May's Bloom Day

It is pretty slim pickin's in winter, except for the West Coast and warm weather bloggers who get to garden 12 months of the year. But at this time of year, Bloom Day is an explosion of color and diversity.

Right now, there are Siberian Iris, salmon colored poppies, goat's beard, spiderwort, Soloman's staff, clematis, roses and peonies blooming in Garden Variety's garden.

But it is the exceptional photography that makes Bloom Day such a joy on the Internet, and I've gathered some blogs for you to visit. It is almost as good as a visit to their gardens.

Enjoy.

Photo credit: Judah Kelber

Phillip Oliver of Dirt Therapy in Alabama.

Carol in Indiana who writes May Dreams Gardens and who created Bloom Day.

Rebecca at Gossip in the Garden and Barbara at Weeding Wild Suburbia, who both garden in California

Outside Clyde from North Carolina and Debbie at Garden Thyme with the Creative Gardener in the Midwest.

Maryland's own 2 Green Acres from Baltimore County.

Susan Harris, who blogs all over the place but gardens in suburban D.C.

Dee at Red Dirt Ramblings in Oklahoma.

And the extraordinary photography of Laura Livengood Shaub at Interleafings