I never touched a plant till Pat and I moved to Cleveland from Chicago. Our house came with trees and trees and more trees. it also came with overgrown landscaping that hadn't been tended to for 15 years. Pat's always been the gardener. I love hanging out with Pat and I know how to use a shovel. Along the way I discovered a love of gardening. But first, We had to take 12 trees down and 40 dead bushes out. Hosta, ligularia, and sedum are my favorite plants.
Our yard is clay. Clay, clay and more clay. Clay all the way to the center of the earth. The people at the conservation district told us that " we're at the wrong end of the glacier". I nodded the nod of the intimidated and have repeated it ever since. We are true belivers in sweet peet and work in 15 yards every spring. Our back yard faces north and is a good 6 feet lower than the house. Most of the back yard is moist year round. Except for the north east corner, the yard is under shade or partial shade. The front yard is mainly sunny. We are in zone 5b.
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Lovely. Is spring not just the most beautiful time of year for beginnings.
What a sunny photo! :-) Happy Spring!
A vibrant yellow is always welcome! Beautiful~~gail
Oh those are really cheery and pretty.Hope you enjoyed our mini summer.
A beauty, Jim. I've got nothing blooming that nicely yet -- unless you count the bolted radishes from last fall. (And somehow, I don't count them. ;)
Love those sunny flowers! I really must put more yellow in my garden...
Are these flowers saying that winter is finally, definitely gone and snow is banished till next year? I hope so. They look like spring to me!
Lovely,sunny flower.
I like the yellow colour it´s like small suns.
We have still a lot of snow left but today it´s raining.
I ee in your header that you have got a lot of hostas I like them too.
Have a nice weekend
Gunilla
pretty, pretty, pretty.
Hi Jim,
It is so nice to see flowers in your garden. The yellow daffodils must look nice with your Periwinkle.
Beautiful and the blooms assemble nicely ~bangchik
I hope it survives until I am at your house tomorrow!
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