I bet the bees and butterflies sure do LOVE your gardens and I'm envious of that wonderful sempervivum collection !!

such glorious color! New England is stuck in a chilly damp streak and your pictures are a ray of sunshine!

That tree peony is gorgeous, too bad I can't grow them here, winters are just tooo cold! Dave, what is the small tree behind with the emerging pink foliage?

Red lily beetles are thick and furious on my lilies this spring, those buggers!

froze- it's a cercis "forest pansy". i cut it off at the ground last year to make it more shrublike, but it's determined to be a tree. our desert biome is very limited so no lily beetles.

from my bedroom window

Holy alliums! Great views and pics.

Very nice, Dave. Your gardens are having a great year!

sandy how are you-and your garden? it has been perfection here in reno except for a plague of moths and now caterpillars. there were so many moths even the cats lost interest. On monday it was 83 and today is 53 with a little drizzle-which i like better.

how are your hostas? The last two blazing hot summers have pretty much knocked mine out.

Hi dave! Your gardens are so lush this year. ....This spring we've also had more rain and cooler temps than usual and the gardens are loving it. The alliums are just getting started as the tulips are fading. Peonies have buds and the roses are looking promising. ....That yellow rose of yours is really impressive!

Most of my hostas are doing pretty well. The City is working on a project that's getting a little too close for comfort, but other than that, my gardens are really happy this year. I'm trying to get out there and play in the dirt as much as possible. My favorite time of year!