what a beautiful morning to spend working in the garden. we were supposed to go on a morel hunt but our plans changed at the last minute. since we had a little time to spare, we headed over to the demo garden to check on things and we ran into shirley as she was headed in to work. together, we took a tour of the shade garden and a quick inventory of the plants. it looks like a lot is getting ready to happen in the shade garden! here is a quick look of some of the plants:
epimedium, bishop's hat. aren't they gorgeous? the flowers really do look like a bishop's hat.
brunnera macrophylla, siberian bugloss. this plant has the daintiest blue blossoms and it is putting on quite a show!
this little lovely is a volunteer and it is putting out quite the effort-it has popped up all over the shade garden.
fumeria officinalis, fumatory, is a medicinal herb that the usda currently lists as absent from tennessee-they might want to check on that. we will remove almost all of it since it is spreading so quickly. some may end up in the herb garden if it can stand the sun.
fiddleheads-the autumn fern is sending out new fronds
the columbines have spread all around the center bed and that is fine with us-they are so pretty when they bloom.
memorial garden
these tiny dwarf irises are blooming very early
the gazebo
two years ago, shirley and i planted a bunch of daffodils around the gazebo. it is always a pleasure to see them in bloom!
the blooms are putting on quite a show and they have multiplied nicely to make a solid border around the base of the gazebo.
