Southeast Michigan Native Plant Swaps and Sales

Brilliant yellow wildflowers with deep magenta centers against a mass of lancelike green leaves.

While two nights of hard frosts last week had gardeners concerned (including me, I moved many of my flower and vegetable pots into the garage), spring seems to have finally arrived to southeast Michigan.

Forsythia are mostly finished blooming. Eastern Redbud trees are covered in lovely purple flowers.

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Not Too Early to Think About Gardening

Brilliant yellow wildflowers with deep magenta centers against a mass of lancelike green leaves.

Looking out my window today, I see snow-covered yards, piles of snow on the side of the street, and long icicles on the eaves of houses.

Yesterday, we received over four inches of snow.

And I learned this morning, our metro Detroit area snow total for January 2024 is 17 inches of snow.

Which has me thinking of gardening.

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