Happy Monday GPODers!

We have all sorts of contributors here at Garden Photo of the Day. Some gardeners clearly have a favorite season, showing off scenes from a similar time of year in each submission. Other gardeners pop in with photos once or twice, making the brave leap to share their space before retreating back into being a weekly viewer. Then, there are the contributors who keep coming back with more interesting scenes from every season. Garden designer Nancy Mellen in Hingham, Massachusetts is a frequent contributor who falls into that last group. We have seen Nancy’s garden in every season, and her incredible collection of plants seems to get more interesting with every submission (Check out some of her previous submissions: Nancy’s Hidden Garden Treasures, Spring and Summer 2024 in Nancy’s Massachusetts Garden, Fall Highlights from a New England Garden, Fall Beauties From Nancy, Blooming through the Winterand more). Today she is back with a wonderful sampling of her early spring bloomers.

This is one of my two twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphyllaZones 4–9) plants. I’m always to see them blooming in the spring.

This is a lovely grouping of bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensisZones 3–8). We had a fairly cold and snowy winter this year. Normally there would be at least twice as many blooms. I am grateful what did show up.

Trilliums are my favorite wild flower. This white one is great white trillium (Trillium grandiflorumZones 3–8), and unfortunately I only have a few to enjoy.

This is prairie trillium (Recurved trillZones 4–8) that has been spreading and multiplying under one of my magnolia trees.

These trilliums are growing under my ‘Ann’ magnolia (Magnolia ‘Ann’Zones 4–8) that flowers 3 times. You can see the pink magnolia petals on the ground and one bloom to the right. In the back are another native woodland plant, fragrant Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum scentedZones 4–8).

Another trillium with a corydalis behind it.

These are two hellebores which are favorites as they bloom so early in spring.

This a closer look at the double hellebore.

This is Dutchman’s breeches (Dicentra cuckooZones 3–7) and one of my favorite spring plants that I’d search for as a little girl growing up in Connecticut.

I believe this is bellwort (Uvularia grandifloraZones 3–7).

Thank you so much for sharing these gorgeous early bloomers with us, Nancy! The year-round interest you have achieved with such a wonderful array of plants is a pleasure to witness in each of your submissions.

What spring plants are the stars of your early season garden? From the first blooms of the year to the chorus of color that erupts later in the season, let us know in the comments or please consider sharing photos of your spring garden with the blog. Follow the directions below to submit your photos to Garden Photo of the Day!

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