Spring has been good to the garden. Everything is really getting nice and green now. It’s time for irises now. My longstanding clumps are blooming now and I have some new ones that are budding, but not open yet.

My Boysenberry Buttercup:

This clump is really big and I will be dividing it later this summer.

Batik:

A smaller clump, but I need to make it smaller as it is crowding into my rose bush.

My “garden variety” iris of unknown species:

The petunias have gotten off to an early and busy start. I like these white ones.

The funny thing is that I generally don’t like solid color petunias, but then I got 3 different types of them this year LOL.

Some are in this container, kind of a buttery yellow:

I have some black ones, too, but they aren’t as far along for pictures yet.

The rhododendron is open as well. It’s small, but new growth is continuing to appear:

Out back my reblooming lilac is doing fairly well. I was a little concerned about how this was going to survive the winter, but it did okay.

The shade garden is coming along nicely as well:

Baby Joe Pye Weed looks like it is expanding this year:

Those hostas are my neighbor’s plants, btw. I am going to shear Baby Joe down in a few weeks to see if I can keep the size a little smaller than last year. I just don’t want to hinder the flowering, which is why I got this plant.

Spring garden is looking good!

Have a great weekend!