Lovin' the Garden!

In the midst of everything else we've been involved with in the last several weeks, we've been working in our yard. Seems like it takes longer that it used to to get a little work done.

Columbine - and something we can't remember the name of - that we planted last summer. They are truly gorgeous and flourishing!

I separated hostas this year and they are very happy!

Rich planted these gorgeous calla lilies and hibiscus. Love, love, love the colors! He misread the card on the pots and we discovered - too late - that they are not winter hardy for our temps so we'll have to come up with some way to protect them this winter. Any ideas???

The weigiela is starting to bloom.

We reworked our front flower garden. Took out a very large plant that didn't survive winter and planted this stunning rhododendron. Also planted Asiatic lilies that are perennials. We struggled to plant dahlias as a border. The soil here is horrible black clay and requires lots of amendments. It took about 15 minutes to clean out the clay core from the bulb digger, for each of the 15 holes!! It was solidly packed in and didn't make me very happy - to say the least!  Also planted dianthus. The little girls planted them in their front flower garden last year and they are gorgeous now, so we hope for the same results.

Thoroughly love working outside. Our time to do that here is so limited because of the weather. We still deal with not having a year-round growing season and the joy of working outside year-round. Really trying to make the best of it this year!

What did you plant in your gardens?