It’s green, green, green around here! I love it!
These are the lilacs on the neighbor’s bush. The house was vacant for all of last year, so I hacked down the bush because it was so overgrown. It didn’t bloom much this year, but there were some.
One last tulip to show:
This is an Aleppo fringed tulip. The only one that came up.
The burning bush. Good thing I bought the dwarf variety, right?
Needs a haircut this weekend.
The rest of the green, green shade garden:
Closer look at the bleeding hearts:
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Nature is just so cool!
Lily of the valley!
Every year I marvel at the awesomeness of this little flower.
Back to the sunny side.
I am pretty excited about my bearded iris this year – I am going to have so many blooms! I have another color that will be coming up as well. I have had the other iris for 3 years, but it hadn’t bloomed and so I moved it last fall and now I have a bloom that is coming!
I did lose a rose bush, though. Surprisingly, it was the knockout rose that is behind these irises. I thought it might make it, but it did not. That was the one plant I thought was tougher than all the rest. I have to replace it, but I will just get one of those cheap $12 knockouts at Lowe’s. I don’t want to put in a really nice rose and then want to take it with when we move.
This weekend is working on the tippy pots and the other containers. Have a good Memorial Weekend!
Hey look! No snow!!
Gorgeous lilacs. My mom had this wonderful (and huge) lilac bush when I was a kid. Smelled wonderful. Too bad it rotted from the bottom and then eventually fell over and died. 🙁
Lilacs really smell so strong, too. Too bad the blooms don’t last too long.
What beautiful shots you get! That LOTV with the water droplets is spectacular! Were you laying on the ground to get such a good shot?!
Its so fun to see some of the same plants blooming almost 2 months later on the other side of the country! In my garden, I’m still waiting for some really good blooms right now.
I just crouched down to take those shots. I used my phone, too LOL! It takes pretty good pictures.
I love the upside down flowers!! And, that fringe tulip is so cool!!!
I’m fixing to redo the yard/landscaping at our venue – sad that I have no clue what I’m doing. I told the guy at the nursery (he owns it and is a friend of ours) that I wanted the easiest maintenance possible while still being pretty. (I think he laughed at me but said he would help.)
My sister wanted me to plan a flower bed for her, but she wanted it to be no maintenance LOL!
Looks lovely! I want a lilac in my garden, not only do they smell good, they attract butterflies too which I love.
Have a great weekend!
I wish the blooms lasted longer on lilacs.
Always beautiful Lori!!! That tulip is so cool!!!
So purdy! Nice close-up of the bleeding hearts. I have a small area with lily-of-the-valley and love them too. They remind me of my mom because she used to wear Muguet de Bois perfume. Just brought some inside today and everytime I go into the living room the scent is heady.
I used to pick LOTV and put them in colored water and the flowers would the pull up the color into the veins.
OH! I am so going to try that. (Although I love them white.)
So pretty!!! I love the style of homes in your area.