spring beauties - Monkeyball trees

now our gumball trees (or Monkeyball trees) are finally "waking up" too:

Spring Beauty: Glechoma hederacea 'Variegata'

From spring beauties - perennials

From spring beauties - perennials

a very nice ground cover - the tiny flowers are resembling little orchids - don't they?

Variegated Creeping Charlie, Variegated Gill-Over-the-Ground, Glechoma hederacea 'Variegata'
Category: Perennials
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Glechoma
Species: hederacea
Cultivar: Variegata
Synonym: Nepeta glechoma
Synonym: Nepeta hederacea

Bloom Color: Medium Blue
Bloom Time: Mid Spring to Mid Summer
Foliage: pretty and steppable
Height: 5-10 cm / 2-4 inches
Spread: fast - 45-75 cm / 18-29 inches

Hardiness: USDA Zone 4-9
Sun Exposure: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Needs: average, water regularly, do not overwater

and: may be a noxious weed or invasive

Magnolia

the Magnolia trees are blooming and yes, now we're having cold weather, even snow, to come...

From Magnolia tree on Mar 22 2011

From Magnolia tree on Mar 22 2011

From Magnolia tree on Mar 22 2011

an early Mosquito resting on this beauty

From Magnolia tree on Mar 22 2011

From Magnolia tree on Mar 22 2011

From Magnolia tree on Mar 22 2011

spring beauties - Acer rubrum

our gumball trees (or Monkeyball trees) not only have "burning" foliage in fall but also a beautiful spring "burst" (that's what I'd thought during the last days) - but today (Mar-26) I found out, that these (I thought they were gumball trees) trees that have these beautiful red flowerlike sprouts are different from all (I KNOW these are gumball trees) trees in our yard, which don't even get started with any bloom-like growth didn't - did some research and identified them as Maples - here's a link to this Maple-Beauty: Acer rubrum (I'm hoping I got this right now)

Spring is coming

in spite of temperature rollercoaster