@Sueb, love it!

Spring in the NC mountains is glorious with flowers. I didn't get pics of our dogwoods , wild cherries or native orange azaleas this year but here's what's blooming for me at the moment.

Amsonia - reliable, beautiful flowers in the spring, great greenery all summer that's perfect to add to bouquets and brilliant gold feathery foliage in the fall.

Baptisia - my other colors bloom a little later than this one, lavender and yellow.

Peonies should start opening in the next few days.

@martinca_gw sunset zone 24 Your flowering garden is so pretty! Love the pink roses.

One of our pods on the Pindo Palm opened this morning. This tree was one of three. Lost one in freeze, another has had issues the past four years. You can eat or make jelly, but I will pass. This one will be removed, leaving none, since it blocks the side patio by pool. I am not a fan of palm trees anyway.

Hard to tell fron the photo, but it is 20-24 inches tall. ETA: Actually 36"

I love how persistent daffodils are. This beauty is just hanging out in a wooded lot.

Beautiful photos!

DLM, Baptista is a great flower. I grew a yellow variety at my previous residence--I've forgotten how much I enjoyed them.

Allison, my lilacs are a dwarf variety, so they'll grow around 4-5 ft tall. The label said 3-4 feet, but in their previous location, they were already reaching 4 ft. Once the flowers bloom out in May, they'll last perhaps 2 weeks--not terribly long. But they're a staple in midwestern landscapes. There are some early blooming varieties that I see around my neighborhood, especially ones with white and pink flowers.

How wonderful to have so many lilacs in your area!

I spied a Ruby Throated Hummingbird Sunday afternoon, so my balcony plantings are working! He even came to the door to say hello. Yesterday a pair were busy all day at the feeder near the pool.

While not at my house, it is next door at our STR. The scent is carried to the street. Please ignore the fallen blooms on the pavers. Once the sun comes up (and it's late enough for DH to use the blower) it is harder to see the Star Jasmine in all its glory. We added the gates during the remodel to make the yard dog friendly.

I am slightly obsessed with my tulip farm haul.

The rose bush is covered in buds now. My first bloom was this week.

Allison that us a beautiful color! i have a climbing rose that has been going wild a few drift roses. I’m wanting another climber.

azaleas ourside our sunroom (den) earlier in April.

Old copper boiler on porch. I’ve since added another salvia to the other side of curly williw branches and flowers have spread and planter is much fuller. Porch has been power cleaned.

First blooms on this new clematis, its now covered. Pink salvia, vinca vine, candy tuft and little blue plant (forgot the name).

Carolyn, your flowers are beautiful! One of my favorite things is working in the yard and enjoying my flowers! In fact, I am going to pots in a bit! Just as soon as i can drag myself from the porch. Enjoying this beautiful sunny day!

Here are some of mine. (WA)

Our house came with an overgrown wisteria that we managed to trim back away from the cedar shingles. We have to battle it at least weekly during the growing season to keep it under control. It is lovely, but I totally see why it is considered invasive. It hasn’t spread to any other locations nearby so I think we we are successful.

welsh poppies. I keep them dead headed all summer.

Atlas poppies (I think).

random columbines that sprout here and there

One of my favorite displays in my yard. Short-lived, but oh, so pretty! I planted this about four years ago--one on each side of the gate--and it has absolutely thrived. I am going to sorely miss it!

Jojoco, that’s beautiful and so lush for only 4 yo!

My lilacs were nice in bloom, but as soon as they come, they go. I missed getting a photo.

One set of peonies is currently blooming. I only planted them late last summer, so these are unexpected.

Yesterday evening, just the one bloom I noticed after having arrived home.

And this afternoon, the others…

btw, this is a reminder I need to weed and edge. The ivy that creeps under my fence from the neighbor’s yard is the bane of my existence.

We planted these tulips last fall and I should have paid attention to what they were called…they turned out to be so pretty! I had no memory of what exactly I bought.

one of my clematis . i have a dozen . This is my civil war bed bed.

Here are some more. I have early and late ones:

Vitex starting to bloom …

Forgot my purslane! Love the colors:

The animal clinic where I work is lovely inside and out. The alliums are great and stay attractive for a long time.

