First up, I have two different yellow iris that opened up on Wednesday.
This first one is in mostly full sun in the Rock garden.
Compare its color to this one in the Maple garden and mostly in shade. Now that I look closer to the photos I realize they are really different varieties since they have differing colors.
Love the bleeding heart blossoms. This one in the Rock garden is doing so much better than another in the Deck garden which when I looked more closely at its buds, showed frost damage.
Here's what a sunset looks like here. The sun sets behind the mountain long before it really sets.
Two views of my single raised bed. I have two varieties of snow peas and two varieties of lettuce. There are also some sunflower seedlings that I need to transplant soon.
A view of the Deck (left) and Herb gardens. The hummingbirds are regular visitors these days.
I mowed the lawn on Wednesday. It took longer than usual because despite having two batteries I failed to charge one while I mowed. This view is of the Maple garden towards the back and the Sculpture garden on the right.
I'm loving how the varieties of Hosta are growing this spring in this garden.
I also have Hosta and lots of other shade lovers in the Sculpture garden.
Tom told me that Hosta are water hogs so I'm trying this method to keep this one watered. I buried a can with a pinhole in the bottom next to this Hosta (T-Rex). I moved this one in 2024 because it wasn't growing well. My notes say it's supposed to grow 30 in tall and 80 inches wide. It's one of 6 varieties I purchased and planted in 2022. None have hit their maximum size yet.
Last year's Garden Club silent auction netted me these pink lily of the valley. I know they are spreaders but I don't mind. The ones I purchased this year are planted where I want them to spread.
Don't you just love the delicate little bell blooms?
Next week I plan to purchase annuals and fill some pots for the deck and front porch.
