William & Mary

In our northern climate, we always look forward to spring. This year it has come weeks ahead of its usual time. 2 weeks ago, I pruned back the rose bushes because they were budding already. Last year, the ground was still frozen, covered in ice and snow on the first of May. I hadn’t seen William and Mary before a friend shared some of hers a couple years ago. I didn’t know until the next spring, that it would be it rather than the narcissus, daffs, or tulips that we would see blossom first each year. We will see the blossoms of those in another week or 2. The second thing I like about William & Mary is that it is still blossoming when the frost hits in the fall. It makes a wonderful accent and ground cover for a shade garden. So, i thought I’d share our first proof of spring and warmer weather: