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Things really started taking off this Spring in the garden. So many roses bloomed, tulips, phlox, Clematis, Peonies, Alliums, Rhododendrons, Baptisia, lavender and the Wisteria. We also found a beautiful large concrete bird bath at an estate sale for the front yard (among many other garden decorations.) We've had very strange weather, even for us in NC. It was a very cold winter and a very dry spring. And that is why I think the roses bloomed so early.. I've already deadheaded much of them and hoping for a second flush of roses this summer.
These Foxy Foxtrot tulips were a fun surprise. They kept changing as each day passed until they looked like this!
It's always a delight to watch my three Viburnum bloom with white flowers and a make a wall! These are definitely in the privacy shrub category.
I have about 23 variety of roses in my yard, too many to name out. Google image search does a good job identifying plants if you are curious about their name. David Austin Roses are my absolute favorite. I have never had any problems with them and they are disease resistant.
The New Dawn Climbing roses over the garage really put on a show this year! I think it was the meticulous pruning we did over the winter and the rose food! We like to add in compost from our own compost bin. And I just use Neem Oil when appropriate if I see any black spot.
Yellow is not a typical color I use in my garden but there is something so cheery about these Lady Banks rambling roses, especially when they are the first to bloom in early Spring.
My Drift Roses come back reliably year after year. They were buttery white to start out with but somehow have crossed pollinated with the peach drift I used to have along the driveway.
I have tall phlox and ground cover phlox all over. They seem to be quite happy and get bigger each year.
I have several Clematis growing over various arches. Most deep purple and white ones.
I planted a bunch of Giant Globe Alliums last fall in my round bed in the back and they are just so much fun!
Lavender, just so great to use for dried herbs or oils.
This purple Verbena overwintered really well and is doing great and spreading this Spring.
American Wisteria, I have two varieties, planted in three locations. Amethyst Falls and Blue Moon.
This white Rhododendron has done remarkably well in this pot with Eastern facing morning sun. I have planted other varieties in the yard but they didn't do well.
Here is the vintage bird bath. I love coming home and seeing birds in it.
The chocolate colored Baptisia that I planted a few years ago also comes back reliably in the spring. I planted two at each hammock stake.
Peonies are so beautiful! I have decided I need about 4 large peony support stakes but until then I cut them and bring them inside so they aren't just flopped over in the yard.
Well that wraps up the Spring blooming plants in the yard. I can't get enough of plants and flowers! I must be a plant-addict!
Happy Almost Summer!
xo
Cathleen
