Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - March 2012

What is Garden Bloggers Bloom Day? Well I'm glad you asked. On the 15th of each month, writers of gardening blogs post photos of what is blooming in their garden. I've known about it for a while, but this is my first post for GBBD. And this year we actually have things blooming on March 15th! We have been enjoying a glorious week of 70*F / 21*C temperatures. That doesn't happen very often. But even with the warm weather, my blooming list is going to be pretty short.

So, here we go.

First is our Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum). It just opened today.

Second (and last for the outdoor plants this month) is the American Pussy Willow (Salix discolor). It's been blooming for almost a week already, but the warm weather has opened them up some more.

Sadly, the warm weather has brought the bugs, too. Oh well.

Houseplants count for Garden Bloggers Bloom Day, don't they? Good, because my Christmas Cactus is still blooming....since December.

Here's a (really bad) photo of what the cactus looks like
from the other side of the window. (sorry, the lighting was awful.)