More spring blooms...

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Weekend projects

Daniel and I schlepped rocks yesterday and managed to finish off the last few feet of the rock wall around our circular bed in the drive. I'll have to lift the plants in the fall and raise the soil level. It has settled quite a bit since last fall. The mimosa may be dead and in need of replacing. I won't know for sure until late May.


A few more irises are blooming now, including this cute little yellow amoena.


We also found our native yellow violets blooming along the driveway. They are so cute. I hope they continue to spread about.


My second weekend project was weeding and very little got done. The pressure is now on to get the iris beds cleaned up.

Spring fling!

So many new fresh spring pics - and a puppy!






Isn't he a handsome boy? And look how great this hellebore look in front of this old rootwad.


A new daffodil - barriensis (I think). Love it!


The iris lutescens are so pretty. A rich little carpet to get the season underway. Stalks are rising everywhere.

More spring pics...

Check out this great sedum album 'bella di'inverno' (if I remember right...). Isn't is colorful?! By id sumemr it will be solid green again, but the spring colors are so festive.


Equally pretty is this pink pulmonaria. Great foliage and the slugs and deer both leave it be.


Pale blue grape hyacinths - a favorite.


And check out these crazy fritillarias. So fun! Moles supposedly hate them and sure enough, there's been no moles in this bed for the past three years. Plus they must love our climate and soil as they are multiplying like crazy.


And here's what I did with that bed with the giant boulder. Rock on the top and planted around it. Will see how it goes. Shallow rooted stuff and 10-15" of dirt below most of them.

Fresh pics...

I was expanding a bed in back and found this boulder in the way. Far too big to move so I'll try busting the top off tomorrow, and if that can't be done we'll just leave the area as part of the open pathway.




Daffodil 'Jetfire' and a pulmonaria below.

It's a spring thing

Finally getting some nice weather again so gardening can proceed. Here's a new bed I made next to the driveway. Small, but I managed to squeeze 13 iris varieties in there with multiple rhizomes of each. Should look fabulous in 2012.


The camera didn't pick it up, but this hellebore has a lovely blue-toned glaucous sheen to it that moves it much more purple than the brown it appears here. Still... gorgeous flower, eh?


And the ribes is in full bloom and the hummers are here and buzzing all over it.

New Spring pics

The potted Princess.


New garden beds.


Another stump pile from construction removed to the bones.