Garden Blogger's Bloom Day!

I didn't have a chance to post this yesterday because I wanted to be sure to post the butterfly in the cherry blossom photo's. (Click here for yesterday's "Friday Favorites" post to see them - I don't often toot my own horn about things but these photo's are incredible!) Aside from lots of green foliage, I don't have much blooming yet here on the Jersey coast as you can see above (and nothing yet in my northern Skylands Region garden), but I managed to get a few shots this week. Everything that's not blooming is coming back nicely. My Bleeding Heart just took a direct hit though from a wind blown branch so the first pink blooms getting ready to open this week were knocked off but there will be plenty more to come. (We're under a wind advisory and coastal flood warning today; awaiting the arrival of up to 2"s of rain!) A belated happy Garden Blogger's Bloom Day to all of you! I look forward to seeing what's blooming in your gardens, around the country and around the world.

To get in on all of the GBBD fun, head over to May Dreams Gardens.

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Comments

Muhammad khabbab said…

I loved all these flowers specially muscari. Happy bloom day.

Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 1:49:00 PM EDT

That Bloomin' Garden said…

I love spring in the garden! Two inches of rain sounds like the west coast here. I will be glad when spring decides to arrive. It's down to almost freezing tonight.

Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 1:34:00 AM EDT

Theresa MacNaughton said…

They are definitely beautiful photos!

Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 9:20:00 PM EDT

Bloomin'Chick Jo said…

Thanks Theresa :-)

We're still pretty chilly for the most part here too Bloomin' Garden.

Thanks again for stopping by Muhammad!

Monday, April 18, 2011 at 7:24:00 PM EDT

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