Here's Spring Blooms Part 2
Photos taken during my visit to Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA, yesterday (04/15/2025).
Link to Part 1: https://www.democraticunderground.com/1036143321
While Longwood has thousands of cultivated species of flowers, it's also home to many species of native wildflowers in its meadows and forest sections:
Trout lily (Erythronium americanum)
Bloodwort (Sanguinaria canadensis)
Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica)
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I am fortunate! I live an hour west of Longwood and have an annual membership which gets put to good use in every season.
These incredible photos: the closeups, the great bokeh, the all-encompassing distance shots, the incredible variety!
I can't thank you enough for having given us this great gift.
As I sit here waiting out a 36 hour blizzard.
Eventually the sun will warm the soil enough to melt any snow that might fall. But it could snow in May, even here in South Central PA. We had a frost warning last night.
I’m glad you enjoyed the photos.
I drove in from Fargo, ND yesterday, it was HOT, had to change my clothes along the way. I could see this storm for over 100 miles before I got into it, didn't cool down until the snow wave hit. I got in just before anything started falling. And, because the ground was warm, it's melting but still snowing, they say until midnight then it wars up again. It's only temporary, thank goodness.
It might stunt some of the budding trees and plants, though. Got down into the teens last night.
Longwood’s a botanical garden, a horticultural display garden and an historic site.
I'm really envious, because I haven't seen a darned thing blooming around here! Maybe in a botanic garden somewhere, but I wouldn't know, because I don't live near enough to any to visit frequently.
In another month, the lilacs will be blooming, and tulips will start coming up, but right now? Nada. I haven't even seen any forsythia, which is one of the earliest blooming shrubs in these parts (northern Illinois). I love forsythia, because it makes such a bright splash of sunshine yellow at a time when most things are still blah around here, but I haven't seen any in ages. If I had a yard, I'd for sure plant some. But we're apartment dwellers, so that's not an option.
Anyway, thanks for sharing these beautiful bursts of color with us! And sorry for all the complaining!
My goodness, Shazzie, it sounds like you live above the Arctic Circle! 
My snowdrops emerged in mid-February and my lilac bush had buds with deep color in mid-March. The crocuses seem to have been stunted, though, and the tulips I planted last fall didn't get buds until last week.
I'm in South Central PA. We had a frost warning last night and the low tonight will be 40 degrees. But Saturday the forecast is a high of 84 and a low of 58.
You are most welcome!