{"id":7194,"date":"2026-05-13T01:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/susans-spring-garden-in-michigan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T01:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:59:23","slug":"susans-spring-garden-in-michigan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/susans-spring-garden-in-michigan\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan&#8217;s Spring Garden in Michigan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hi GPODers!<\/p>\n<p>Depending on where your garden is located, and the types of plants you prefer to grow, your season of flowering might be bright and brief or layered and long. For Susan Hutchins in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, she has curated a stellar selection of plants that allow her to enjoy flowers from the tail-end of winter right through until the first frosts. Today\u2019s submission is the first we have seen of Susan\u2019s garden, and focuses on the flowers that begin her long flowering season with a bang, but hopefully we will see more of her garden\u2019s succession of blooms is future submissions.<\/p>\n<p><em>Greetings,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have been gardening on this site in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (Zone 6a) for the past 40 years. When we bought this house, it had two small flower beds and lots of lawn. Over the years we have expanded the gardens and reduced the lawn. We added a waterfall and koi pond about 30 years ago. I plant perennials that start blooming early in the spring and late in the autumn so that I can see flowers as long as possible. We have a lot of deer and bunnies in the area so I am always trying new products to keep them from eating the plants. It is an ongoing challenge.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140741\/GPOD-Hutchins-1-winter-aconites.jpg\"><\/a><em>In the first pictures are winter aconites<\/em>\u00a0<em>(<\/em>Eranthis hyemalis<em>, Zones 3\u20137)<\/em> <em>which are little yellow flowers that bloom in mid-February.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140744\/GPOD-Hutchins-2-white-hellebores.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229441\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140744\/GPOD-Hutchins-2-white-hellebores.jpg\" alt=\"white hellebore\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140744\/GPOD-Hutchins-2-white-hellebores.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140744\/GPOD-Hutchins-2-white-hellebores-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140744\/GPOD-Hutchins-2-white-hellebores-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><em>A white hellebore, which blooms at the same time as the winter aconites.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140747\/GPOD-Hutchins-3-virginia-bluebells.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229442\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140747\/GPOD-Hutchins-3-virginia-bluebells.jpg\" alt=\"Virginia Bluebells\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140747\/GPOD-Hutchins-3-virginia-bluebells.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140747\/GPOD-Hutchins-3-virginia-bluebells-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140747\/GPOD-Hutchins-3-virginia-bluebells-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><em>In April the Virginia bluebells<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/mertensia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mertensia<\/a> virginica<em>, Zones 3\u20138)<\/em> <em>show up with their beautiful blue flowers. The best part of<\/em> Mertensia <em>is that the entire plant fades away in about a month making room for summer blooming flowers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140753\/GPOD-Hutchins-5-white-hellebores.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229444\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140753\/GPOD-Hutchins-5-white-hellebores.jpg\" alt=\"large clump of white hellebores\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140753\/GPOD-Hutchins-5-white-hellebores.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140753\/GPOD-Hutchins-5-white-hellebores-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140753\/GPOD-Hutchins-5-white-hellebores-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>More hellebores in white\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140750\/GPOD-Hutchins-4-pink-hellebores.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229443\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140750\/GPOD-Hutchins-4-pink-hellebores.jpg\" alt=\"pink hellebore\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140750\/GPOD-Hutchins-4-pink-hellebores.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140750\/GPOD-Hutchins-4-pink-hellebores-700x910.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140750\/GPOD-Hutchins-4-pink-hellebores-768x998.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"\/><\/a><em>as well as dark burgundy and pink bloom in March and April.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140756\/GPOD-Hutchins-6-white-trillium.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229445\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140756\/GPOD-Hutchins-6-white-trillium.jpg\" alt=\"white trillium with Anemone blanda\" width=\"950\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140756\/GPOD-Hutchins-6-white-trillium.jpg 950w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140756\/GPOD-Hutchins-6-white-trillium-700x958.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140756\/GPOD-Hutchins-6-white-trillium-768x1051.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\"\/><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/trillium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trillium<\/a> in white<\/em> <em>(<\/em>Trillium grandiflorum<em>, Zones 4\u20138)<\/em> <em>and red<\/em> <em>(<\/em>Trillium erectum<em>, Zones 4\u20137)<\/em> <em>with Grecian windflower<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/anemone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anemone<\/a> blanda<em>, Zones 5\u20138).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140759\/GPOD-Hutchins-7-fern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229447\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140759\/GPOD-Hutchins-7-fern.jpg\" alt=\"ferns unfurling\" width=\"950\" height=\"1300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140759\/GPOD-Hutchins-7-fern.jpg 950w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140759\/GPOD-Hutchins-7-fern-700x958.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140759\/GPOD-Hutchins-7-fern-768x1051.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\"\/><\/a><em>The ferns are starting to unfurl and come to life. We have a lot of shade in our backyard so I grow many different kinds of ferns, variegated Solomon\u2019s seal<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/polygonatum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polygonatum<\/a> odoratum<em> var. <\/em>pluriflorum<em> \u2018Variegatum\u2019<\/em><em>, Zones 3\u20138), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/brunnera\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brunnera<\/a>\u00a0and other shade-loving plants.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140801\/GPOD-Hutchins-8-ladys-slipper.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229448\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140801\/GPOD-Hutchins-8-ladys-slipper.jpg\" alt=\"yellow lady's slippers\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140801\/GPOD-Hutchins-8-ladys-slipper.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140801\/GPOD-Hutchins-8-ladys-slipper-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140801\/GPOD-Hutchins-8-ladys-slipper-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><em>Soon the yellow lady\u2019s slippers<\/em> <em>(<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/genus\/cypripedium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cypripedium<\/a> parviflorum<em>, Zones 3\u20138)<\/em>\u00a0<em>will bloom. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140803\/GPOD-Hutchins-9-orioles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229449\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140803\/GPOD-Hutchins-9-orioles.jpg\" alt=\"orioles at bird feeder\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140803\/GPOD-Hutchins-9-orioles.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140803\/GPOD-Hutchins-9-orioles-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140803\/GPOD-Hutchins-9-orioles-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><em>The orioles (<\/em>Icterus galbula<em>) return to the feeder of grape jelly every year around the end of May. Sometimes there are 5 at the feeder at once.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140809\/GPOD-Hutchins-11-pond-and-waterfall.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229451\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140809\/GPOD-Hutchins-11-pond-and-waterfall.jpg\" alt=\"garden pond with koi fish\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140809\/GPOD-Hutchins-11-pond-and-waterfall.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140809\/GPOD-Hutchins-11-pond-and-waterfall-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140809\/GPOD-Hutchins-11-pond-and-waterfall-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><em>My husband takes care of the koi and the pond. I do the land gardening.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140806\/GPOD-Hutchins-10-koi-fish.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-229450\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140806\/GPOD-Hutchins-10-koi-fish.jpg\" alt=\"koi fish\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140806\/GPOD-Hutchins-10-koi-fish.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140806\/GPOD-Hutchins-10-koi-fish-700x525.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/05\/11140806\/GPOD-Hutchins-10-koi-fish-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><em>We have had these same fish for about 15 years and as you can see, they are well-fed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much for this early season introduction to your garden, Heather! I love the mix of early bloomers you have collected, and I hope we have a chance to see the blooms that emerge throughout your long flowering season.<\/p>\n<p>What flowers have emerged in your garden so far, and which ones are you most looking forward to seeing later in the year? We would love to see photos of the floral highlights from your garden. <strong>Follow the directions below to submit your photos to Garden Photo of the Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We want to see YOUR garden!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Have photos to share? 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