april afternoon

 just came in after another spring day in my gardens. i am amazed by how much i love plants! after 29 years of no interest, gardening is quickly becoming an obsession. i love how i'm able to soften the feel of our blocky rambler with different textures and colors.

foundation garden - trying my hand at xeriscaping

foundation garden - finished planting for this year, now i just need to patrol daily for chameleon plant

 

can you find the chameleon plant leaves in this picture? i'm painstakingly dabbing each one with poison every day or so to keep them from taking over my newly planted foundation garden

dogwood tree starting to bloom

blue point juniper

bleeding hearts

cutting garden and camelia

cutting garden under kitchen window

hostas around bird bath

the toad lily made it through winter!

oakleaf hydrangea in shade garden

deutzia chardonnay pearls?

lovely plant in shade garden - not sure what it is

shade garden starting to fill out

tomatoes potted on deck

rose and herb garden

lilac bush by front gate

work in progress - evergreen grove to interrupt line of sight, needs edging and mulching

deck

so glad we made that rock wall last year!

rearranged the bedroom garden (that's dianthus in the middle)

carolina jessamine 'margarita'

azaleas from mom feeling fine around the crape myrtle

view from front door - green giant thuja tree in the far corner 

dusty miller in screen porch garden

screen porch garden (with lilac in background!)

screen porch garden - side view

finished edging the driveway gardens

day lilies to fill holes

the driveway garden featuring nandina's from mom's house, red twig dogwood,  baby blue spruce and daylilies

red twig dogwood leaves are so pretty

weeping cherry in bloom a few days ago

first dinner on the screen porch