Hello, flowers, welcome to Syracuse
It’s been awhile coming this spring. With the winter we’ve had here in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood, it’s seemed like forever.
Flower power arrived yesterday.
We received the first burst of color. It came from the plant above, the one that we thought was from a tulip bulb that Karen missed when she was digging up that little corner of the front yard garden.
It’s not. We don’t know what it is. Karen doesn’t recall putting a new bulb there.
Welcome, regardless.
There’s a touch of yellow from the forsythia.
The forsythia in the main front garden has pushed out a touch of yellow.
It’s gotten taller and wider, but that’s not a lot of flowering yet compared to last year.
Green trying, from the peony.
The peony is just beginning to push up some green shoots.
It’s hard for me to reckon that this plant starts anew each year and grows so big and plush. You’ll get a show later when it blooms so magnificently.
Red eventually from the azalea.
The azalea is welcoming green leaves down low.
This bush has widened considerably.
The small, red flowers will make a subtle statement.
They all will have to battle the snow forecast for later today, of course.
Get ready, garden.
Mark Bialczak 
I loved the pretty little pink flowers that resemble hyacinths…not sure if they are a variation of them? Maybe look them up and see if I have the correct name for these. I liked the full moon during the day and also, this weekend in the evening! It didn’t seem like a pink moon or a worm moon either… I have forgotten what it is called this month! I love the way the forsythia just glows yellow, it is on its way in your yard, along with the other sprouting blooms! Smiles, Robin
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More snow? Ah, I miss the snow so much! I hope your beautiful pink mystery-plant survives the cold…And that you and Karen do as well! 🙂
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Thank you. Rachel. The snow came and I think the mystery flower is OK.
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Yay – Spring is on its way for you guys.
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I don’t mind winter when it’s winter. But it’s a little glutenous when it crosses over and intrudes rudely on spring. I’m glad your spring is starting to spring. Colors in the yard are so energizing this time of year!
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And then I woke up today and had to post a new picture, Colleen. Yup. The return.
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At least we aren’t alone in our weather crazed minds.
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We’ve gotten snow on Mother’s Day. Syracuse flora can withstand quite a bit. It’s a positive feeling to see the color.
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I think you are right about our hardy flora, Chris, but I am a fretful homeowner about our garden.
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Hope the garden is holding it’s own against any snow. I think the un-known bulb looks like a hyacinth. But I am not an expert at naming bulbs! Does it have a scent? If it does then i think it’s a hyacinth. (But maybe you don’t want to bury your nose in the soil/snow?
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Maybe I will ask Karen if she’d like to take a sniff. After it warms up again, of course, Rachel. Thank you for the identifier!
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Mulched just before the snow hit:). For once, was a bit ahead of Mother Nature . . . who I think is going through menopause. Crazy and cranky lately! (Her, not me:)).
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She is one confused lady right now, that Mother Nature. Way to get the mulching done ahead of her last (we hope) rage of winter, Kay.
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Our forsythia has tripled in size in the last 24 hours. Crossing my fingers as the temp is dropping…
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Yes, the rain has just changed to snow here in Syracuse, JM. I hope the new blooms can withstand the change.
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A teasing of spring while winter haunts with snow mixed with rain.
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You got that right, Kim.
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Forsythia–that sounds like a good name for a little girl. Although it reminds me of John Forsythe, who–although handsome–would not make a pretty girl. He did, however, die in April, which is where we are now, watching Forsythia bloom.
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The blood moon passed me by last night without a view, K. Darn.
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Vous avez vu cette bella luna, la nuit dernière ? ;D Je peux pas parler longtemps Mark today …C ~ love your post
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Mark, it snowed here in Cleveland overnight. But it’s coming, I can feel it. This too shall pass. Yay for flower power!
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Last gasp of cold and snow, we both hope, right, Mer? Flower power rocks like it was the 60s.
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Touch of color in the yards, trees, and grass near Albany, too!
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Until the white arrives later today.
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Ah, bummer. . . .
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thanks mark, i needed to see this today. garden says, ‘ bring it!’
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But they look so delicate at this point of spring, Beth. Stand tall, little ones!
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Yay, enjoy your spring, but wait did you say snow is coming again?
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Aren’t you glad we’re out west Dora? Sorry Mark. Wish I could share the sunshine with you.
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You do with your spirit, Sandra, every day.
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