Saturday, May 15, 2021

Garden Bloggers Bloom Day May 2021

It's the moment we've been waiting for.  May.  The day we dream of all year.  Spring.  Flowers, and, hopefully no more frosts.  Aahhhhh.

In my zone 5b Southern Tier of New York garden, the day dawned bright and full and sun, bursting with so many flowers that I can't even take pictures of all of them.  I've also created collages so you don't have to spend hours on my site. 

Breathe in, breathe out, and let's begin with some "P's".

Pansies (and violas).  Some of my favorite flowers.  Alas, by mid-summer, they will be no more.

Petunias (some not the best pictures, as I had to baby my back while taking these shots).  Not all of them, either. 
Let's visit my backyard shade garden for a minute. These are my three types of brunnera.  I love their true blue flowers but they have become a bit too enthusiastic in my shady back yard.

I can't forget what is left of my spring bulbs.  The last daffodils and tulips, and some left over grape hyacinth.

Let's return to my back yard shade garden.  My one trillium, which still has never totally had a flower bud open up.  This plant must be close to 10 years old now.  I bought it at a plant sale in Ithaca, New York.

White bleeding heart.  My pink bleeding heart somehow did not survive the winter.

Variegated Solomon's seal, putting out flower buds.

Three yellow flowers - left to right, barrenwort, something that's either yellow deadnettle or yellow archangel, and yellow corydalis (which has also naturalized in my yard, along with the brunnera).  As you can tell, I am so lazy at keeping track of what I buy and plant.  Warning:  do not let me loose in a garden center!

Let's skip to the sides of my house, where I have three varieties of lilacs.  It's become too shady, I think, only one of them did OK this year.

Back to the front, where you'll find my euphorbia. I had a variegated one but it did not survive the winter.

A lovely find, we purchased this orange flowered anise hyssop plant (Agastache) and spouse planted it for me yesterday.  I didn't even know it came in colors other than purple - I can't wait to see how this performs.  I haven't grown anise hyssop since I moved from Arkansas some 35 years ago.
 
Success with my Japanese Peony Tree (on the second try)!  In its second full year, it had three buds, and one was starting to open this morning.

Several of my hanging baskets - not all of them. (the one second from the bottom on the left side was my Mother's Day gift from my son - the others were all made up by me). I must be a glutton for punishment as they do require a bit of work during the summer keeping them all watered.
 

Last but not least - one last GBBD delight from the garden - my columbines greeted me this morning with their first flowers opening up.

Whether or not you are able to have a garden (or maybe it's late fall where you live?), I wish you a happy and safe May, wherever in the world you are.  

Thank you once again to Carol at May Dreams Gardens, who hosts this monthly meme. 



10 comments:

  1. You have a wonderful array of flowers! How nice to have a shade garden. I have shade, but not plant-able shade. Nice to see your Mother's Day hanging basket!

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  2. Beautiful! I like the way you grouped them together.
    Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!

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  3. ...my variegated solomon's seal is taking over, but that's fine with me.

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  4. You do have quite a variety of blooms there and they are all just lovely. I especially like the trillium even if it isn't completely open.

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  5. Gorgeous! I sure wish I had a green thumb like you and Lisa do. It doesn't help that our summer weather is enough to burn everything up. Hope you are having a nice weekend! :)

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  6. I've know the white bleeding heart as "Dutchman Breeches"
    Coffeeis on and stay safe

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  7. My trilliums are lush and happy, but it took 15 years of leaving leaf litter in place to get my soil healthy enough to even support them. I love your pansies. My dad always planted pansies. The native violets in my gardens are the first to bloom in early spring, and a joy when they do. Your gardens are alive with flowers, and lovely to see in your photos.

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  8. Your flowers are lovely! My husband used to take a walk during his lunch break and he found a trillium or two across the road. One day a backhoe was brought in to begin a new project, and the trilliums were no more. He was pretty sad about that.

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  9. The trillium and the white bleeding hearts are my favorites. And orange hyssop? Recognized flowers but with a twist in their color.
    -Ray

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