden that surrounds the house she and her husband recently moved into. Hubby and I made a place for them on the north side of the house where the new plants receive morning sun and afternoon shade.

Sanguinaria canadensis/Bloodroot is the first to bloom and I'm so excited to see it! The little flower is so pretty and I'm fascinated by the way the leaves curl around the stem.

Pretty Primroses are another new addition from Paula's garden.

Another white beauty is Oxalis blooming inside the house. The pink Abutilon is laden with blooms and Vancouver Centennial Geranium has also come through the winter very well and has lots of blooms.

Over by the vegetable garden the patch of long ago discarded daff bulbs never fails to make a cheerful display.

Grape Hyacinths are blooming next to the lovely pink Hyacinth and more daffodils
in the Rose-Clematis Garden, and the first tulips are about to pop open.

More Hyacinths are blooming beside daffodils in the Top Driveway Garden.

I love these pretty pastels.

And their  heavenly scent.

Daffodils everywhere!

Including a few old fashioned doubles.

The ever curious Hannah is my constant companion.

She likes to hide in the daffodils and watch the world go by.

Be sure to visit Carol of May Dreams Gardens to see what's blooming in other gardens here, there and everywhere on this mid-April Bloom Day.

Happy gardening everyone!