Jason, those are really fantastic areas. That's great that there's always something really eye-catching going on in the garden. I think the corner spot is really charming, and, as always, am nearly green with envy over your primulas. Are the spots of red in the 3rd photo all repeating clumps of primula?

Those primroses are just too much LOL! So beautiful. I really love the forth picture as it shows the backyard view.

Where are you daylilies and roses? I don't see any in the pictures.

I like the 2nd picture with the primroses & pulmonaria. The 4th shot of your yard is really nice too.

The primroses and tulips are especiallyt lovely, Jason.
kay

Cracking - Yes those are repeating clumps of primula. I love them. They are huge and last quite awhile. If I ever move again, I swear I'm digging them all up and taking them with me! haha

Rita - If you look closely you can see some daylilies and roses. The roses are just barely leafed out and the dayliles are still small. The dayliles don't really get going til June and same with the roses. I only have one daylily right now that has scapes. It is always first to bloom, an old, tall yellow. I will get a pic of it when it finally does bloom. My roses are doing great and some even have some small buds but neither the roses or dayliles will be picture ready for awhile yet......(and yes I'm really trying to be patient...haha)
Jason

I see some liitle fans or scapes or what in the bed but I thought they were dafodil folliage. Can't see them too well there. Now that you point them out I see next to your primroses what I think might be leafing out rose shubs? But they are so small! My roses are just about ready to bust into full bloom and I do have a blossom already here and there. I guess I forget that you are so far behind me in the spring season.

Rita - Yes my roses always get a lot of damage from winter and I have to cut them back quite abit in spring. Last year was the same and they still did well come July/August but yes, definitely late coming. I am excited this year as I planted some hardy roses that were bred specifically to withstand our rotten Canadian winters. One is from the Explorer series and three from the Parkland series. They are supposed to have little to no winter die back. I still love the english roses and the hybrid teas but they just don't like our winters very much. When I post pictures in July and August you'll see how much they will have grown. My daylilies are coming along but yes, they seem very slow this year as well. Our April was so cold and dry and now our May has been so cold and wet. I hope the summer is a lot better!
Jason

I cut my roses way back each spring also and I mean all my roses except for the few climbers (and I do trimming on them too) and some really big 6 foot tall small flowered shrubs. I have quite afew hybred teas but many more florabundas and what they stick into the shrub rose catagory. People are surprised as I go and cut them mercelessly to 18 inches or maybe two feet. I do this as soon as they want to leaf out. You should see them now just ready to bloom and so thick you can't see the ground between them. They love to be cut back. But I have a longer growing season than you.

Very Nice Jason.I really like them Primula, Have never tried to grow them here...

Jean

Nice tulips on that first picture. And the flower beds are nice too. The island bed looks like it has a lot of variety.

Vickie