My Happy Place

My flower gardens are my happy place.  I enjoy working in the dirt and seeing the beautiful blooms popping up all around.   I thought I'd share a few shots of my spring flowers.   

This flower bed blooms year round with various flowers.  It currently has poppies (transplanted from a friends garden), peonies and pinks in bloom.

The back yard has several flower gardens, most of which are later season flowers.  I have an "L" shaped garden in the corner of the yard that houses various lilies and tulips.  It also has two wisteria trees/bushes, and one is beginning to bloom already (left corner).

When we first moved here, 11 years ago, I bought a couple of azalea bushes on clearance for .50 each.  All four of them have managed to stay alive and are finally starting to flourish in the side flower beds.

Year two of having a clematis is a go!  I've killed more of these things than I care to mention, but this hardy plant seems to like the soil here.  Go me!

 I take no credit for this bush, it was here when we bought the house and I've done nothing to it over the years, but it's lovely.  It's also a great source of giggles for me when the dog goes trailing under there and gets the whole bush to shaking while he's chasing squirrels.

My little garden bug lives in my newest flower bed under my bedroom window.  Most of the flowers there bloom later in the year, so this is my pop of color in there for now. Doesn't he just make you  smile?

I hope you enjoyed my little virtual garden tour.