Have we met before?

Hello, my friend! You look familiar but I can't remember your name. My apologies! Spring, isn't it? Such a cheerful name. Glad to meet you again.

Our builder gifted us with a beautiful Yoshino cherry tree that blooms like mad every spring. It's like having a mini Cherry Blossom Festival right in my own backyard.

Most of the clematis have been pruned and are showing signs of life. I bought this new trellis at Lowe's. It's curved and very sturdy, which should be perfect for the  enormous vine that grows here.

The pointy fleur de lis make me laugh. If my clematis ever decide to attack, I should be well protected.

By the end of May the trellis will be covered in big blue flowers. Pale pinkish white phlox and pink obedient plant grow near the clematis. I bought the clematis from Brushwood Gardens. I checked the website to see if they still had this one, and didn't see it. But they did have tons of other gorgeous vines. The petals curve back towards the base of the flower. I can't remember the name but if you'd like this in your garden, leave me a comment and I'll dig through my plant tags for you.

Here's a close up of the bloom. They're real show stoppers!

This is doronicum 'Little Leo'. I've never grown this before but saw it on the sale table at our local nursery and thought I'd give it a try. It will probably be dormant by mid-summer but that's okay. I planted a chunk of five plants in front of a Eupatorium 'Chocolate' that if I forget to cut back, which is always a possibility, will be lounging on the very spot where the 'Little Leo' is now growing. It's an early spring bloomer growing in a moist spot near zizia aptera or Golden Alexanders, as they are commonly known.

The buds are wrapped tight, like little presents. hiding yellow daisy-like flowers inside.

"Hooray! Hooray! It's spring!!" If the dancing frog hose guide could talk, I'm sure that's what he would say.

"You're not done scrolling, are you? Keep going!"

I am a hopeless klutz and usually avoid buying pots that stand the slightest chance of breaking. Glazed clay and ceramic pots usually sell for $35+ in our local garden centers. That's about $35 more than I'm willing to pay for something I'll probably drop. But I found these at Home Goods for $6 a piece and plan on filling them with lavender. I hope I don't break them! 



These little scilla were tucked into an order of plants as a freebie from an online nursery several years ago. They are the very first plant to bloom.



New growth from a purple euphorbia from my friend Annette. I can't resist purple flowers or foliage.

 The promise of flowers from the viburnum trilobum, or American cranberry bush.