Springtime in the Garden

It is spring time in Velda's many gardens. Velda's very many and wide variety of plants are coming back to life after winter. I know where she is all day. It is so hard to choose which plants and pictures to include in this post.

The rhododendrons flowers are pretty much gone.

However other flowers are opening up-Picotee lilacs, snowball plant,

Snowball Plant

Some of her many Irises-starts came from Grandma Minnie's yard

Some of her many Hostas-Chris gave her this one for her birthday.

Great Expectations Hosta and pulmonaria

Variegated hosta Chris gave Velda from New Jersey

Old broken wheelbarrow filled with sedums... We wore that wheelbarrow out and as soon as it was parked, it filled up with plants.

As well as a broken pot in another garden... With moss from Scott and Allison's yard.

And her Asian garden is coming back to life...

In the fern garden, the gray Japanese painted fern near the stump, came from Scott and Allison's.

As you can see, this is one of her newer and larger gardens... Velda's sitting on the dead tree that fell down from the spring storm.

With all varieties and sizes of plants. I am looking for one of her favorite garden tools that she laid down while moving some of her plants and forgot where she placed it.

Chinese impatiens with an old wagon rim we found when clearing the land.

As well as her wide variety of Japanese Maples...

Showing one of the unique maples she got from her friend Steve

Rock sculpture idea Velda got from her friend Steve the sculptor

This is a bench that our neighbor friend Reid made for her to rest after his wife told him that Velda and her (Marlene) needed a place to sit when they are both working in the yard. The new bench magically appeared in a a few days! Don't you just love that man!

The bench is near the garden which she refers to as the community garden, which she and Marlene have developed on Reid and Marlene's property...

With a trail leading from Marlene's lawn to Velda's..

And you can see Velda in the distance, planning something new for her gardens...

There is little wonder why she has problems with her knees and hands... But she continues to dig, move and plant. I worry when she goes garden shopping with friends.