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.