Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day - May 2015

This week I looked around and had my annual, "And just like that, everything is green again!" moments. You're so desperate for any signs of life after one of the coldest winters on record and then boom - everything is suddenly SO alive. It's been one of those busy years already (though it's my own fault for over-volunteering). I can't believe it's already mid-May and I feel like I'm terribly behind in both the garden and the blog. I even had a mental April 2015 bloom day post written but never got the chance to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard. So without further ado, les fleurs!

The Pharm (Front Yard)

 Creeping phlox on the front wall:

 

This is not Photoshopped. You really do need sunglasses to look at this azalea.

Azalea, allium, iris, and Nepeta "Walker's Low"

Euphorbia polychroma 'Bonfire'

Abeille Allée (Side yard)

Peony 'Bowl of Beauty'

Allium. I really need more of these for next year.

As I'm the one who plans the vacations for J and I, I made sure to time it so that I'd be home to see these iris. I missed them last year (my first year having them). It was well worth it to change up our week!

Sibirian Iris 'Frommymotherii'

My lilac bush. Last year I thought it was mostly dead. This year it really filled out!

The back yard

Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler'. This 2-year-old vine is blooming for the first time.
I bought it to replace my climbing roses that had RRD.

This hellebore was three-quarters dead in the winter but is blooming strong in the spring. Go
figure.

Baptisia australis 'Prairiebluesomethingus'

Lots of things growing, not a tremendous amount of color yet, but that's okay because there is life growing all around and it's not 10 degrees outside! Thanks to May Dreams for hosting, as always!