Spring Garden Gallery
Many years Northwest gardeners joke that spring begins around New Year’s Day. That’s usually pushing the season a bit, but by early March the crocus are blooming, snowdrops sprinkle their white blossoms around, and the daffodils have fat buds. April is prime time for bulbs, and spring continues into late May.
![0801209 Crocus buds & foliage detail [Crocus sp.]. VanDusen, Vancouver, BC. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801209.jpg "0801209 Crocus buds & foliage detail [Crocus sp.]. VanDusen, Vancouver, BC. © Mark Turner")
![0801304 Cutleaf Japanese Maple winter structure backlit beside pond [Acer palmatum 'Dissectum']. Kubota, Seattle, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801304.jpg "0801304 Cutleaf Japanese Maple winter structure backlit beside pond [Acer palmatum 'Dissectum']. Kubota, Seattle, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0801361 Ostrich Ferns new foliage unfurling [Matteuccia struthiopteris]. WA Park Arboretum, Seattle, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801361.jpg "0801361 Ostrich Ferns new foliage unfurling [Matteuccia struthiopteris]. WA Park Arboretum, Seattle, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0801374 Western Trilliums among fallen pink Camellia blossoms [Trillium ovatum]. WA Park Arboretum, Seattle, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801374.jpg "0801374 Western Trilliums among fallen pink Camellia blossoms [Trillium ovatum]. WA Park Arboretum, Seattle, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0801576 Lesser celandine [Ranunculus ficaria f. albus]. Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801576.jpg "0801576 Lesser celandine [Ranunculus ficaria f. albus]. Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0801594 'Trevithian' Daffodils w/ coppiced Golden Willow bkgnd [Narcissus 'Trevithian'; Salix alba var. vitellina]. Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801594.jpg "0801594 'Trevithian' Daffodils w/ coppiced Golden Willow bkgnd [Narcissus 'Trevithian'; Salix alba var. vitellina]. Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0801626 Euphorbia charachias ‘Wulfenii’ under Goldenrain Tree, early spring w/ pergola bkgnd [Euphorbia charachias ‘Wulfenii’; Koelreuteria paniculata]. Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801626.jpg "0801626 Euphorbia charachias ‘Wulfenii’ under Goldenrain Tree, early spring w/ pergola bkgnd [Euphorbia charachias ‘Wulfenii’; Koelreuteria paniculata]. Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0801636 'Red Emperor' Tulips w/ 'Golden Sword' Yucca, Blue Fescue [Yuca filamentosa 'Golden Sword'; Tulipa fosteriana 'Red Emperor'; Festuca glauca]. Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801636.jpg "0801636 'Red Emperor' Tulips w/ 'Golden Sword' Yucca, Blue Fescue [Yuca filamentosa 'Golden Sword'; Tulipa fosteriana 'Red Emperor'; Festuca glauca]. Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0801695 'Dutch Master' Daffodils [Narcissus 'Dutch Master']. Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801695.jpg "0801695 'Dutch Master' Daffodils [Narcissus 'Dutch Master']. Center for Urban Horticulture, Seattle, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0801773 Saxifraga x goringana 'Anne Beddall' in container [Saxifraga x goringana 'Anne Beddall' ]. Murfitt, Victoria, BC. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801773.jpg "0801773 Saxifraga x goringana 'Anne Beddall' in container [Saxifraga x goringana 'Anne Beddall' ]. Murfitt, Victoria, BC. © Mark Turner")
![0801888 Dutch Hyacinths w/ Cotoneaster on wall soft bkgnd [Hyacinthus orientalis cvs.]. Smith, Victoria, BC. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0801888.jpg "0801888 Dutch Hyacinths w/ Cotoneaster on wall soft bkgnd [Hyacinthus orientalis cvs.]. Smith, Victoria, BC. © Mark Turner")
![0802004 Toadshade Trilliums [Trillium sessile]. Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0802004.jpg "0802004 Toadshade Trilliums [Trillium sessile]. Bellevue Botanical Garden, Bellevue, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0802554 Hoop Peticoat Daffodils [Narcissus bulbocodium]. UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, BC. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0802554.jpg "0802554 Hoop Peticoat Daffodils [Narcissus bulbocodium]. UBC Botanical Garden, Vancouver, BC. © Mark Turner")
![0803464 Grape Hyacinths, 'The Cure' Tulips in spring garden w/ Lavender foliage [Muscari armeniacum; Tulipa 'The Cure'; Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead']. McClendon, Bellingham, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0803464.jpg "0803464 Grape Hyacinths, 'The Cure' Tulips in spring garden w/ Lavender foliage [Muscari armeniacum; Tulipa 'The Cure'; Lavandula angustifolia 'Munstead']. McClendon, Bellingham, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0803618 Skunk Cabbage along stream in woodland native garden [Lysichiton americanus]. Moore, Mercer Island, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0803618.jpg "0803618 Skunk Cabbage along stream in woodland native garden [Lysichiton americanus]. Moore, Mercer Island, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0803821 'The Cure' Tulip blossoms w/ raindrops [Tulipa 'The Cure']. McClendon, Bellingham, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0803822.jpg "0803821 'The Cure' Tulip blossoms w/ raindrops [Tulipa 'The Cure']. McClendon, Bellingham, WA. © Mark Turner")
![0805719 Rhododendrons, Douglas's Iris along grass path [Rhododendron cvs.; Iris douglasiana]. Maczuga, Bellingham, WA. © Mark Turner](/wp-content/uploads/img/photos/gardens/spring/0805719.jpg "0805719 Rhododendrons, Douglas's Iris along grass path [Rhododendron cvs.; Iris douglasiana]. Maczuga, Bellingham, WA. © Mark Turner")