Carlotta says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 1:11 pm

I’ve got daffodils. My crocus are spent and so are the very early miniture iris. (I regret not putting them closer to my house as you need binoculars to see them unless you want to tramp through the snow)
My neighbor’s hyacinths are blooming

I brokedown and put in pansies and violas on Wednesday evening.

Connie Nelson says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 2:43 pm

Carlotta,
I’m very impressed that you’ve got daffodils up. I don’t have any in my garden, but I know they’re late because the Daffodil Society of Minnesota has canceled it’s spring show, orginally set for May 3-4. The reason? The daffodils haven’t bloomed yet. Isn’t that sad?

Connie Nelson says:

May 2nd, 2008 at 4:45 pm

Wow, povertyrich, you must have a sunny site. Can you send some sun my way?

deb w says:

May 4th, 2008 at 10:04 pm

I have a carpet of squill and pushinka, the early (tiny) tulips are almost open and one brave white violet. Lots of green foilage: virginia bluebells, dutchmans breeches, bleeding heart 4″ high, the naked ladies have 8″ foilage, no buds on the daffodils yet. The star magnolia are blooming all around me but my pathetic specimen is on the north side of the deck and is just sitting there with tight buds. I need to move that thing….maybe where all the hybrid roses were before they all died this winter.

deb w says:

May 5th, 2008 at 7:37 am

If they have green stems and new buds then they are alive and will leaf out. If they are all grey and the wood inside the stems is dried up looking then the chances are they have not made it. My carpet roses and rugosa are leafing out but I cut back the climbers and hybrids to where I saw signs of life and nothing is happening. I think my winter cover was not enough as it matted down.
I have white, yellow and red rugosa rose bushes. The white and yellow are always slower to leaf out so be patient and look for any encouraging signs.

povertyrich says:

May 5th, 2008 at 12:16 pm

Yeah, we’re zone 8-9 out here, depending. Seattle has a lot of freaky microclimates. Folks up on Capitol Hill get different weather from those of us down by the water in Ballard.

You can take some heart in that it doesn’t get nearly humid enough out here for my tomatoes to take off like they did when I was in Minneapolis. Last year, I didn’t get a single tomato until late August.

Connie Nelson says:

May 5th, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Thanks for admitting to your zone 8-9ness, Povertyrich. I was starting to feel really bad!