Mother's Day 2011

A great spring day with light winds, plentiful sunshine until late afternoon, and seasonable temperatures in the low 70s.  Also a day full of spring color:

Landscape Rhodendrons are blooming today below front porch



Hydrangea 'Endless Summer' potted on front porch



and some pansies and Bleeding Heart picked from the back garden.

I learned today that my neighbor bid on the item I placed in the Kentucky Derby Auction with another gardening neighbor (and both husbands=our garden men).  We will be designing and installing 60 square feet of landscape bed for our neighbor (who happens to be between our two houses).  The garden bed will need to be very low maintenance and very colorful to match my neighbor, a non-gardener who loves bright hues.  The ideas are brewing in my mind:  Knock-out Roses in pink, hydrangea in bright blue, something yellow that doesn't need dividing or pruning or weeding or fertilizing or...