Those are so pretty, @lisaam.

@Jilly The Chaste tree is gorgeous! We have some included in our new landscape plan.

Our Yucca plants are blooming, but just don't ask me which variety.. LOL

Allison, you’re going to love the trees! I think they’ll bloom more in your climate than mine.

I love your Yucca blooms. I helped my dad with his landscaping and we planted lots of red ones. The kind you have grow wild all over the farm roads here and are so striking!

Can’t wait for updates on your landscaping. :)

We had two Chaste trees at the house on the lake, and three at our last one. Love them.

Hopefully the people in the lake house didn’t paint them all white and the people in the next house didn’t paint them all polka dots. 😒

DH is at our beach place and sent me this pic last night, feat our tulips (and you can see the bunnies have been enjoying them too).

And these are from home; they are growing in one of our corton steel planters…safe from bunnies bc they are tall.

I buy orchids from Lowes and use them in an arrangement in my kitchen and coffee table. When the flowers die I move the plants outside to my screened lanai and put them in these stands. I try to remember to water once per week and the plants that survive will flower again. Some I've had for a few years and they keep flowering. I never bring them back inside, because ... bugs!

This is how they look today.

All the pansies are out— we usually dig them up when the purple balloon plants (perennials) are about 8” tall— not blooming but setting buds. Working around those we put in 120 sun loving white New Guinea impatiens, and 60 white and purple Angelonia. They are filling in nicely!

The bed is about 75 ft long and goes way back around that crape myrtle. (And by we I mean the two gardeners…. I picked up the empty pots. )

The star of our pool area, actually our entire property, is this a Golden Thryallis I purchased at Lowe's 4yrs ago. It blooms all Summer and throughout Fall until Winter temps arrive.. I love the way it sways in the wind. Our cats love napping underneath, and birds will land in the backside before going to the feeders.

We are in the process of updating this entire area, which includes adding a spa at the end of our pool and new landscaping. The LA wanted it removed,, but I said no. So it will be repeatd at the other end of this long bed. They can grow 6' to 10' wide and tall.

This is on the South side of our house, which is also the location of our front doors.

I saw a hummingbird moth and knew it was different. The yellow bands are distinctive,

Nessus Sphinx moth (Amphion floridensis)

Allison, what a beautiful shrub! I’ve never heard of it, so researched it for my area. It’s possible I can grow it in a pot as an annual (and overwinter) or it might die to the ground but come back. I’m going to look for one and see how it does. :)

Allison, that is a beautiful shrub. I’ll have to look at one of those but have a feeling it may not do well here. Best to you with the new landscaping.

The daylilies are blooming and I picked my first tomato last week…still a little green but now almost ready to eat. I didn’t want the critters to get it before I did.

A few more.

Jilly, I love that Vitex! i dont know why I never planted one. C, your clematis are gorgeous. I inadvertently damaged and killed one of my favorites last year and now can’t find one like it.

Outside, I’m so envious of all your beautiful clematis! Beautiful blooms! 💜

I'm really enjoying seeing all those flowering plants that don't grow in my zone.

I only have 2 clematis and they've twined around a tall rose pillar on either side of the garage. I'll take photos when I get back - and before they succumb to blight.

This is my Viburnam trilobum Marshall. It's about 20 years old and is just outside the bathroom. We prune it just enough to keep it from hitting the house. The landscaper who planted the foundation shrubs tended to plant too close to the house.

Zone 5 here. lol! Rhododendron ’Roseum Elegans’.

Thank you, everyone.

Outside, love the frilly pink Daylily, and your Clematis are all so pretty. We lived in our first house 20yrs and had an evergreen Clematis over the garage doors.

Party, we had Rhododendron in the common areas of our last neighborhood. Yours is stunning!

