May
20
Muscari
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I mentioned before that the cute little blue flowers of muscari or grape hyacinth were the first to bloom in our garden this spring as they also where the first to sprout last spring…
Did you know that you can still buy muscari at your local florist? For those that want to bring early spring back to life in your garden 
Muscari in a pot from the florist
It’s as simple as that: if days are too hot for comfort, you can actually buy a "piece of early spring" in a pot!
This is actually a muscari I just bought this week and I just love the display of the muscari bulbs in the soil of the pot.
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May
17
Crocus flower
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It feels like summer here, so I am ready to dig into my spring bulb pictures which I didn’t publish yet and start uploading them on pictures of tulips… So here comes for some other spring flowers!
Crocus flowers
Most crocus flowers are very early spring flower bulbs, sometimes you can even find a crocus in the snow Normally a crocus will bloom long before Easter.
The grass like crocus leaves show a typical white line all along the center of the leaf. These days you can still get crocus flowers at your local florist, although I do prefer them in my garden before other plants start growing: let nature run its course
The most common crocus is the Crocus sativus producing saffron! Unlike the "normal" crocus, saffron blooms in autumn. Now don’t start eating your spring crocuses at home nor in your garden, as they are poisonous!
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May
14
Lily of the valley flowers
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Do you enjoy lily of the valley flowers in your garden?
I hope you do because they are so easy to grow: "plant once and forget about it…" In my garden they are growing on a "forgotten" shady spot next to a wall and underneath some bushes.
But what the above picture doesn’t show is the lily of the valley fragrance I love oh so much!
Once you have an abundance of lilies of the valley, cutting them and putting them in a small vase really lighten ups your house. I have been doing this since I was a little child and I keep on doing this year after year.
Just know that this plant is poisonous, so make sure nobody drinks the water from your lily of the valley flowers vase.
