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Here are some of the perennials blooming in my garden right now. It's been so warm the last 2 months that I have several perennials that are about to bloom that shouldn't be now, such as my purple coneflowers.

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great beauty!! Everything looks sooo vibrant!!

Thanks for sharing!!

Beautiful photos! You are way ahead of us in TN. Only a few things in bloom at the moment here. The bearded iris are just starting to bloom, here's my first.
Bearded Iris

PianoLady..., First comes the Iris... the rest are close behind Isn't your Iris the loveliest thing signalling spring?!!

Gorgeous shots Alankhart! I'm so jealous! The only things blooming in my garden so far are Daffodils, Vinca, Lungwort, and moss phlox.

Alan, what is the first flower and the last?

lovely, lovely, lovely!!!!

could you edit your post and tell us what each one is?? i recognize a couple (the phlox is fantastic and so is the clematis!!!). but i can't add them to my garden if i don't know what they're called...and i definitely want to add the purple ones!!!! (can't get enough purple!!)

oooh pretty! You must get tons of hummingbirds.
Thanks for reminding me i want to put foxgloves in again (3rd pic on list)
What is the 5th picture of? and the last one?
I've never tried ice plant is it easy? (9th pic)

JOCLYN
I have a tall garden Phlox the variety is Nicki, Gorgeous deep purple!

Oops..I let too much time pass to edit the message, so here are the names of the plants in order:

Red Valerian
California Poppy
Foxglove
Clematis
Verbascum
Hesperis
Wallflower
Columbine
Ice plant
Red Sage

Joclyn: I have a friend whose garden is entirely purple and pink, nothing else. It's beautiful, too!

Alan - your mix is fantastic - it compliments each other well. I have columbine too, and thanks to your photos, I know what flower to expect! We are just about to begin blooming here in the DC area - I can't wait (my sinus' can though).

Oh jeepers Alan,
I am j~e~a~l~o~u~ssssssssssssssss!!
I am lucky to have the maple trees' just barely leafing out and the peonies just peakin' up out
of the ground....

Awesome pictures....

Love the verbasum..
*is the pink/salmon one you have the only variety/color you have?*

THANK~YOUUUUUUUUUU FOR SHARING THOSE!!!!

Thank you for sharing, those pictures are beautiful.

I planted 2 'Copper rose ' Verbascum this year, but they were small and it looks like only one is going to have a small bloom this year. I had a 'Southern Charm' one but it died after the third year. Several years ago I had a yellow biennial one with huge fuzzy leaves and flowering stems that got almost 5 feet tall. It was gorgeous, but I forgot to get seeds from it.

I'm REALLY excited that my Bear's Breeches is going to bloom again this year. It has 3 stalks coming up in the middle. It's only bloomed once since I planted it.

I love your verbascum...does it bloom for long?

I killed my valerian.I tried to make it grow in full sun& fineally gave in to it and moved to a healthier spot& something got it& my yarrow& half my chi chi ruellia.


Here's my one bed from last month.my aloha rose is still blooming in that bed& a smaller climbing type rose is blooming now also& out of view the BES are blooming& a few red salvia forest fire.I have a white mum that will be blooming in about 2-3 weeks.


aloha rose...pretty huh.blooms from April-Dec.



got petunias,guara,Coral bean,Coneflowers,sm white daisy thing,purple hyssopp,pink primerose,yellowish orange daylillys,lollipop lilly,orange easter lilly,peas(purples)early call MG,orange cannas,autuam sage. a red rose possibly a climber type,a pinkish purple rose 5 petal type.my cutting grown oak leaf hygrandeas have bloomed this year(I'm THRILLED!)and some neon yellowish coreopsis& altromerias are starting to bloom.

Heres some blooms from my garden today:
crabapple

peach

grape hyacinth

Gee that is so weird to see YOUR peach tree blooming.Mine from yard is gone now,but our other property back here has one on it and the fruits are already almost golfball sized.I did have a few grape hycanith bloom late,but had planted them late...like while others we're normally already up :rolleyes:

Here's my bed in May.alot happens in a month.....



I'll move them slideing doors today.they've been there since April 4th.I got a pic to prove it!

I lovvvvvvvvvve both of those fences Njoynit!!!!
Hubby make them????

all the pics are absolutely beautiful!!!!!!!

Yep...He made them...painted them AND the plants that were in front of them.I EARNED them.They were from his garage roof.I removed the metal& pulled LOTS of nails& sweated buckets.It was July.I think I got blisters too in that bargin.

The lattice is the plastic stuff the thicker one.We had hoped it was dog proff.....Its not nephew proof.one section has a hole.



Hole is below leaf,beside frog.A wagaon done it,but they say no.but I KNOW better


I'm very close to cutting my timber on that sun star bed and doing my bed myself.I gotta mow tomorrow though.I fished today so lost time there.was too hot when got done fishing& didn't catch squat.But made curtains kinda(stitched& tacked to door with thumb tacks)

What is that cool lookin' plant in that picture??

brugmansia Knightti but through the trunk you can see my queens tears blooming.....barely.



Its gonna bloom again.Maybe 2-3 weeks the buds have not turned down yet.
Queens tears


I've got this rose blooming growing on the stained fence.it just blooms in spring 1 time,but I love it.


It is VERY hot out today.Its not 90 yet,but the heat index is& is NO BREEZE.I should be fishing,not gardening today.