Tiarella: A Wee Bit O' The Green Poking Out of the Snow
Ah! Spring time in Minnesota; black rotting snow, playing pothole slalom and the smell of hot asphalt in the air. It's a little early this year. I'm betting on one more blizzard, about April. Meanwhile those of you in more southerly latitudes are posting and tweeting: The crocuses are blooming! The robins are singing! Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Me? I'm excited because I just saw a smidgen of green at my door, just in time for St Patrick's Day...read more about this great perennial at The Garden Buzz
Tags: blooms, butterflies, foliage, green, leaf, native cultivar, perennial, plant, st patricks day, tiarella
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Comment by Rhonda Fleming Hayes on March 12, 2010 at 9:43am - Nature is funny, I just try to describe it. A few of us Minnesotans have been noting that if anyone showed up for the first time to this state in March, they'd wonder what ugly alien planet they landed upon. Here's hoping for an early spring....
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Comment by ChristineZ5/4 on March 12, 2010 at 8:58am - Hi Rhonda: Each time I read this post, I just have to giggle. (I presume you meant to be funny!) It is just so reminiscent of the usual March here in central NY. But for some reason, this year, our March has been relatively warm with some early greening and "birding". Surely, we too, will get more snow, and we get some greaaaaat potholes!! Thanks for sharing.
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