My husband and I were out of town today when a strong thunderstorm blew through. We found plenty of hail still remained when we returned at least an hour later:

Some of our plants were injured, mostly the taller plants like this turtlehead:

For the most part, the damage appears minor, limited to just a few broken leaves.

This wild ginger, a single leaf for many years, finally spread and flowered this year but now doesn’t look so good:

Trillium sessile – standing tall this morning, then looking sad after the storm:

Fortunately, it looks like most of the damage is superficial. I’m hoping that all of them will bounce back yet this spring.

We may have had snow just a week ago, but most daily temperatures lately have been warmer than normal, in the 60s and 70s. Flowers are starting to wake up for the spring.