Specialty Gardening: Spring blooms, 0 by maozamom

maozamom wrote:
Thank you everyone. Be sure and share your pictures too. We all love to look for inspiration.

Cathy- My husband helps me every spring with clean-up, otherwise it might feel a bit overwhelming doing so much in such a short time. Then it's up to me keeping the weeds out. I actually enjoy a certain amount of weeding and deadheading. I think of it as a chance to get up front and personal with my plants. When it starts to feel like work, I stop until another time.

Leawood- Your picture is gorgeous. Your gardens use lots of texture and plenty of chartreuse. I think our tastes in gardens have many similarities. Wouldn't it be wonderful to visit each others gardens and exchange idea and maybe even some plants.

I can't take much credit for the tree peony. When we moved here I had to plant it in July. I put it in dappled shade so it would have a chance to survive the transplant shock and it was so happy there that I never moved it. I throw a little compost in the bed every couple of years but otherwise it's ignored.

Here's a picture I had left out because the top of the pond is being worked on and it's a bit of a mess. Since gardens are a work always in progress I'm sure everyone has spots like this sometimes, so I might as well share.

mao