Finally filled in

The shade border we did along the drive has finally filled in and is just stunning. here's some pics.




The rock garden is looking particularly nice as well.

More irises, of course...

Scandel


Pewee


Madame Louis Aureau


and last, but not least, I. japonica - finally blooming after all these years.

Irises, cont.

Be sure to embiggen these - they are really lovely.

The aptly named Irish Moss with its lovely green veining.


The delectable Chocolate Cupcake.


And a wonderful clump of Brushstrokes with all but one bloom having multiple petals and standards. Very pretty!

Irises!

The irises are really getting going now. Almost all the SDBs have begun, and early IBs are starting too. Here's a few:

Ritz, blooming on short stalks this year because I moved it last fall.



Alene's Other Love, at dawn.


Tantara, looking great wih that Heuchera.

Pictures for the end of April.

A few pics from this weekend. The shade border along the west side of the drive.






The driveway bed I've been working on cleaning - it was all blackberries and grass just a few months ago. All the irises I came home with from the Lankow's are planted along here now, along with a few other things.






This photo reminds me of the story of the princess and the pea.

A pizza, a princess, and a pulmonaria

The Chicago style deep dish pizza from Cuisine at Home magazine (the best!!). It's easily three inches deep and a foot across. Adam and Kevin came out yesterday and we had a fire to clean up scrap piles and then we had this for dinner.


Miss Gracie watching for something to kill.


A very cute pink flowered pulmonaria. I had thought the deer wouldn't bother it as it has fuzzy leaves, but they apparantly like the blooms just fine and nibbled them all off shortly after I took this pic.

Flowers for Easter