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<\/a><\/p>\nColumbine seedling in the Armando garden.\u00a0 There is a wide range of flower colors and shapes revealing themselves this month.<\/p>\n
I love this one\u2013very elegant and bright.<\/p>\n This one is pretty, too.\u00a0 There are probably ten or so blooming right now, all mixed colors.\u00a0 That probably isn\u2019t ideal from a design standpoint, but this garden is meant to be bright and fun and insect\/bird friendly.\u00a0 I\u2019m not going to fret if some of the colors clash!<\/p>\n I\u2019m so excited about this little plant, also in the Armando garden.\u00a0 These are Chaenorhinum.\u00a0 They are dainty,\u00a0 showy, and the flowers are fun.<\/p>\n Another Chaenorhinum view.<\/p>\n The golden hops really shine in the bright spring sunshine.\u00a0 Extremely vigorous, we fight these back all spring just to make sure nobody dies.\u00a0 It seems like they could overcome all of us, plants, animals, and people.<\/p>\n The tangle of hops\u2013very Jack and the Beanstalk!<\/p>\n Rhodies blooming in the woodland garden.<\/p>\n It is easy to forget about this snowball bush in the woodland garden unless it is blooming.<\/p>\n These rhododendron flowers glow from within.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad I got this photo because the blooms started dropping the next day\u2013so sad!<\/p>\n Another view.<\/p>\n Another view.<\/p>\n Choisya blooming in the woodland garden\u2013nice fragrance and lots of flowers, but needs to be hacked back to the fence.\u00a0 It wants to take over.<\/p>\n More photos of woodland garden rhododendrons.<\/p>\n A view of the entire shrub lit up by sun and blossoms.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n On to the greenhouse.\u00a0 The pelargoniums are blooming, creating a fun cloud of pink bug-like flowers.<\/p>\n This dwarf Hippeastrum is blooming on a shelf I can\u2019t reach, so I used the zoom for the pictures.\u00a0 It is an intense shade of red.<\/p>\n This dwarf Hippeastrum is blooming on a shelf I can\u2019t reach, so I used the zoom for the pictures.\u00a0 It is an intense shade of red.<\/p>\n Pelargonium \u201cGrossersorten\u201d blooming in the GH.<\/p>\n These little Restrepias ended up having four flowers each, which is great.\u00a0 The flowers take on funny shapes at every stage.\u00a0 This older bloom looks like a Looney Tunes bird.<\/p>\n This one looks like an alien.<\/p>\n This seedling nasturtium is a great<\/p>\n Dwarf Hippeastrum blooming in the GH.<\/p>\n Same flowers with more light to catch the color.<\/p>\n Amazing orchid Coelogyne cristata blooming in the GH.\u00a0 This huge plant has 30-40 flowers this year.\u00a0 They should be fragrant, but I can\u2019t smell anything.\u00a0 Maybe at night?<\/p>\n Close-up.<\/p>\n Another view.<\/p>\n Seedling Pelargonium blooming in the GH.<\/p>\n Closer view.<\/p>\n Geranium cutting taken last fall.\u00a0 This is a gorgeous clone.<\/p>\n Masdevallias still blooming in the GH.<\/p>\n Daphne blooming in a pot on the patio.<\/p>\n Happy blooming Daphne on the patio.<\/p>\n Close up of these fragrant beauties.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I was able to get around all the gardens and take some more photos this weekend.\u00a0 The garden needs some love, but it still offers up a lot of beauty. Columbine seedling in the Armando garden.\u00a0 There is a wide range of flower colors and shapes revealing themselves this month. I love this one\u2013very elegant … Continue reading More May Bounty<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n