Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day – April 2020

Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for April 2020.

Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in Central Indiana, spring has definitely arrived.

And so has a cold snap that could bring some frosty freezes back to the garden. It happens some years.

My biggest concern is the crabapple tree, a wonderful variety called ‘Guinevere’, which has just started to open its flowers. An ill-timed freeze could turn those blooms to brown.

Fortunately, I’m not trying to make a living off that crabapple tree the way orchardist are trying to make a living off of apple trees.

Elsewhere in the garden, the tulips are coming into a full bloom. I selected this  grouping, the Princely Tulip mixture from Van Engelen, because I wanted to be sure they were flowering on Easter.

I made a good choice as you can see from this picture I took on Easter morning just a few days ago.

There are other wonderful flowers that are in full bloom now.  Here’s a sampling

Epimediums. They are tiny flowers but it is worth it to get down on your knees to check them out.

Summer Snowflakes. Leucojum aestivum really should be called spring snowflakes because they are in full bloom now.

Pansies. I always plant lots of pansies and violas, along with alyssum and snapdragons as soon as the weather allows.

Narcissus.  I don’t know much about the various groups of daffodils, but I know I like these little ones that line the front walk.

Violets.  I love the violets. I wrote a post about them just the other day.

Bleeding Hearts.  Always a welcome sight in the spring.

There are many other blooms in my garden right now but because of the pandemic, no one could come over and see them. So, I made a YouTube video to show them all to my family and friends. I think you’ll enjoy it too.
What’s blooming in your garden in mid-April? We would love to have you join in for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and show us. It’s easy to participate. Just post on your blog about your blooms on or about the 15th of the month and then come here and leave a comment to tell us what you have and a link in the Mr. Linky widget to tell us how to get to your post.

And always remember, We can have flowers nearly every month of the year. ~ Elizabeth Lawrence

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