The first wildflowers I see around here are Spring Beauties and Trout Lilies. Not much else will be blooming for a while, even though we're probably about a month ahead of schedule this spring. There will be lots of apple blossoms and lilacs, but usually not for another month. We have some Rock Clematis on our property, but my understanding is that it doesn't belong here, so I'm not sure what it's doing here, so far from its home. Many years ago someone must have planted it. We had a very difficult time identifying it in the first place. The local nursery guy wanted us to give him seeds so he could try to grow it, but we never got around to it, and now he's retired (and we didn't want to disturb the fragile vines). Anyway, that usually blooms around Memorial day, just for a week or so.

In town people's yards green up sooner, and some of the flowering shrubs are probably blooming already.

It's nice this year - warmer than normal, and the little tiny leaves have been on the trees for a couple of weeks already. Usually things pop at the end of May. If we don't get rain soon we're going to be in big trouble, though.