Helen, they are all beautiful. I am excited to go out first thing too.

That last blue clem looks like Will Goodwin. I had one and loved it. One year it got wilt and never returned. I am seeing some wilt on mine already. It may be a bad year.

Your chives reminded me that I planted a pot of them and haven't seen them so far this year!
The red peony is stunning. All my reds turn out to be what I call dark fuschia.

Glenda the peony is really a beautiful bright, dark pink. It shows up red in photos. I have wilt on one clematis that is not blooming yet.

I didn't know clematis would do well in containers. Yours is blooming nicely.
Love the peony! It does look true red in the photo.
It the white flower a rose?

Nice, It's so nice to see colors outside again! I was pleasantly surprised when I got home yesterday to see my foxglove blooming. I was disappointing last yr because most of my flowers were 1st yr. perennials. I was standing there blabbing to my husband that I had 3 different colors of columbine and then there were pink and white foxglove just waiting to be noticed!

The white rose was planted in my vegetable garden because I lost the one I had before in my flower garden. I planted it for fragrance. The one that I lost could have one or two flowers open and you could smell it before you noticed the flowers.

Helen, everything is so beautiful. One of my clematis has wilt this year. It's 1st time I've encountered it. I have no blooms yet on either of mine so it's nice seeing yours.

Helen, I can't get over the petunias being in bloom!

I checked out your album. I loved the shot where you can see the yard and the mountains in the back ground. Very pretty country you live in.

The peony showed up very red for me.

I have wilt on three clems this year! Not starting off well.

Glenda I only show the pretty pictures; I think a neat person would not be impressed. I have lots of weeds and areas that need work, I buy more and plant more than I can take care of.