The weather here in California has been extremely wet this season. We track our rainy season starting October 1st, and since then we have had 13.85" of rain. Our normal is 10.42", but last year it was only 5.6", so folks are amazed at the difference.
This is wonderful for our garden and water supplies, but folks are getting a little tired of the dreariness. And some folks have been devastated by mud slides; homes and roads entirely washed away.
My eighty five azaleas seem to be enjoying the rain though. (Yes, I said eighty five azaleas.) They are starting to put on their beautiful display.
We have all shades of pink ranging from vibrant magenta to palest pink. And white; we have an abundance of white.
Speaking of white, this evergreen clematis (Clematis armandii) is spilling over our fence in two places, and I've seen volunteers in various places in the garden.
The scent is heavenly and here in our Zone 9 garden, it's quite vigorous. It makes a great screen on a wire or iron fence.
My thirty five camellias, aka Winter's roses, are at the height of their bloom and the ground beneath them is carpeted with spent blossoms.
The ferns continue to provide plenty of cool green foliage. These squirrel foot ferns are sending out their silver feet in a hidden corner of the garden.
And I found a surprise yesterday. I think these are Bluebells. I believe we'd have more of them if the previous gardeners hadn't dumped 3' of oak leaves in that area. (As we started removing the oak leaves, these bulbs started sprouting up.)
Our March garden has been pretty much what I expected, but with one or two pleasant surprises. We hope your March garden is providing a nice diversion from all this wet weather.
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