Early spring bulb blooms

My monthly Bloom Day posts tend to be very long and, as the March 15th early spring bloomfest will probably be especially lengthy, I decided to "split the baby" and present my bulb blooms in a separate post.  While I expect a lot more Iris, Narcissus, and possibly species Tulip blooms to appear within the next month, there are already some flashy bulb blooms to share now.

Overall, I've been disappointed with the Anemone coronaria blooms in my cutting garden this year; however, 'Admiral' has been the exception.  The plants suffered when temperatures soared into the low 80sF but these recovered reasonably well.

The blue Anemone coronaria have been much less vigorous and the white 'Mount Everest' (not shown) have barely made an appearance.  The bicolor bloom on the right appears to have sprung from a corm planted in 2020.

I've planted Freesia bulbs in various colors throughout the garden in prior years.  I'm still trying to sort out colors blooming in spots they weren't intended for due to mislabeled bulb packages.

Hippeastrum 'Ambiance' was slow to sprout but it's putting on a good show now 

In contrast, Hippeastrum 'Luna', potted up at approximately the same time, began flowering in early January.  It's last 2 bloom stalks are just opening now.

I don't have a record as to when I planted Ipheion uniflorum 'Starry Nights' in my back borders but my guess is that it was 8-9 years ago.  There are more flowers every year even though some of the small bulbs were probably displaced as I widened the borders and replanted over the years.

I've added more Dutch Iris every year since 2018.  The oldest clumps of 'Sapphire Beauty' next to the backyard fountain are always the first to bloom.

I have a few masses of this same Narcissus in the the back garden, purchased as bulbs in bags years ago from the local garden center.  If they were identified, I never made note of it.

I planted Ranunculus tubers again this this past October but so far they've been a disappointment with only a handful of the tubers just now developing buds.  However, I bought a couple of plants in bud to fill in the empty spots in the pot on the left several weeks ago.

Scilla peruviana, which despite its peruviana epithet, hails from the Mediterranean region of Spain and Portugal rather than Peru, is a dependable spring bloomer in my garden.  I plan to dig up and divide the bulbs after they finish blooming this year.

Like the Freesias, Sparaxis tricolor bulbs are blooming in spots throughout my garden, all planted as a mix of colors.  The lion's share of these are orange but now and then I find one in another color.  

I'll share my the other blooms next Tuesday.  In the meantime, I hope you find some color to brighten your corner of the world this weekend.

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