apricot puntia, screams with color!Giant aliums are the first burst color in the south Willow GardenSpring is so glorious and messy, all at the same time. Everything is bursting from the ground at the same time, including the weeds.My Mom made these for me. (She’s very skilled at ceramics.) I love them soo much.This area was all grass. Hard to mow. I had the grass dug out and new top soil tilled into the clay. The clay is really heavy right here for some reason. So far, I have added iris and several other plants that I divided from other places in the garden: goldenrod, Jupiter’s beard, red day lily, sedum, salvia, shasta daisy, Turkish yellow poppy, and echinacea.
the story pole looks much happier with some color around it.This year I decided to plant the vege garden with annuals instead of vegetables. I canned so much food last year, and worked soo hard in this garden, I decided to just do something beautiful and less labor intensive with the space this year.the tulips brighten up this corner of the garden. After the tulips, the purple alium will come up, and then after that the tiger lililes. This little triangle looks spectacular for 6 solid months. Finally! A plan comes together. Where’s my cigar?I just love how these orange and purple tulips look under the Linden tree.In the background, the fruit trees are blooming. They missed the late spring frost. There WILL be fruit this year!
