Growing in Slow Motion...

I think it's because I'm watching the garden so intently, waiting for it to start taking off and getting into the spring spirit but it seems everything has been growing in slow motion. Things I started in Autumn and overwintered (like hollyhocks and strawberries) still seem tiny and my white sage and other woody herbs have only just started making new leaves. The only action going on at the moment is the few early spring flowering bulbs I had the sense to plant over Autumn and Winter, pictures of which I have included here.

Above: muscari "grape hyacinth"

Below: Red-Orange tulips

Some other things coming up but not worth photographing right now: red and pink hyacinths, some slightly deformed white tulips that accidentally had a rock over them while they were growing, forget-me-nots are growing like weeds, nigella has been hanging around in a tiny size since Autumn waiting to take off, I have cup and saucer vine and happy wanderer planning to grow over the garden arch, red and blue morning glories deciding whether or not to grow, poached egg plants, california poppies, iceland poppies and Asiatic lilies are sprouting, gladioli and scilla bluebells, have just started to pop their heads up, purple king and scarlet runner beans are ready to be put in the ground....and so much more.