Every Blooming THing, Early May

Flowers a'blooming right now.  All part of my beginning to end season color that I strive for.

Tulips still blooming, but fading, azaleas all red, candy tufts are white, a yellow flower perennial with gray stems, lavendar creeping phlox and lilacs in their purple.

After Saturday, my huge burn pile is way down.

Dandelions all over the place and grass growing fast.

A lot of my yews haven't been trimmed in years as well as a lot of weed trees which I will have cut down by a landscaping company.

Always something to do outside and it is a lot harder these days for some reason.

--RoadDog

Every Blooming THing: Early May 2022

Despite all this crummy cold weather, 38 degrees this morning but at least sunny, everything is greening up and trees are budding out.  The Japanese lilacs already have their leaves and the crabapples are just about there as well.

The yard already is a blast of yellow with the daffodils (and I have at least 1000 of them) and the hyacinths are also in full bloom.  The tulips are about to start opening up.  

I have not yet cut the grass and sure hope the lawn tractor starts.  The yard needs cutting for sure.

I also haven't had much opportunity to get outside and rake leaves out of the flower beds or knock down dead growth.

Sure looking forward to the arrival of spring.  Hopefully this weekend.

Oh, yes.  And the dandelions are well underway, of course.  And, it's a bumper crop!!

Would You ever believe a Bumper Crop of Dandelion?  Kind of Hard to Believe.  --RoadDog

Every Blooming THing, Early May 2021

After a two week delay, I finally got my lawn tractor and had a real fun time cutting down the yard jungle I had developed in the meantime.  I always try to stay ahead of the grass especially in the spring when it is growing fast.  I had to cut it much higher than I usually do.

Sadly, one of my crabapple trees had just come into a heavy bloom but then the extreme winds we had this past weekend hit and blew every single bud off.  However, the other four crabapples are blooming right now as is the sole remaining Bradford pear tree.  The two sunburst honey locusts are about to leaf out in that glorious yellow.  The redbud is also blooming.

The daffodils and hyacinths are spent, but the tulips are ablaze right now.

The purple, red and white creeping phlox are carrying the flower color right now along with a perennial I have that has gray foliage and yellow flowers (but I don't know what it is called).

Hostas are coming up.

--RoadFlower