
Today we’re in Jayne Spaulding’s garden, looking forward to spring.
This is my Zone 5 garden in spring, my favorite season. In New Hampshire, spring is short-lived, muddy, windy, and cold, but it is welcome nonetheless. I’ve been a Master Gardener for over 20 years and owned a garden design business for 13 years. It’s nice to finally have time to play in my own gardens!
The Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica, Zones 3–8) have matured into a sizable clump along a woodland path.
Here is a beautiful sweep of this spring bloomer, which is native to a wide swath of eastern North America.
I grow several varieties of hellebores (Helleborus hybrid, Zones 4–9), like this dark red one, which is among the earliest spring bloomers for cold climates.





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Comments
Beautiful, Jayne! Those are all favorites of mine as well! I hope you have a great gardening year!
Lovely! Thanks for sharing!
How have I never heard of "glory-of-the-snow" before! So happy to learn about that beautiful little lavender/purple early bloomer from your post!
And what a pretty patch of blue bells!
How lovely that the dogtooth violet has expressed such gratitude for being rescued. Your garden is a thing of beauty.
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