I was bitten by a spring gardening bug at 3:00 in the morning.  I’ve noticed lately that there are signs of spring. Plants are beginning to flower, like flowering cherries and forsythias. My husband brought me home a daffodil one day. It’s a little early, even for a slightly warmer climate than I’m used to, but whatever the calender says, spring is rapidly approaching.

Up until now, I haven’t cared much about the plants around me. I’m surrounded by boring commercial landscapes that are not inspiring. At 3:00 in the morning I started to dream about plants. I wanted to go and find all the plants beginning to bloom and take loads of pictures. I woke up, a little confused about the fact that I had relocated to Georgia and couldn’t go down the road to a neighbor’s garden to find plants in bloom. My mind finally straightened out, but I couldn’t get plants off my mind.

I finally got out of bed and started looking up everything I’ve been ignorning. I looked up some evergreen shrubs, like aucuba and winter daphne, that I’ve noticed on my apartment grounds. I googled where local garden centers are. I subscribed to several local gardening blogs. I reserved a few Dirr books at the library. I normally don’t wake up super early, obsessed with plants, but apparently something in me had been missing gardening. The few glances I’ve seen of spring blooming plants awakened a dormant gardening spirit. It was fun, but now it needs to quiet down so I can sleep.

Have you noticed spring coming?

Hopefully it’s not keeping you awake at night.