Beautiful Kay. Fernstone opened perfectly for you. Love the iris and of course, I'm addicted to peonies too. Your garden will be amazing as it always is. Can't wait to see the garden shots. Has your clematis started yet?

That iris is really pretty. I have only one with scapes. We are later than you.

I love the color on Fernstone. Peonies and Iris are beautiful, but in my garden at least the foliage for both looked so ratty by August that I now just enjoy other peoples plants when in bloom. Are any of your Iris fragrant?.......Maryl

Thank you all for the nice comments. Julia, Fernstone did open well, but it didn't open as early in the day as usual. The iris have been awfully pretty this year, but mainly in the bed I stared last. The clematis has been blooming for a while now, but I did not get the ones I should have trimmed back this winter. Yes, Maryl, I have several fragrant iris plants.
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Rainbow High is a star. Yes, there is so much work in the spring. It is good to be past the stage of constant weeding and be able to enjoy the fruits of our labor.

Thanks, Mantis. I am still doing some weeding and got another load of mulch today, but I can see the end approaching and I am very happy about that.

Fernstone had an outstanding debut, and Rainbow High is really showing off for you.. I have two established daylilies with scapes now, but I think they are scapes that formed in the fall and didn't have time to bloom since they are shorter than normal with just a few buds. One of my new ones from down South - Ultimate Sacrifice - should start blooming any day now. I'm anxious to see this new red. At least it will bloom in a bed that was heavily mulched in the fall and is weed free right now. Today I got rid of some weeds and grass in beds that were nearly four feet tall. I'm really good at growing weeds. If my daylilies do half as well as the weeds, it should be a stellar season.

Debra, I belong to that weed growing club. Champions, that's what we are. Over half of mine are putting up spikes...but it is a little while before they bloom even then.
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