Actually it’s not so early anymore.  The Redbud trees are past blooming already but were spectacular for a little while.

My spicebushes grew a lot last year.  They were  in full bloom a couple of weeks ago.

My Virginia Bluebells grow more abundant every year. They are in full bloom right now on April 2.

There are lots of violets blooming in my wooded area.  I can’t quite identify this one from my Peterson’s Field Guide.  It has flowers and leaves on separate stalks and the leaves are deeply cleft.  By best guess is some sort of Sweet White Violet though it obviously has a lot of blue.

I love my deciduous azalea, though it’s gotten so tall I had a hard time getting a picture of the flowers.

The dogwoods are coming into bloom.  Here is my wooded area “shade garden” in a light rain this morning.

My serviceberry is no farther long than Deb’s in Delaware and I have trouble getting a good photo of it because it’s so “airy”.

Finally there are lots of baby ferns all over the shade garden.