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It’s alive! Alive!

Posted on April 8th, 2009 – 8:53 AM
By Jaime Chismar

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My garden is slowly transitioning from brown to green. Most of my rain garden plants survived their first salty season on the boulevard. The strawberries are full of foliage despite my inadequate mulching and my two tiny cherry trees are covered in buds.

I see my tulips peaking out from the ground and wish that I had planted 100 more.

I even found a patch of parsley that somehow survived the winter. Unfortunately, a few days later, the rabbits found it, too. Drat! The scoreboard swings in their furry favor yet again!

What signs of spring are coming up in your yard? Are your bulbs about to bloom? Are your grasses turning green? Did you find any unexpected survivors from last season?

(Note: I am not growing crocus, but I figured that we all could use a little spring color. Whee!)

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15 Responses to "It’s alive! Alive!"

Su says:

April 8th, 2009 at 10:04 am

We had our first (albeit tiny) taste of spring yesterday - chives are up.

Jaime Chismar says:

April 8th, 2009 at 11:30 am

Yum! My garlic chives are slow starters in the spring. I am totally jealous.

Connie Nelson says:

April 8th, 2009 at 11:43 am

My creeping Charlie is green . . . But then, it was green all winter!

LD Holman says:

April 8th, 2009 at 11:57 am

Always the first to bloom and doing just that right now is the pasque flower. Very hardy and highly recommended.

Connie Nelson says:

April 8th, 2009 at 12:16 pm

I love pasque flower. Is it truly easy to grow? I have a nice patch of prairie smoke. It’s pretty in spring, tho not quite as early as pasque flower. . .

Sandra says:

April 8th, 2009 at 2:38 pm

Tiny green leaves on my poppies! That was a surprise.

Auntie K says:

April 8th, 2009 at 7:20 pm

Tulips, day lilies, chives, thyme, and lavender all poking out here in Nordeast. Bunnies are munching on the chives but have not found the tulips yet. (oh boy. I probably just jinxed myself.)

JKap says:

April 9th, 2009 at 9:36 am

I planted bulbs for the first time in my first garden last fall. The species tulips are coming up in my south-facing front yard. The soil in the beds they are in is parched (on the surface at least). Do I need to water them? Oh, and chives, scilla and iris are coming up in the rest of the yard.

Jaime Chismar says:

April 9th, 2009 at 11:13 am

JKap — A light mulch will help maintain consistent moisture in your tulip bed. What kind did you plant? I love species tulips!

Michelle says:

April 9th, 2009 at 8:32 pm

Oh, I hope that the bunnies don’t like tulips. Or at the very least do not like the cat sitting in the ground level window. I planted my first permanent plants last fall (generic tulips, crocus, and daffodils from Menards). Always thought the crocus were the earliest, but the tulips came first - 4″ already. The others are coming along…. unless they become “salad”.

Michelle S. says:

April 13th, 2009 at 8:03 am

Rabbits DO like tulips! Mine got devoured this year. :( Gone are the days when I loved little bunnies. Now they are a nuisance.

Amanda says:

April 13th, 2009 at 5:41 pm

My husband got the pond up and running. We don’t have fish, it’s too small for that, but hearing the fountain sure is nice! My rhubarb is coming up; asparagus is peeking too. I planted lettuce and peas today.

Jaime Chismar says:

April 13th, 2009 at 10:33 pm

Sadly for our gardens, rabbits and deer will eat just about anything if they are hungry enough. Last year, one Greengirl reader admitted that she leaves food out for the neighborhood bunnies so they leave her plants alone! Not a bad strategy, eh?

Rhonda says:

April 14th, 2009 at 1:28 pm

My irises are coming up and all my sedum is coming to life. The climbing hydrangea and lilacs and budding like crazy. I haven’t heard a peep from my pasque flower!

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