MARCH MADNESS

Dear March, come in!

How glad I am!

I looked for you before.

Put down your hat —

You must have walked —

How out of breath you are!

Dear March, how are you?

And the rest?

Did you leave Nature well?

Oh, March, come right upstairs with me,

I have so much to tell!

I got your letter, and the birds';

The maples never knew

That you were coming, — I declare,

How red their faces grew!

But, March, forgive me —

And all those hills

You left for me to hue;

There was no purple suitable,

You took it all with you.

Who knocks? That April!

Lock the door!

I will not be pursued!

He stayed away a year, to call

When I am occupied.

But trifles look so trivial

As soon as you have come,

That blame is just as dear as praise

                            And praise as mere as blame.

                                           -Emily Dickinson

Spring arrived very early and well before its official calendar date  thus many plants awoke from their winter  rest.   Daffodils,  Japanese iris, hellebores, edgeworthia, azaleas and dianthus added their beautiful colors to the sea of green.  

March rain was ample and I didn't have to water even once.

                     

I love this early-blooming,  low-growing Japanese iris that appears in March and spreads its beauty through-out the garden.  After it blooms, I divide and share them with family and friends.

The fragrant yellow blooms of Edgeworthia are a welcome Spring sight.

I am so thankful to be living where I can garden all year.