May Garden - 1st Half - 2021 - A Riot of Color

 The colors of May are in your face.  The daffodils and tulips compete for your attention.

By May, the interesting daffodils have begun blooming - the multiples, the scented ones, the doubles.  They make for some delightful bouquets.

It is so nice to bring the sunshine into the house after a gloomy winter.

At the beginning of May, it is mostly daffodils.

Then the tulips begin and the forsythia blooms in the background.

The spiky dark thing in the middle of the ground is a peony.

In May the tulips provide a riot of color and the forsythia begins to fade.

Last year this frame was designed to provide support for the dahlias.

Tibetan prayer flags add whimsy.

Turns out, dahlias did not need support, so this year the frame will support sweet peas.

This is a new little square garden for strawberries and garlic.  Rabbits were eating the strawberry leaves, even with the garlic right there!!!  The dastards.  D has added fencing to discourage them.

Tomatoes will go in the rectangular garden near the hedge.

These forget-me-nots just appeared.  They are tiny.

The view from the bench in the side yard.

The foreground of the next picture shows the new "Cutting Garden".  At this point, there are dahlias planted that D grew from seed.

It will have all kinds of flowers to be brought into the house.

Plans now are for glads, lisianthus, snapdragons, zinnias, marigolds, statice.

Beside the driveway is a bed of strawberries.  This was the original bed.  

There are now three more - one with the garlic, one against the south side of the house, and a few plants at the northeast corner of the house.

We have high hopes!  Last year the first strawberry was June 8.

Pulmonaria (Lungwort) has pink and blue flowers at the same time.

Horseradish is thriving.

At the end of April, the white rhododendron began to bloom.  I think it had only a couple of flowers last year, so we are delighted.

The white bleeding heart is taking off!  Check back next post to see it really thriving.

Gonna miss those daffodils.