Much needed Unveiling…

After all of the rain over the past month…I finally had a few days of sunshine that allowed me to go out and and spend some quality time in the garden.  Weeding, deadheading and cutting back plants.  I filled up two garbage cans and still my husband had to make a trip to the dump with 200 pounds of yard waste.  Funny, even after all of that “clean up” I still have so much work to do.  But for now, I think I will just enjoy ‘looking’ at the garden for a few weeks!
Remember this post about my pots…well look at how beautifully this urn has filled in.
As I was unveiling the spent blooms…I came upon some ‘lost’ plants that had been covered underneath of all of the fallen foliage. a few newly planted roses from last summer are now allowed some sunshine.  Cutting back the red twig dogwoods, gave space for the Red Coral Bark Maple to breath. I am now anxiously awaiting the explosion of hydrangea blooms to replace the pretty peonies.
This flagstone pathway will soon be filled with blooming roses that I planted last year. It is just finishing up with the the coral bells and poppies…(please don’t notice the weeds).

A couple new blooms to mention (in order) is the Japanese Water Iris, Penstemon, Spirea, Phlomis Russeliana,  Viburnum, and Daylily that began to bloom this week.

During the clean up ~ I managed to salvage a few blooms to enjoy just a little longer! Love how the peonies and flowering daisy (this one is a weed) look in the watering cans…

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