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![a photo of allium leaves emerging from the soil in a flowerbed](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240310_211658745_iOS-Medium.jpg)
![a photo of bleeding heart sprouts appearing in a flowerbed](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240310_211709410_iOS-Medium.jpg)
![a photo of bee balm sprouts appearing in a flowerbed](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240311_172401477_iOS-Medium.jpg)
![a photo of cardinal flower growing in a garden](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240311_172351173_iOS-Medium.jpg)
![a photo of daffodil sprouts in a garden](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240310_211817361_iOS-Medium.jpg)
![a photo of lavender crocus bulbs in bloom](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240311_172326070_iOS-Medium.jpg)
I’ve never experienced a year where this many plants are popping up in early March already. I took a stroll around the backyard on Monday.
These are alliums:
![a photo of allium leaves emerging from the soil in a flowerbed](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240310_211658745_iOS-Medium.jpg)
It’s hard to tell from this angle, but my grandma’s bleeding heart already has 6-inch-tall sprouts:
![a photo of bleeding heart sprouts appearing in a flowerbed](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240310_211709410_iOS-Medium.jpg)
This is bee balm:
![a photo of bee balm sprouts appearing in a flowerbed](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240311_172401477_iOS-Medium.jpg)
This is cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis):
![a photo of cardinal flower growing in a garden](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240311_172351173_iOS-Medium.jpg)
The daffodils buds have emerged!
![a photo of daffodil sprouts in a garden](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240310_211817361_iOS-Medium.jpg)
And my little crocus bulbs are already showing off:
![a photo of lavender crocus bulbs in bloom](https://emsgarden.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/20240311_172326070_iOS-Medium.jpg)