Spring is here, and it's Tulip Time!

Greetings! I've been incredibly busy in my gardens for the past couple of weeks, now that the snows have stopped and beautiful spring weather is finally here. I'm making all sorts of changes to my gardens -- getting rid of some, adding a major new garden area -- but I did manage to take time to enjoy the spring bulbs that are blooming everywhere. Here are a few scenes:

Another shot from my Front Border.

Orange Princess double late tulips in my Scented Garden around the East Patio.

Mixed Darwin hybrid tulips in the Mint Circle.

And about those changes I've been making in my gardens, here's one major change: I've eliminated the front curvy flower border section of my North Border. I (and my husband) removed the sod from my new garden area and moved it here, after I dug out all the plants and moved them to other borders or to put in the new area:

You can see the lighter colored sod in what was the front curvy section of my North Border. No more flowers in that section, only the evergreen back part of the border remains.

It's been a chore trying to keep the transplanted sod watered in the hot, windy days that we've been having here recently. But we got two inches of much-needed rain over the past couple of days, which I think will help the grass establish in its new home.

And I will reveal my major new garden area in my next post, I promise (it's still very much "under construction," in the hardscape stage, and not much to look at yet).

I hope you have been enjoying many beautiful days in your own gardens too, now that winter is finally and blessedly behind us. Thanks for reading! -Beth