Tulips in the Perennial Gardens

Pink Ollioules and purple Queen of the Night tulips with emerging Allegro Oriental poppies on the right and foxglove and perennial sunflowers in the background

Ollioules and Queen of the Night tulips with one tall Pink Impression tulip

Emerging perennials in the front yard side bed

Full view of emerging perennials in the front yard side bed

The first of the rhododendrons with some red Apeldoorn tulips

Muscari Armeniacum, primroses, and columbine with newly emerging calendula seedlings

Muscari aucheri "Blue Magic" with emerging breadseed poppies, alysum, bluebells, and foxglove

A few tulips and daffodils in the perennial garden by the pond

Pink Impression tulips in the back yard perennial beds

Pink Impression tulips

Spring Flowers in the Front Gardens

A lovely view of so many flowers and colors in the front yard gardens

Tulips in the center beds

Forget-me-nots and Darwin hybrid tulips in bloom, with foxglove and columbine soon to follow

Tulips and azaleas with apple trees in center bed

Tulips after a big rainfall

Apeldoorn Elite tulips

Japanese maple tree with a few Apeldoorn tulips along the walkway

So much spring color!

Tulips in center bed with euphorbia and emerging bluebells

Pink Impression tulips under maple tree shadows

Fun with Tulips

 

Tulips in front of the wood shed make for a little garden whimsy...

Strategic tulip planting--no need to get to the firewood in the springtime!

Spring Vegetables

So much new growth!  Spinach, onions, mustard, kale, breadseed poppies, shelling peas, strawberries, calendula , and columbine

Trellis for snow peas with herbs, veggies, and flowers surrounding it

Lettuces, chives, snow peas, mints, oregano, rosemary, and thyme

Shelling peas with tulips, rhubarb, and cloches for kale and cauliflower

Snow peas with radishes and chives

Snow peas with arugula and chives

The bean trellis is ready, but until it warms up, we've planted a variety of greens for the cool season.

The wide view from the deck

Espalier apple tree bed planted with arugula, lettuces, mustard, alyssum, sweet peas, and tulips

Pac choi, broccoli, radishes, and tulips, with strawberries up above

Fruit Trees & Maple Trees

Glacier cherry tree in all its leafed-out, blossoming glory

Italian plum tree with trumpet daffodils

Blossoming pear trees

Two glorious maple trees, one large and one small

Tulips, Peas, & Raspberry Canes

A little garden whimsy--a row of Negrita tulips between arched pea supports made of recently-pruned raspberry canes. Note the fully-leafed-out canes that seem to want to keep growing. When I put them in over a month ago, there was no foliage showing at all.  Maybe they'll take root and we'll have a new raspberry patch next year!

** Photo credit: Ben Miller ** 

Early Spring Bouquet

Dutch Master trumpet and Ice Follies daffodils mingling with red flowering currant branches