Today is Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day; Carol at May Dreams Garden invites us to share photographs of what is blooming in our gardens on the fifteenth of each month.
Much is happening in our garden as plants are coming to life and bloom. The first peony to open is Itoh peony ‘Keiko.’ (Run your mouse over the photos for identification).
Itoh peony ‘Keiko’
The clematis are also starting to open. It looks like we will have a good crop this year.
Clematis ‘Etoile Violette’
Clematis ‘Henryii’
Smaller plants are also playing a colorful role.
Dianthus gratianopolitanus ‘Bath’s Pink’
Phlox sublata ‘Emerald Blue’ and Candytuft
Bluebells
Weigela florida ‘Wine and ‘Roses’
Lantana ‘Banana Peach’
Azaleas are blooming everywhere. This is a remarkable Encore azalea ‘Autumn Twist,’ which puts out two distinct blossoms on the same plant.
Encore azalea ‘Autumn Twist;
Encore azalea ‘Autumn Twist’
Viburnum plicatum var.tomentosum ‘Summer Snowflake’
Ajuga reptans ‘Mahogany’
Deutzia gracilis ‘Chardonnay Pearls’
And I’ve seen hummingbirds and Goldfinch; spring is here.
A Walk in the Garden 
Still too early for us. 😦
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Your turn will come 🙂
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Beautiful!
I love Clematis!
Happy Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day!
Lea
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Thanks, Lea. This is a special time of year…lots of new things beginning to show off.
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Love it when the shrubs join in as well!
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Thank you, Pauline.
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Your garden is altogether lovely! It’s interesting to me that you mentioned the Goldfinch are back…they left our area a couple weeks ago. We’ll miss them, but they’ll return next winter.
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Thank you, Janice. The goldfinches may have been around for awhile but I just hadn’t seen one that I could id until a few days ago.
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Wow, peonies in April! So many lovely flowers blooming John. Isn’t it a wonderful time of year!
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Keiko is my first peony to bloom, but I have lots with buds swelling. What a great time of year…you are so right.
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John, your garden is looking wonderful. Clematis are doing well.
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Thank you, Susie. I was afraid the cold spring would do damage the clematis, but so far so good.
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Everything looks lush and colorful. Love your clematis.
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Thanks, Clematis for me have had up and down years. This year they seem to be up.
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No hummingbirds here yet, though I did see a honey bee today for the first time this year. Lots of bright colors for your garden.
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I have a bumble bee that patrols a particular area of the garden. It’s here now. It’s the third year I have noticed it. It has never attacked but just flies around me. I wonder what it is protecting.
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Such a beautiful gallery! Thank you John!
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Thanks, Amy, for your encouragement.
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Lots of color in your gardens, beautiful!
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Thanks, Cathy. Know you are busy now.
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