My Garden

After a couple days of moderate temperatures and sunshine (which melted almost all of the existing snow), the frigid air has returned to Ohio and it's snowing again.

As a reminder that eventually winter will end, I thought that I would post some pictures of my flower garden. 

                                           Azalea and lilac bushes in the spring.

                 Every year this columbine comes up along the edge of the driveway.

                                         I have loads of Asiatic lilies and day lilies.

                                  Goose neck loosestrife is pretty but very invasive.

 

Coleus and tuberous begonias.

 

 

I have three knockout rosebushes.

 

 

Last summer was the first time I tried planting gardenias.  They are very temperamental,  and in spite of repeated applications of acid fertilizer, the leaves still tended to turn yellow.  I did have some very nice blooms, but I did not attempt to bring them in over the winter.

                                   The patio and flower box behind the bedroom.

It will be interesting to see how many of my perennials survived the arctic cold.  Hopefully one benefit of the cold will be a reduced population of Japanese beetles this summer!