Enjoying some blooms!

[Lavender2]

Our growing season is a bit late this year, but temps in the 80s has us catching up real quick!.. and it means you have about 3 days to get everything done.. I'm not quite caught up, but getting there... just had to take some time to enjoy the blooms...

Iris cristata

Bleeding Heart, Dolly Sods

Virginia Bluebells - I love these, just wish they would bloom longer...

Jack-in-the-pulpit and woodland phlox

Old fashioned Bleeding Heart and Vinca vine

Rhododendron

Grape Hyacinth and Forget-me-nots

 

[lesa]

How utterly lovely!! Don't you just love spring?? My forget me nots did not put on much of a show this year...not sure why. They are one of my favs- yours look beautiful!

 

[Lavender2]

One of those years that if you want to move something when it's small and you blink, you're too late! But the wait through that awful Winter is well worth it! Well, I think...

 

[catjac1975]

Gorgeous gardens! I love how they lead up to the woods!

 

[Smart Red]

It is a group with fantastic range of colors. Unfortunately, most are hardy in zone 6 and higher. We must stick to the few hardiest of the hardy.

 

[Carol Dee]

Stunning, simply Stunning.

 

[journey11]

Gorgeous! I feel relaxed just from looking at them. Can't imagine how wonderful it would be to stroll through your garden. What are those huge rhubarb-looking leaves in the second to last photo?

 

[thistlebloom]

Lavender, your gardens are a work of art! So beautiful! You have obviously put a lot of love and labor into them.

 

[ninnymary]

What a beautiful property! I would love to walk through those peaceful grounds.

Mary

 

[Lavender2]

How utterly lovely!! Don't you just love spring?? My forget me nots did not put on much of a show this year...not sure why. They are one of my favs- yours look beautiful!

Thanks, Lisa. That garden is totally taken over by forget-me-nots every Spring.

I think they really like the wet/part shade. My front yard is dry
and they just don't do as well. I love them too!... and let them bloom out and then thin out some of the older plants, leaving some to go to seed. They have spread to many of my other gardens, it's hard to capture their bright airy beauty in a photo. Hopefully yours will pop for you next Spring!