Welcome to Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day for February 2026.
Here in my USDA Hardiness Zone 6a garden in central Indiana, we’ve been enjoying warmer temperatures this past week, melting a bunch of the snow that was still hanging around from late January.
Late on Friday, I walked around the back lawn half-heartedly looking for the first crocuses, thinking that where it was snow-covered a few days ago, surely there can’t be crocuses already.
But I was surely wrong!
I found several crocuses starting to bloom, including this little patch of them.
Elsewhere in the garden, snowdrops are making a recovery from the big snowstorm a few weeks ago and slowly starting to bloom as well.
And that’s about it for what’s blooming in my garden in mid-February.
As mentioned in January’s bloom day post, I’m ending this meme after this year, so for my own ease of access, I’m going to add links here for past February months.
2007 – The garden was completely snow-covered for the very first bloom day post!
2008 – I had some crocuses in bloom, and indoors, there were hyacinths.
2009 – Wow, I went wild with hyacinths indoors, but there was just one snowdrop outside.
2010 – Another snow-covered year. Really had to look to find blooms inside, too.
2011 – No snow, but not much blooming outdoors, unless you think a little violet is exciting!
2012 – There were some blooms, mostly crocuses, but they were covered with snow!
2013 – A few crocuses, no snow, sort of like 2026?
2014 – Also completely snow-covered!
2015 – I featured a witch hazel trying to bloom, a snowdrop, and some houseplants blooming inside.
2016 – I had crocuses blooming a week before bloom day, but there was snow on the actual day. Indoor blooms were featured.
2017 – Another year with quite a few blooms, including those crocuses.
2018 – Looks about like this year, with just a few blooms showing up mid-month.
2019 – A few blooms outside, kind of like today, plus Lily of the Valley indoors!
2020 – We got some snow, but I could still see snowdrops, and there were a few crocuses.
2021 – Once again, there was snow on the ground, so I mostly featured indoor blooms.
2022 – Bit of snow on the ground, so mostly indoor blooms, again, including Lily of the Valley!
2023 – Probably one of the best showings for a February bloom day post. Almost looked like the end of the month instead of mid-month.
2024 – Looks like the crocus lawn was in full bloom for bloom day!
2025 – Another year when the crocus lawn was much further along than it is this year.
My sense in looking at all those posts is that February can vary as winter slowly winds down. We could have snow, or just a few crocuses, or a bunch of crocuses in mid-February, but we are definitely on our way to spring.
Now, one last bloom here this year, indoors.
I have a moth orchid reblooming. I should also show an amaryllis still blooming and note that I bought hyacinths bulbs a few weeks ago, but they were spent a few days ago, so I dumped them outside by the back door, where they are waiting for me to take them to the compost pile. (If you subscribe to my weekly newsletter, you already know about them, anyway!)
Now my record for 20 years of February bloom day posts is complete! It’s your turn now!
Oh wait, I almost forgot. I’m overwintering pelargoniums in the garage, and many of them are blooming.
Now I’m done, and it’s your turn.
What’s blooming in your garden today? I’d love to have you join me for Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day and share what you have blooming in or out of your garden today, around the 15th of the month.
It’s easy to participate. Post on. your blog, Substack, Instagram, or wherever you share online, about what’s blooming now in your garden. Then come back here and leave a comment to tell us what you have with a link back to you. (The Mr. Linky widget hasn’t been working too well these past few times, and I’ve not taken the time to sort that out, so we’ll skip it for the time being.)
And always remember the quote that inspired this meme:
“We can have flowers nearly every month of the year.” – Elizabeth Lawrence
With a shared love of gardening,
Carol
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