The next 30 days are amazing with things happening in the gardens.

blooming now

azaleas on the side and the encore azalea in back
wisteria opened over the weekend
white dogwood almost fully opened
new pink dogwood in back has a few blooms this year
a couple of buds on the banana shrub and you can smell it already
buds are beginning to set on all the hydrangeas
the lady banks rose in front is about to put on a huge show
japanese snowball is setting green blooms

to do this week...concentrate on the back gardens

finish cleaning up butterfly garden and bog garden
decide what to do with herb gardens this year
weed and clean up hydrangea border
plant up the urn
clean up potting shed and pots

Some pics....

The azaleas on the side of the porch....



This one is the same variety as the one we had in the old yard in Midtown. That one was 8ft x 8ft. We planted this one 5 years ago and it's about 4 x 4 now. It looks awesome this year....



I knew I was compulsively saving all the plant tags for some reason. I found the one for the white dogwood we put in 5 years ago. Our neighbor asked me what kind it was on Sunday. It's a cross between a kousa and a florida. It's called 'Rutdan' Celestial....



The encore azalea in back. It blooms now and then again in october....



The wisteria just now opening...



The japanese snowball just now putting out green blooms. I love how they look at this stage. They turn to bright white in a couple of weeks....