Actual flowers! May, June, July, August, and Sept. are the flower months here in northern New England, and so we begin. Yes, it may get down to freezing some nights, still (and snow and ice may fall for another couple of weeks, but I sure hope not), and we may run out of the house at 10 p.m. on any given night, like a few nights ago, with wads of plastic to cover lilacs and other tender buds and veggies, while the cat screams bloody murder in the house, because, chaos, but mostly, it’s spring here!

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The wildness of weeds:

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Tulips — some are still starting to bloom:

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Tiny checkered fritillaria:

scarlet lily beetles on fritillaria stems, 13 May

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Pasque Flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris):

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Lathyrus vernus (Spring pea bush), a great addition to the shade garden and the front garden:

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The pink buds of the weeping ‘Jade Red’ crabapple (Malus × scheideckeri ‘Red Jade’) and the ‘Olga Mezitt’ rhododendon are almost the same colour, at the same stage, and right next to each other, accidentally:

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The flowers of the volunteer forget-me-nots (Myosotis sylvatica? M. arvensis?) and the planted brunnera are very similar:

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The two peach trees have lots of flowers on them this year.

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The hellebore are almost finished but were nicely prolific this year, with bumblebees around them the last couple of weeks.

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And a few other blooms:

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Here’s more GBBD, hosted at May Dreams Gardens (central Indiana, 6a):
… Late to the Garden Party  (south coastal California, with a glut of flowers!)
… Tony Tomeo (Santa Cruz Mountains, CA – zone 9)
… danger garden (Portland, OR)
…. Commonweeder (Pat in Heath, MA) with iris, bleeding heart, primrose, fairybells …
… Led Up the Garden Path (Devon, England)
… Rusty Duck, with so many gorgeous photos of gorgeous flowers (also in Devon, England)
… A Guide to Northeast Gardening (Long Island, NY)
… Edgy Gardener (Springfield IL – zone 5b)