What flowers are in season in mid-spring in Port Townsend?

“A LITTLE MADNESS IN THE SPRING IS WHOLESOME.” -Emily Dickinson, from a poem in a letter to Susan Huntington

Here are some of the flowers blooming in mid-spring (mid-April through mid-May) in the Olympic Peninsula. This is not an exhaustive list, but rather a starting point to help you with some ideas and the things I grow on my farm.

Mid-spring is about the green promise of the year ahead. It means woodland flowers like hellebore, delicate epimedium, fragrant poet’s narcissus, the last of the tulips, the first of the peonies, and lupine. Lilac season. The old-fashioned rambling roses. Earliest sweet peas.

Hand holding white daffodil flower among green grass in a garden with flowering plants and a parking lot in the background.
A vibrant bouquet of mixed flowers including peonies, petunias, delphiniums, and other colorful blossoms with green foliage.
A bird's nest with four blue eggs surrounded by green leaves and plants.
Hand holding a bouquet of flowering plants, including snapdragons and sweet peas, in an outdoor garden scene with green grass, trees, and a structure in the background.
A variety of colorful flowers including lilacs, ranunculus, and peonies arranged on a wooden surface.
A colorful bunch of various flowers in a black bucket, including orange, white, yellow, and pink blooms, set on green grass.
A glass vase with a bouquet of colorful flowers, including pink, orange, yellow, and purple blossoms, set against a dark fabric background on a wooden surface.
A wooden shelf with a white vase holding dried flowers, some glass jars, a candle holder with a candle, and a small plant. The main area shows a table with a variety of colorful fresh flowers in vases, including purple, white, orange, pink, and yello
Multiple bouquets of colorful flowers wrapped in pink and purple paper, placed outdoors on grass.
Close-up of white flowers and green grass growing under a greenhouse or tunnel with a metal frame, sunlight filtering through trees in the background.
A bouquet of mixed flowers with white, pink, and cream-colored blossoms, including large white flowers, a pink ranunculus, and various green leaves and tendrils.
A dense bush of light pink roses with green leaves, set against a background of tall trees under a cloudy sky.
A tall glass vase filled with a mixed arrangement of flowers, including pink, white, and yellow blooms, displayed on a round marble table with a dark blue curtain backdrop.
White and yellow peony flowers in a bouquet against a wooden background.
A hand holding a colorful bouquet of sweet pea flowers with pink, purple, white, and coral blooms outdoors
Close-up of a yellow and peach ranunculus flower surrounded by other ranunculus blooms in shades of pink and yellow, growing in a garden bed.