I am quite jealous of all of your beautiful flowers. The previous owners of the home we bought one year ago apparently stopped caring for the landscaping several years ago, and we didn't realize this as we bought in winter. They told us that there were "a few broken sprinkler heads" which translated into major breaks in pipes in every single irrigation system except for two of the three small lawn areas. They let the weeds (especially crab grass) grow rampant. We are now spending our weekends fixing irrigation and clearing beds to get to a point where we can plant new trees and flowers. For now, I'll just have to enjoy your pictures and maybe by the end of summer I'll have a few flowers at home to enjoy. It's frustrating knowing I had so many beautiful flowers and trees that I planted over the last 8 years in our old house.

Outside, I have that same clematis (Nelly Moser is the name). mine is only 2 years but has had alot of blooms this year. Its just now starting with more blooms. I also have a white one with the huge blooms and 2 Sweet Autumn clematis (one in front yard and one in back). I love climbing plants.

Earlier this spring), first blooms

Sweet Autumn clematis covering trellis

Got a bunch of new pictures just now.

Allium - I planted over 100 of 6 different kinds. Not all did well. These have been stunning.

Tradescantia- it doesn’t spread 😳

Mt Laurel

Lily. A bunch just showed up one day. 🤷

Walker’s Low and Sun Drops and a Coreopsis

More sundrops. They spread and are gorgeous.

Threadleaf Coreopsis just starting ( I have 3 kinds)

Achillea my very favorite color! It too just showed up one year.

Very old old lavender I cut all the way back and wow… it looks so happy. It used to be 4 ft across and 3 ft high. Hoping it survives the replacement of pavement and retaining wall 😳

Another lavender -Spanish

Sedum

Butterfly bushes I cut them way back and they are getting happy

another Achillea

More alliums! these are amazing and did great. were purple

Lemon scented roses. I have 3 big shrubs

A native bush honeysuckle . love it

Just redid my whole Eastside shade bed. So happy all gifted plants from neighbor that is moving.

hydrangea- deer pruned 😳👎

Mt Mint almost ready to be covered in blooms. love it 3 ft tall

Thyme and Verbena ( i think)

It messed up my login again… c

Hell strips, tough plants:

C, the yellow in back is Sundrops:

Zoey and (kitty) Baby. Zoey first visited us with her mom and brother three years ago. We’re thrilled she came back. We think she has a baby somewhere nearby and hope we get to meet it. Three generations of the same family. :)

She gets treats of watermelon, carrots, and seeds/grains:

awww, Jilly. Zoey must really appreciate those treats.

Outside, I have similarly colored daylilies, I believe my variety is sherbet-something-or-other. They're about a month out from blooming. It's such a pretty color!

Ninasmom, is that a Sarah Bernhardt peony? I planted a few last year, and they managed a few blooms last week. The blooms were short-lived. I've had that peony at a prior residence, and the blooms lasted much longer. They are gorgeous!

Maire-cate wrote: tended to plant too close to the house. Ugh, yes, that's my pet peeve. I cringe especially when I see trees growing too close to homes. People don't consider how big they will become.

Feathers - my other pet peeve is when they pile mulch around a tree - the infamous

mulch volcano. The landscaper we've been using doesn't create mulch mounds, but I still have to remind him that the mulch shouldn't touch the base of the tree or shrub.

Jilly, ❤️ that pic of the deer + cat!

Our yard is slow this year since we barely had a real spring, and we have mostly shade. In the meantime, I am making cyanotype prints like it’s my job. I grabbed this weed during a walk this morning and it made a lovely print.

Sue, you should open an Etsy shop!

Peony from our beach house.

Hi Feathers11 and all,

Yes, this SB peony is lasting way longer than my other type. Need to find some spots for more!

Our front flower bed is coming along nicely. We have a good sprinkler system but they do love the recent abundant rainfall.

Our purple perennial balloon flowers are especially happy!

Very pretty flowers everyone!

I've been wanting to make some cyanotype prints.

Shee…it is addictive! I have made so many…now the question is what to do with them. And I am taking another workshop in July.

That’s why I haven’t ordered any yet! For a long time, I put the creative stuff aside because I just didn’t have the time or energy. I’ve started back up again, but I have a tendency to make things just because I enjoy being creative, and then I don’t really have a place to use the stuff I make! I’m into needle-felting animals at the moment. 😊

They would look neat as a massive grid of pictures somewhere .

More peonies!