Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS SPRING!!! Memorial Day Edition, 1 by coleup

coleup wrote:
Since I m a shade gardener, I love to see the colorful blooms you all get with more sun. OOver the years I have found some plants that will reliably bloom in my yard and others that provide color with their foliage.

Pic 1 & 2 Large Deutzia shrub (8' x 8') What looks like sun reflections on leaves are actually racemes of white double flowers..

3 Late blooming azalea grows low and wide flowers are palm of had size. Wouldn't this look great paired with Geranium 'Expresso'!

4 Leaves of Eupatorium 'Gateway' above Asclepias tuberosa with buds!