Every two weeks, I’m going to post pictures of my front garden on my other blog, the one that I write for Alabama Gardener magazine. I think that’ll be interesting to see how the garden changes through the growing season. But right now it’s spring, and everything is changing so fast that if I don’t post pictures every week, you’ll miss lots of pretty things, like that red peony who only bloomed for about two or three days. Seriously, why do I even give Paeonia lactiflora ‘Blaze’ garden space? That closeup and this next picture were both taken on Monday, April 28th.
And this is what it looked like yesterday morning, three days later:
Peony ‘Festiva Maxima’ is just starting to bloom, but after just a few days, ‘Blaze’ is done.
I should blog more often so that you don’t miss stuff, but I’m too busy doing stuff to show you all the stuff that’s happening. One minute it looks like this:
And the next minute, it looks like this:
I love this next view of it.
So anyway, I decided that for the time being and until I get tired of it, I’m going to alternate weekly tours of the front garden between the two blogs. That way you won’t miss seeing spectacular plants like this Columbine.
I always thought that Columbine liked part shade, but these seedlings popped up in full sun, and they seem happy.
Here’s some more pictures that I took on Monday, April 28th, exactly one week after the pictures that I posted on this blog for Alabama Gardener magazine.
The view from the front porch.
Isn’t it crazy how fast things are changing in the garden? I absolutely love this time of year. Come back in a couple of weeks, and see how different it looks.
Hi Birthday girl……….what’s that purple blooming plant on the left side of the sidewalk as you’re looking at your front porch? I love the Columbine too!
Found a closer view…they look like phlox.??
Hey Liz, I think you’re talking about the blue star, but I’ll post some pictures on The Plant Ho facebook page to be sure.