Hooping it up part two!

Alchemilla mollis with a few beads of water
This looked so neat because the whole plant was like this

White Bleeding heart... such a classic beauty

Anenome Snowdrop

Salvia May Night

She's so beautiful she's blushing

These beautiful blushing bride hydrangeas came up from a greenhouse and they were blooming. I couldn't help but take a picture! I love it when they are a creamy green/white.

This flower head was almost the size of a small basket ball. It was huge!

Flower up close

Its amazing

So Spiraea's look good about twice a year. #1 When the just start to leaf out. #2 And some look fabulous when the flower. So I decided to capture this moment of beauty today.

Spiraea x bum Superstar

Spiraea x bum Goldflame

Spiraea jap Magic Carpet

Don't get me wrong I like spiraea's and they have their spot in the landscape, I just think they are over used. The yellow foliage is so bright its almost blinding, watch out!

Hooping it up!

Blooming bleeding heart
Pulmonaria Raspberry Splash

They set up a hoop house at work to warm up perennials, today I got to count them up and see how many were alive.

Its very pretty and colorful!

By-golly its blooming!

Its April 20th and perennials have started to bloom! Summer is here Hallelujah! Hope these blooms make your day as happy as they made mine.

Bergenia cordifolia

Scabiosa columbaris Butterfly blue buds

Blooming!

Weekend Project!

Our Sunday project! Last fall we tore out the Bed of Lily of the Valley. And put in some plants. This year I continued to pull out the lily of the valley (did I mention I hate that plant??), then we put in some tumbled edgers! Yea for finally having a plan outisde. I love it, and cannot wait to put the new plants in.

*A bit of advice DO NOT EVER PLANT LILY OF THE VALLEY, your future homeowners will never forgive you!!!

Color, Color, Color!

Rhododendron Lemon Lights

I can see color starting on this otherwise dull brown landscape. And dandelions don't count.

Lilac buds are popping!!

How long till they will flower??? I am guessing 1.5- 2 weeks!!

Hawaii

My husband has the camera held hostage in his office, lets hope he remembers to bring it home tonight. So instead here are some pictures from my january trip to maui, hawaii. It was an amazing vacation and I truly believe every person deserves to go and experience paradise. There is nothing else like it.

Aquilegia Lime Frost

A fun little plant that looks cool in the spring and summer! I think I need one of these!

Etiolation!

Etiolation: The state of plants that have been grown in the dark: they are not green, having little or no chlorophyll, and they have very long internodes and rudimentary leaf growth. These features associated with etiolation ensure, under natural conditions, that the shoot is carried towards the light as rapidly as possible.

It took several of my coworkers to figure out how to spell this word, and we all have horticulture degrees! And I forgot there was a t in the word. When searching for this I came across an old article from the new york times in 1901 and they were experimenting with different plants and how they grow almost deformed under little or no light. It was pretty interesting!

Check out these plants I found that etiolated

Silver Mound

Silver Mound

Leucanthemum Becky

Achillea

Pretty funky looking plants!

Lilac Buds are popping

Check out these buds on Donald Wyman Lilac! They are huge, I think we will get to see some lilac blooms early this year. Yippee

Brrrr!!! I know its normal temps this week but I think I got too spoiled last week with it being 70-75 degrees.

Day #2

It was a chilly and rainy day so I took a picture of the Gerbera Daisy's my husband gave me two weeks ago. If only all the flowers would last this long! Not to shabby for five dollars!

My Amazing Peony

It is the 6th of april and my peony is 12" high and has already set buds. This is unprecidented! My new goal is to take a picture each day of a plant and post it on here. We will see how I do!