Hosta and Lamium and Lamb's Ear will always come up on its own.
As a basis for this year's Fairy Garden, it fills the mulch bed with color and texture.
My granddaughters arranged the accessories and put out the Fairies to play.
Photos from above on the deck since it's so hard to go up and down the stairs.
The Peony buds are about to burst. The Poppy buds are ready to follow the Peonies.
The self-watering deck planters have been simplified this year with a single large plant
and a white petticoat under each. The Mandevilla is red for the hummers.
The Hibiscus is yellow for the bees.
The Chives came back but I had to replant all the other herbs:
Rosemary, Sage, Italian Parsley and a Nasturtium for color.
The Siberian Iris are in their glory just now.
Looks like the Knock-Out Roses came back after the devastation by Gypsy Moths
the past two years. They will need some food to flourish.
New neighbors have moved in next door where I maintained a border.
Hardy perennials hold the soil and thrive in the heat and sun:
White Sage, Nepeta, Shasta Daisy.
It's a good year for the Korean Spice Lilac too.
The blooms look plentiful on top from the deck!
And William's Japanese Maple planted as a seedling from Sara's yard
looks sturdy and full 10 years later.
Thank goodness for a good backbone in my garden
this year when my leg bone is fractured and recovering!
