Fences make great neighbors

And for my fence, welcome the cardinal red twig dogwood.

Spring

Winter

proud parent

My 2-year old peony will get a flower this year! I'm so proud of her!

AND my trillium emerged!!!

Spring has Sprung!

Colors are everywhere and the plants are doing well. Hopefully a little extra watering will get those seeds a-germinatin' and the roots a springing forth!

Plants I already had

Here are some plants that already live at my house!

Spirea

Dwarf Mugo Pine

Hosta

Vinca

Solomon's Seal

Fritillaria

Hyacinth

Columbines

Red Day Lily

liriope

pale pink rose

wild geranium

Lily of the Valley

Sedem

planted the seedlings

Hardened them off and they seemed to be doing really well in the cold and windy weather. They now have homes around the yard.

Planted are

Green Envy Zinnia

Hot Poker

Sweet William

dianthus (Bouquet)

Russian Sage

Green Wizard Rudbeckia

Chinese Lantern

Bee Balm

There are a couple other plants, but I can not recall there name right now...

New Friends

My neighbor thinned out some of her beds the other day! When I got home, some new friends were waiting for me. Some mini, purple Japanese iris, bleeding heart, black eyed susans and lambs' ears!

It's easy to please me!

:)

Learned a new word, from a new friend

PETRICHOR/ˈpɛtrɪkə/
The smell of rain on dry ground.
More specifically, petrichor is the pleasant smell that often accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather in certain regions. It was named by two Australian researchers, who discovered that the smell is an oily essence emitted from rocks or soils. The oil is a complicated mixture of at least fifty different compounds, rather like a perfume.

OOoops, I did it again

More plants are on their way to casa Heinrich.

MIXED LUPINES

MIXED DELPHINIUMS

MIXED BALLOON FLOWER

VERBASCUM MIX

ECHINOPS RITRO

MIXED FOXGLOVE
CUPID'S DART
PINK DRAGONFLOWER
RED FOX VERONICA

April Showers Bring May Flowers!

Purchased SEVERAL new plants this weekend and found them little homes. Also planted some wildflower seed mix and HOPE that the deer keep away.

One plant that I am VERY fond of and FINALLY found is Helleborus (a.k.a. Lenten Rose)

Also picked up some standard Fireworks dianthus:

Some Blue Spruce Sedum

And 2 varieties of red Scotch broom:

the babies

my seedlings aren't doing so hot. I'm not sure if i'm overwatering them or started them too early... this may be my last year at the attempt, or I need to get real serious about it next year and rig up a better grow light/headed bed thingy...

sigh