Happy May Day

Dainty white blossoms for the first day of May.

Early April on the balcony

Narcissus 'Tete-a-tete'

Lewisia cotyledon forma alba

Left to right:

Acer palmatum 'Inaba Shidare' (Inaba Shidare Japanese Maple)
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens' (Black Mondo Grass) - peeking out from beneath the maple
Heuchera 'Obsidian' & Violas, 'SorbetTM Lemon Chiffon' & 'SorbetTM Babyface Purple'

Are white flowers like vanilla ice cream...?

White blossoms: 'Mount Tacoma' tulips & Anemone blanda

...A classic favourite that people return to even though they may try other flavours or colours? Tonight I'm going to commit to white -- yes, even though I love to see and eat a bright rainbow in the edible garden, I prefer white blossoms on ornamental plants. (But I may change my mind to sunny yellow if we have a lot of dull, rainy days later this spring. And of course I love the pink of sakura & 'Angelique' tulips...ok, so much for decisiveness at 10 pm.)

Although a gradual succession of bloom would be ideal -- and 365 days of spring would also be lovely --  ALL the white blossoms decided to fully open today. So of course I had to take a several gardening work-breaks to enjoy the show.

Anemone blanda weaves its way through tulip leaves.

'Mount Tacoma' tulip. The snow-white flowers are like double paeonies.

The rock star, Lewisia cotyledon forma alba.

I'd love to know -- do you have a favourite white flower?