Spring Flowers

 I've been busy in the garden cleaning out flower beds, pruning and planting new annuals and perennials.

Delphenium

Our frost date has just passed so it's supposed to be "safe" to plant.  My goal is to get everything planted by the end of April however we are supposed to get down to freezing again Wednesday morning so I have stopped planting but still have three flats of assorted annuals and perennials to put in the ground. 

I will be dragging out sheets and covering new plants and since it's only going to briefly get down in the low 30's everything should be fine.  

 Here in Oklahoma we frequently have late freezes in the spring and then before we know it the weather gets very warm.

Bloodgood Japanese Maple


Here are a few photos of my garden this past week.   Tulips are still blooming!

Sherbet Tulip blend

Angelique Tulip

Columbine

 

Snowball viburnum

   

Mixed border

Variegated Weiglia

Crossing my fingers the weatherman are wrong!  Happy Gardening!

Easter Patio Pots

I can't wait to see lots of color in the garden 

after a long cold winter! 

Yellows, pinks and reds are so welcome and with the uncertainty of late frosts I love putting new plants in pots that I can move quickly into the greenhouse if needed.  

My  Japanese Red Maples are at peak color and are my favorite trees in the landscape! 

I was fortunate to find two gorgeous hydrangeas

 last weekend at Lowe's!   

Another red maple outside my bathroom window makes for a pretty view!

I love window boxes and found these wire 

baskets years ago.  Each year I fill them with a new combination of flowers.  This year I choose burgundy snapdragons to echo the colors of the red maples and the yellow violas make them pop.  

Spring is here!