First Day of Squill!

I know yesterday I posted shoots and said it would be awhile before we saw blooms.

I was wrong!

Hooray! This is one case where I'm thrilled to be wrong.

Here's a squill budding even as it pushes up through the dirt, And another bud raised up and ready to open tomorrow:

Click on either image if you'd like to go to my flickr photostream and see those larger.

I actually saw one bloom open, but I couldn't get a good picture of it in the fading daylight.

I believe this is almost week earlier than last year, where my first glimpse of buds was on March 28.

Michelle from Scribbit asked what squill is - I apologize for not naming it aright. Scilla siberica is it's proper name, also known as Siberian Squill, a tiny member of the lily family.

More importantly (to me), it's my favorite plant ever. I'm so happy to see it blooming. I can't wait a few weeks until it's blooming in oceans in my yard.