Yesterday after weeks of whiplash weather that has run the gamut, from 6" of snow two weeks ago to near 70 to rain and back (with more snow in the forecast, but it may be cold rain) things stared stirring in the garden! Here we have Agastache foeniculum that always surprises me how purple the early leaves are. Next Aquilegia canadensis which was not up the day before, as I had been looking for it. I hope to have loads of it under my mixed hedge which is very open in places in early spring, so this kind of makes it look better and it helps shade out weed seeds to some extent. Finally, Sambucus canadensis, my beast of an elderberry. Not pictured, the Sisyrhinchium angustifolium has green leaves most all winter – some turn almost black, but I am always surprised, they stay green under the snow. Geum triflorum also does this, but those leaves from last year die back as the new growth comes through. It is also greening up nicely. I et if I look more carefully I will find Zizia aureus. I believe that thug so loved by fall migrating monarchs, Symphyotrichum novae-agnliae is popping up as well. Sure you need to get down on your knees and use a macro setting, but it is progress!
by General_Bumblebee_75
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I planted anise hyssop last year, so this is my first year with spring new growth. When I first saw the purple I thought it was a weed until I saw the same thing at the base of another one in a completely different place in my garden!