Showed up Late to All Fools Day

"My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper." 

Amy Sedaris

Gladiolus tristis The Marsh Afrikaner goes down as one of my favorites. I don't know that I have seen it bloom this early before, but this year it showed up like a champ right on easter. No forcing or nothing, this is a quart pot that was in the unheated greenhouse, and while this year was fairly mild, this was in full bloom right on Easter Sunday. I meant to post a happy easter with this one, but Saturday was a beautiful spring day with highs in the 60's and Easter Sunday was a chilly, rainy, damp, cool....generally pretty ugly day for April fools. Looks like the forecast calls for off and on crap all week. I'm ready for a week with no rain, so I can get some ground work done in the veg garden. Kind regards, Mark