Some of the bulbs I planted last fall are starting to come up!
Just the very tips of my iris are starting to show. Really excited about these because I bought about 30 of them off a lady on craigslist and can't remember how many varieties she gave me, three or four ranging in color from pink to a deep purple, hoping she threw a yellow one in. I also planted a boatload of blue hyacinth in a patch of my yard where the grass is sketchy. Their leaves have started poking up, too.
Spring is really on the way! 
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The neighbor's pink tree is blooming (I have no idea what kind) and it's always the first around here. I even have a few dafs blooming in the front yard.
Spring done sprung
I am envious of your new Iris garden! I have tall gladiolas in the front that flop over without supports, and I want to replace them with irises.
I went Iris and grape Hyacinth shopping the other day at Winco, but all they had left was a plain purple Iris, and I already have bearded purple, so I bought white summer dafs, Sparaxis and Ixias. Maybe next year for the Iris 
when you start to see life return. I have a couple of yellow crocuses blooming, but the weather is horrid. I can't feel too excited on a day like today, but I do know it is coming.
