Perennials Popping Up: Afternoon Update

So it turns out those rogue crocuses are varying shades of purple.

They are pretty, and welcome in the spring, but not exactly part of my ever-so-carefully planned spring color scheme. Since they are up at the same time as the squill, I'm mildly concerned about a color clash. The squill is much more blue:

If you look carefully, you can see how the ribbon of blue is starting to fill in, with its curve echoing the curve of the brick path. These should naturalize pretty quickly, which will hopefully fill in like a little blue river along the edge of the border. In my original plan, these were supposed to be blooming along with the daffodils, which obviously isn't happening (although I think it should — I saw it in action last spring). I'll give it another year to see if the timing is off because of the warmth, or if those crocuses will forever clash by blooming at the same time as the squill.

In other news, our apple tree has broken its buds:

So far only this tree has begun to green up. This is the heirloom 4-in-1, and it's hard for me to tell if two of the four varieties are open or just one. I'm not totally clear on the grafting and what's what with this tree yet — once we have fruit, things should be easier to identify. Hopefully when the blossoms come, this one won't be so far ahead of everything else, or else it won't get pollinated and we won't get fruit.