May Flowers

After months of not posting anything, I feel the urge to give a "Garden Update." This Spring has brought tons of surprises as we had no idea what would come up again this year in the garden.

Right now we have 2 trees that are flowering, with one more ready to bust out some yellow flowers. I have no idea what kind of trees they are, I just know they are gorgeous.

We have a huge bleeding heart behind our house. If this thing gets any bigger I don't know what we're going to do. It's enormous!

We had a few crocuses bloom in April, and one miniature tulips (not sure of the name but it was stinkin' cute).

The irises (my fave) are huge but not blooming yet. The lilies, tall phlox and hostas are already going gangbusters and I can't wait to see them blossom!

The pansies I started from seed are coming along but won't be ready until late June, I think. There are two pansies in the west boulevard - one dark purple and one a really pretty salmon pink. Now if I could just remember where the perennial snapdragons were last fall....

We are slowly killing/calming/bringing back to an acceptable level of sanity the front boulevard. It is so overgrown! The kids that wait for the bus outside our house everyday do tromp on stuff so it will be a delicate balance finding out what we keep and what we mulch over. The soil in that area is pretty bad too, so cardboard-weed-barrier-ing and mulching will do it some good. The areas where I did this last fall have really healthy-looking soil now.

The only plants I have purchased this year are: some blooming pansies for pots, and some new perennials for containers on the west boulevard: green Hens & Chicks; dark pink creeping phlox; and low, ground cover sedum - some with yellow flowers and some with pink flowers. I put the Hens & Chicks w/ yellow sedum in the biggest container near the corner, where last year I had some yellow mums and a weird red annual which was stolen. My hope is that most people will think the Hens & Chicks and sedum are too ugly to steal!

I love Bachman's. I love my garden. I love my pond. I wish I could just hang out in the garden all day and still somehow get paid every two weeks.....