I had such high hopes at the New Year to stay on top of Bloom Day updates for 2012! Ah well. Several days later, this Hellebore is one of the stars on the Lot. At this time last year, it was still asleep underground beneath a layer of soggy snow.

As for the rest of the Lot…
Blooming: crocus, hyacinth, snowdrops
Budding: daffodils, periwinkle

There is still a lot of dead and winter damaged foliage to prune since I didn’t tend to much of that except the irises last Fall. I’m just not sure if I trust this strange, warm weather.