Wonderful Springtime

 

It has been so long since my last posting. I hope everyone has been enjoying their spring and that your flower gardens are growing by leaps and bounds.
I think so many of my flowers in the  flowerbeds are into the ‘third year and leaping’. Some of the beds I am afraid are beginning to look like small jungles.

The daffodils and

tulips have come and gone.

”China Towne”

And so have the crocus.

The primroses were so pretty and full this year.

When I see them like this I want to plant even more of them.

As usual the Ohio weather has been so surprising this spring. We run the gambit of from the freezer to the oven and back again a few times. Eighties last week and then back to frost. Thankfully here on the hill the frost did not kill my Lilac blooms.

 
The two huge bushes along the bank give off some wonderful fragrance throughout the yard. The blooms were fewer and smaller this year though I noticed, but I got to enjoy their fragrance if not the show anyway.
Missing were all of the butterflies again this spring.
The spraying of the Gypsy moths here the last two years was useless. The moths and bagworms are still here while the butterflies paid the price.

Even the 3 year old Lilac bush gave me some blooms this spring.

The Lenten Roses were so pretty and now the bushes are growing so large. I wish they would hold their heads up for a better view.

I have all my annuals collected  that will go into the containers and boxes. Now to get them planted. Some sweet peppers and tomatoes will also be planted.
A lot of my garden work this spring went into trying to get my Rose Garden back into shape. The awful winter before this one killed so many bushes that I am working on replacing. They are planted now I am hoping they will grow. I had to resort to buying a couple replacements that were preserved with paraffin, which I said I would never do again because they just will not sprout for me. Fingers crossed on them.
And as usual the queen of “mobile plants” has been moving some again but don’t we all do that? Or is it just me?

 
Down in the trial bed I have tall phlox and coneflowers coming up one on top of the other. (A few Columbines are still coming up) I just threw in all the saved seeds from the Phlox and Coneflowers last fall hoping they would grow. Well I got my wish. Now where to plant them all. LOL! I see the woodland garden will be a good place to plant some of those phlox plants. Also I have a corner bed I reworked which can use some color. The only problem is not knowing what color they will be blooming. The phlox seeds were all mixed together so they could be a mixture of pink, white and purple which will go with most of my garden plants anyway.
The coneflowers will be anyone's guess.Well who doesn’t like surprises anyway? I can always move them around later. And that  is what I do best.
Also some Ohio friends brought back some seeds for me from Florida and I planted them there to get them started this spring.
{ Thank you Joe & Linda!}


”Bluetts”
Some of you who have become garden friends to me over the years have been on my mind even if I did not post any new postings. Some I have dropped by and read your blogs just to see how you have been. Life gets in the way of us all sometimes.

“Marsh Marigold”
And sometimes a flower that you have sent to me or mailed me seeds from will bloom and I am always thankful to have them to remember you by. They always bring a smile.

“Jane Magnolia”

I hope you are all enjoying the flowers in your gardens as much as I am this spring. I got to counting and the 17 year cicada  will be coming out here next year, so I am going to enjoy the garden this year because this girl will not step out of the house much for a few weeks next year. Gives me the shivers just to think about them flying into my hair and slitting my young trees.

Everyone try to get those muscles back into shape and get out into those gardens you worked so hard to make.

Happy Gardening,

Lona