Patience

It's 30 degrees this morning, once again reminding me of why Rhode Island plants wake up slowly. I've been waiting to see how the trillium I lanted last year would do and yesterday finally saw six shoots coming up so figure they're going to be okay. Nothing from the hillside--they're all in the wildflower garden area, but that's okay, the hillside ones must just be a little slower. Oh, and something ate the base right off my oak leaf hydrangea. I think it may have been voles or mice, as it seems to have happened when there were mounds of snow all over that area. Anyway, I can't even find a base, so they may have eaten the roots too! No oak leaf hydrangea this year, it seems...