Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - April 2012

Spring has sprung again here in the Hudson Valley.  With this crazy winter we had it's almost like a second spring as we had so many warm days and tree's budding out then frost.  Oh well.

Welcome one and all to another edition of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day - Carol over at May Dreams Gardens came up with this years ago and has been hosting it ever since.  So sit back and get ready to walk around Irish Gardens and see what blooming today:

 We start our tour in the back yard...on the side of the house first.  Where a single lonely tulip braved the big bad world and bloomed.

 Hidden in the grass there are many different flowers that can be found.  Like this one....pretty purple hidden in blades of grass.

 A weed like no other everyone knows this guy.  But have you ever really stopped and taken a good look at a Dandelion?  It's a flower and beautiful in it's own right.

 The Perry-winkle is having a blast in my shade garden....that's not really in the shade right now.

 Another weed yes but look how delicate that is.  Small and pretty and perfect food for someone.

 After the side of the yard comes the heart of Irish Gardens....this is where all my nursery plants as well as my herbs and veggies grow.....wait not just veggies but this guy too.  Believe it or not this is one of my Strawberry plants already trying to produce fruits.

Another Strawberry plant but this is one is White Strawberry.  Yup that's right this little guy has yellow green fruits and ripens white.

 Yet another one of my Strawberry plants....plain old Alpine......but a bloom and so pretty nestled safely in the leaves.

 Every kid on the block knows what this guy is.....a wild strawberry.  I know I know another strawberry flower?  But look at it....it's different and actually quite pretty when it's just about to open like this.

 Next door to that wild strawberry we find more flowers growing in the grass....such a beautiful flowery day.

 For the last bloom of the back yard is the Forsythia bush.  Vibrant yellow in early spring it's easy to see next to all the leafless tree's and evergreens.

 So on to the tour we head to the front yard....another weed that I would say just about every mother has had in a cup of water at one time or anther.  These guys get tall and there for more appealing to kids when picking flowers for Mom.

 My Magnolia is getting ready to bloom.  I got lucky and mine didn't bloom with the rest of them and then get frozen.....not sure how that happened but I am happy I may get to see the blooms.

 One of my pride and joys is my Pink Dogwood.  She's just waking up and starting to show off her lovely colors.

 A very sad looking and very lonely mini Daffodil was found the other day.  There used to be other but as it was in the yard I dug them up and moved them...the others are just fine but some how this guy got left behind.

 Look at what I found on my Barberry bush.....a sweat looking butterfly.  Poor guy is missing parts of his wings but seems to be doing ok.

Look how close I got. I got to see what he was doing.....taking a drink on my bush

 Want to see what he was drinking from?  Well here you go.  I took a close look when he was done and took this picture....didn't even really know that bush flowered let alone attracts butterflies.

 Continuing on the tour we come back to some lovely Daffodil's.  These two are just so pretty and very different.

 I just love the color contrast.

And for the last stop is my Cherry tree....finally beginning to show off it's white flowers.

It looks like it is shaping up to be a great spring...lets hope that Mother Nature doesn't get in the way.

So as that is the end of my tour head over to May Dreams Gardens and see what others have posted about.  It's sure to be a pretty show.