This past week has been absolutely glorious weather-wise. The night are still dropping to close to (or just below) freezing, so it’s still early to get too excited, but everyday has been bringing new surprises in the garden.

The Arctic Bells daffodils are all up and they look so pretty in a little clump. I’m so pleased with this new addition to the garden

Another new addition is this guy:

He’s a “Rip Van Winkle” Daffodil. And he’s just a mess of crazy petals with no true trumpet. Like Artic Bells, he’s quite small. I love him!

I don’t know the name of this one (it was part of a mix)

But it’s a pretty multi-headed frilly one and I’ve got a few of them popping up.

I was walking to the post office on Wednesday, admiring daffodils in my neighbours gardens, including some yellow one with bright orange centres. And then what did I spy in my OWN garden when I got back?

I’ve got two types blooming. The one on the left is a little bigger and pointier. Like the multi-headed one, these were part of a mix I planted last fall, so I don’t know their names.

The more “regular” daffs are still going strong

And I can see that many of them have multiplied. In a year or two, I’ll probably be splitting up clumps.

And there’s still many more daffodils to come – I’ve got late-bloomers to last me right to June!

Now… remember that plant I showed a few weeks back that I thought was an early lily? Well… it’s not a lily … though it is of the lily family…

I think it’s a Fritillaria Raddeana. There’s just one problem… I didn’t buy any of those bulbs. I did buy a bag of Peach Crown Imperials. They are supposed to look like this….

And are also of the lily family. (I have orange and yellow elsewhere in the garden). And I’d just chalk the whole thing up to a mix up in packaging… except I am almost positive there were only TWO bulbs in that pack… and I have TWO plants coming up elsewhere that I’m 99% are Crown Imperials. I can’t be 100% they are peach ones until they bloom. Such a mystery.

Hopefully it will be solved somewhat soon – my orange Crown Imperial is close to blooming

So the possibly peach ones can’t be too far off.

It really is amazing what a few days of warm, sunny weather can do in the garden – because every day I went out there was something new this week.

There are grape hyacinths just exploding all over the place. And like the daffodils, they have multiplied!

And it appears I did plant some big hyacinths out front, not just in the catio.

And the Snakehead Fritillary are coming out in force.

My Pasque flowers are just starting to bloom

And I will have Bleeding Hearts very, very soon!

But the most surprising thing for me is this….

A tulip in full bloom! I’ve never had tulips bloom before late April! This is so exciting. Again – this was part of a mix, so I’m not 100% sure of it’s name. I think it’s Apricot Pride. Whatever it’s name, it is so, so pretty!

I can’t wait to see what the next week brings!