Memorial Day Remembrance

 In honor and remembrance of those who gave their all for our freedom we proudly display our flag and red white and blue.

 

May you have a reflective and grateful 

Memorial Day!  

Rainy Spring!

I can't remember such a wet and rainy spring and my plants are loving it!  The temperatures are below normal and it's been so nice to work out in the garden between rain storms. 

The plants I chose for my new flower border have really performed well and are blooming.   Good old standbys like Supertunia bubblegum just bloom all summer long  and are so easy to grow.  I tend to love pink and purple flowers mixed with  lime green foiliage so I planned the border around those colors. 

One of the new plants I chose is 'Cherry Bell Campanula' and  it is supposed to be a perennial in my area and a good spreader.    I hope so because it's a gorgeous color and full of blooms.

We are supposed to get thunderstorms later today and possible hail!  I don't mind storms but hail is so destructive and I can't cover up my garden.  I do protect my patio pots and crossing my fingers the weather stays more calm today.      

Mother's Day Garden

 I strive to have all my annuals planted by the end of April to middle of May.  The weather has been so much cooler this spring and we have had more rain than usual so it's taken me a little longer to get everything in the ground.    Hopefully weather permitting I'll get my front border spring plantings done by the end of the week. 

Our newest flower bed was planted last spring and I love how it has filled in and all the color.  Most of the bed is planted in perennials and small shrubs with some begonias and violas for annual color. 

My favorite plants have become the coral bells with all the  different foilage color and blooms.  They have done so well in last summer's heat and the arctic blast we had in January. 

  I planted up my wire flower baskets with pink impatiens and begonias as they are mostly in the shade.

My hubbie and sons always give me gift cards or flowers for Mother's Day which I love! My garden is my gift to myself and they enjoy it too!  This year a cobalt blue birdbath was my gift. 

Hope you are having a wonderful and Happy Mother's Day!  

I'm linking with Marty's Inspire Me Tuesday

and Carol's Garden Bloom Day

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!

Tulip Love

Last year I decided I needed to plant more tulips. Every Spring when I see tulips around town I regret not planting more. 

I ordered from Colorblends last year and this week the Sherbet blend is in it's full glory! What a beautiful display it has made and brightened my spirits after all the ice and sub zero weather that damaged many of our trees and shrubs throughout Oklahoma!

The colors are so bright and cheerful and even my neighbors have been admiring them.        

Amazing how much joy they have given me already.     

The Angelique tulips are just starting to bloom and remind me of a peony. 

Angelique

I will definitely be ordering again!

I'm linking to Marty's

Inspire Me Tuesday  

and 

Carol's Garden Bloom Day