Cottage Garden 4/8/16
Isn't it amazing how much can change in the garden in just a few weeks? I can't believe that just a few short weeks ago when I shared my landscape with you - there was still so much open space of dirt to be seen. Right now, if it's not a tree or a shrub that is beginning to leaf out, a perennial is appearing in just about any open space I thought I had. Right now, the garden is filled with tulips and my most favored bleeding heart plant.
Tree peonies have emerged from being in bud form one day to blooming the next.
Hino Crimson Azaleas are magnificent from the window views of our home. So prolific in color and attracts the bees and hummingbirds!
The native Pacific Northwest ferns are beginning to unfurl, I love adding interesting plants like this one to my landscape ~ this one is called Hearts Tongue Fern.
Rhododendron Impeditum has not done very well in the past for me, however this year it looks amazing and is thriving with more dense foliage growing around it. This is an area in the garden that I dug up two years ago, and landscaped last summer. So looking forward to seeing this area of my landscape grow this year! As they say, "first year they sleep, second year they creep, third year they leap"!
I have one lilac blooming - just one! the rest of them are just beginning to bud out with flowers. I was able to clip a few blooms and bring them indoors - such an amazing fragrant flower to enjoy for a few days! Looking forward to the rest of them coming into bloom.
All of my Maple Trees are leafing out - I wasn't a huge fan of anything that didn't flower in my garden landscape until a few years when I learned how beautiful maple colors can be all year long (Especially in the fall). I've added to my collection of dwarf maples any chance I get... This one, pictured below in particular is a seedling I found in my garden and planted - different from it's mother plant (Coral Bark Maple) it's planted outside our guest suite window and now is about four feet tall.
This Bergenia common name is "Pig Squeak" is in full bloom in the two places that I have it planted - the flowers are just gorgeous on this spring bloomer!
Our back patio garden is in full bloom right now and ready to shift into roses and peonies any day now.
I will share on the progress of our patio in a few days! xoxo, tracie
Comments
Your garden is looking absolutely beautiful. The colors and textures in the last photo are stunning. It's interesting to see the different plants that thrive in different areas. The heart's tongue fern is new to me.
Thanks again for sharing. Have a good week.
~Chris
PS love that tree peony... may have to try one of those in my garden :)
hugs,
Jann