March 2016 in the Northern Hemisphere

[ashley]

Much better now it's  still light after work, Yann, isn't it?  Good for relaxing.

It's wonderful, no longer having to check on germination and other happenings in the greenhouse by torchlight

[Leena]

Spring has advanced also here, and almost all the snow has melted from my garden. Days are between 5-10C and nights around zero. Snowdrops are starting to open, many are still coming up as other plants, too.
Hellebores show lot of buds coming. The earliest are two H.multifidus plants (the two first pictures), but also some of the hybrids are well into growth.
I planted Adonis amurensis last autumn and it was flowering as soon as the snow melted even though the ground is still frozen. It is like a little sun.

[Cfred72]

1) Well active bees

2) Bulbocodium vernum

3) Cardiocrinum giganteum
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4) Small spring trough

[amateuranthecologist]

Delphinium nuttallianum

[hadacekf]

Ornithogalum sigmoideum - syn. O. sibthorpii. I cultivate this very dwarf and easy growing species in the meadow in my garden. It also survives mowing and increases well by seed.

[Maggi Young]

Franz - your meadow never   ceases to amaze and delight us- thank  you!  Who would have thought the  Ornithogalum could withstand mowing?

[Yann]

Yes Ashley no more headlight needed for the slugs fight 

[johnralphcarpenter]

Don't know where to post this: last day of March goes out with a fiery sunset.

[Maggi Young]

That's  a good shot - makes me wish I'd been paying more attention here at sunset.

[arilnut]

A few of mine for March

anemonella  "cameo"
corydalis  "George Baker"
P. tenuifolia plena

John B

[arilnut]

A few more.

sanguinaria, plena left & center, pink right faded now
tulip  "Sweet Joy"
20 days since first bloom and my teco's still putting on a show. 
several nights below freezing in that time.

John B

[Hoy]

All beautiful!

Yann -  you caught  so well the violet reflections on the beetle's legs and antennae 

Trond - mostly mechanical damage, broken branches....not too bad this time. I had tarps over the few plants that were up, I'll see better today what has happened underneath.
Have a safe passage back home!

Came home safely but had a long drive around the bad weather. (8 hours in stead of 5.5).

April started with freezing temps

[Giles]

Magnolias in the garden:
Magnolia stellata 'Waterlily'
Magnolia salicifolia
Magnolia campbellii/2 different

[Giles]

Narcissus 'W.P. Milner'
Prunus campanulata
Prunus tomentosa
Barnhaven primroses arising from spent potting compost thrown at back of border (there's even a double one in there)

[johngennard]

A perfect Spring day today in shirt sleeves for the first time.I have been very busy catching up with the many outstanding jobs but couldn't resist snatching a few pictures to share.

Acer palmatum KATSURA
Galanthus nivalis virescens (the last to flower with me)
Corylopsis spicata or glabrescens
Corylopsis glabrescens or spicata
Allium abnormis