Anemone

Sedum, turtleheads, aster, black-eyed Susan

Obedient plant accenting the hibiscus

Despite getting eaten all summer, my sedum is blooming.

Agastache, salvia, rudbeckia

Hibiscus

Each flower is twice the size of my hand

Salvia and winecups

Something is eating my sedum!

Ostrich plume astilbe and lace-cap hydrangea

Peony

Pretty pots

Just planted

Veronica and shasta daisy (with coreopsis, echinacea, baptisia)

Lavender, evening primrose (I think), iris

Lacecap hydrangea

About to bloom

Roses

Look beautiful, but taking down the trellis they're climbing.

Happy Birthday to me!

Beautiful potting bench from my parents with some of the many plants I
got from Joe!

Peony and oriental poppy

Rose

Rose and clematis

Blanket flower and geum

Salvia

Spiderwort (2 different kinds) and iris

Wow!!!
Peony and salvia

Buttercups (a type of evening primrose, I think)

Amsonia "Blue Ice"

Too much purple

I was looking around last night and realized that, except for the
Oriental poppies, everything in bloom right now is purple.
In another few weeks, I'll be complaining that there is too much yellow.
Below: Nepeta, chives, iris

Salvia, peony, allium, St. John's Wort bush

Peony, baptisia, Oriental poppy (I use both the common and Latin names
when speaking of plants)

Rose

To say that this rose smells amazing isn't doing it justice. I wish I
could bottle it and send it out - it's that wonderful.

Before

Worked on the wasteland that was the space between the sidewalk and the road. It's been an eyesore for years. The soil is really, really bad there.

After

Amended the soil, added lots of new lilies. Carted 5 wheelbarrows full of bad soil up a hill to the backyard. Ouch.

Iris

False indigo and oriental poppies

Oriental poppy

False indigo and oriental poppies

Azalea and iris

In full bloom

Allium and confused salvia

And we found a whole family of snakes next to the house. Ew.

Heaven

Mini iris

Azalea starting to bloom

Farewell

We have to cut this tree down soon - new neighbors don't want it
leaning on their property. We'll then have 0 trees on our property.
I'll miss this one flowering...

Early bloomers

A carpet of phlox

I've never looked into these tulips before - they're bluish!

Bleeding heart, that was already blooming early April of last year, is
just coming up.

Gorgeous day!

This is what I've been waiting for all winter! High 80s, sun, and a
whole weekend to weed, mow, divide, plant, and look at all of the
plants coming up.

That last post was via my iPhone. It works!!

Look at all the bright color!!