Twas the last day of February and all through my yard . . .

Lenten rose

Loropetulum

Crocus and happy tortoise

February has been a busy month in my backyard.  I've been mulching, prepping gardens, planting the spring vegetable garden and starting germination trays.  We've been carefully watching the shrubbery that struggled through the drought for signs of life and transplanting perennials that have outgrown their current homes.  All these projects have kept me quite busy but none of them are photo worthy or of any interest for a blog post.

Purple oxalis and variegated artemesia

But now that February is almost gone, I decided to take my camera out to record what is blooming in my backyard.  I was amazed at how much is happening in my gardens.  Here are a few of the treasures I discovered.

Grape hyacinth

Tea olive

Phlox

Sweet baby James

Just a little confused

Is it winter?  Or perhaps we are experiencing an early spring?  Did winter really come to central Alabama?  I'm not sure, and neither are the plants in my garden.  As I stroll through the garden, I see spring perennials beginning to bud and bloom, and late spring perennials are already peaking through the mulch.

One of my hosta is seriously confused.  It has unfurled its first stem nearly three months early!  Poor baby will probably not survive the hard frost forecast for tomorrow night. 

Gardening in my Alabama backyard is always an adventure.