Besides the crocus blooms, I have lots of things starting to green up in the garden. Here are some of them, clockwise starting from the top left:
Chives in the Herb garden
Lamium in the Butterfly garden
Lamb’s ears in the Kids’ Adventure Garden
Centaurea montana and Siberian squill about to bloom
Iceland poppies – these are great for early blooms!
Delphiniums beside the house
Tulipa tarda not showing any buds yet
Sedum Autumn Joy in a hot spot between the south patio and basement wall (middle picture)
What a beautiful week-end it was! Yesterday I cleaned up the perennials still standing in the backyard, removed the pine branches from the strawberry patch, and started chopping up the branches from last year’s Christmas tree and other pruning sprees I’ve been on recently (while my husband "watched the kids".) I’d like to finish pruning and getting the branches and perennials tidied up this week, and next week I will tackle the greenhouse and rain barrels (if the weather continues to cooperate... I probably just jinxed it!)
What's happening in your garden?
Oh, I can't wait to plant lamb's ears for my two-year-old. He is so tactile, he will just love them!
I love your great ideas for children in the garden :)
Posted by: The Ms. S. | April 20, 2009 at 07:33 PM