Happy blooming

This year, my flowers looks especially lovely in our late "early" spring. Because I planted so many tulips last fall, and my mother's 2009 hyacinths have bloomed, there is color in ever bed in yard, and beautiful layers of flowers in a number. To left is the view of my bed beside the deck. I like the varied heights stepping up to the middle on the bed and the 6 different types of blooming flowers.

In each of my flower beds, there are several things blooming. Mike just re-mulched the front bed under the pine tree, which is always the driest bed that needs the most fall compost to keep the soil balanced.  The mulch is made of dried coconut and gives a great visual contrast with the flowers. We couldn't get it last year, but Mike found two bags this year, which was enough for the entire bed.

Currently blooming perennials and vegetables:

• 7 types of tulips
• Grape hyacinths
  
• Poppies (orange and yellow)
• Apple tree
• Cherry tree (back)
• Daffodils
• Cucumbers and squashes
• Flox (pink and purple)
• Johnny jump ups (think wild violets)
• Strawberries
• Lilly of the Valley

As usual, Mike's pics really let you see the beauty of the flowers. Check out some artistic ones from the 3rd week of May, and compare them to the lack of greenery in the second week or the full growth in this 4th week.