The First Week Of May In the Front Yard

Are you ready for another really long plant post?  It's better than lookin' at 100 photos of my kids, isn't it?  ;0)

These poppies are in a terrible spot, but they're next to impossible to transplant.

None of the ones I've tried to move out of here have made it.

So they stay.

I figure they only bloom a couple days anyway.

They're comin' up under the Daphne.

I suppose the Daphne helps hold up their heads.
Don't mind the stroller.
Apparently I'm so used to looking at it, that I didn't even notice it there.

Ahhhhh, sunshine and a chair.

My Beauty Bush (Weigela) is blooming, but most of the flowers are on the outside of the fence.  :(

I have three different Hostas, Sword Fern, Iris, and a Peony planted in the same area, all under the tree.

The Sweet Woodruff and Gooseneck Loosestrife are threatening to take over the area, as well.

I got my Tuberous Begonia planted in the tree pot over the weekend.

I went white this year.

The pot hook has become one with the tree, so that's why it's always hanging there.

There's more Saxafraga out front under the Daphne.

My one Sweet Pea that reseeded in the old sink.

The window box with a couple Ivy Geraniums in it.

I added a Nemesia this weekend.

I really should have a plan with all my pots, but I never do.

I just buy annuals that jump out at me, and then stick 'em in.

Kenilworth Ivy.

It pops up everywhere.

Several of my Dahlias are up, which is exciting, considering the winter we had.

The Knautia I put in two years ago made it.

This bulb that comes up everywhere now, and I have no idea where it came from.

I just learned from Grace, at Gardening With Grace, that it's Star of Bethlehem, Ornithogalum umbellatum.
She has a new gardening book out, by the way, that I'm super excited to read.
You can buy it on Amazon here:  Grace In The Garden:  Thirty Years Of Blunders and Bliss

Hey, look, more toes.

There is a human behind the blog afterall.

More Sweet Woodruff and a random Pansy.

The lilies are up and the 'Autumn Joy' sedum is fillin' in.

The Sedums, Succulents, and Gentian in my rusty wagon are finally starting to cover the dirt.

I need to add somethin' in the middle.

Rose buds.

Baby's little potted tree.

Speaking of babies....

Don't let the ball fool you.

This is a U of O household.

Oregon State Beaver Believers need not apply.

Unless they offer the kids a full ride.

In that case, go Beavs!

And finally, it's so hard to get pictures of the parking strip without neighbor cars, houses, recycle bins, etc., so I took some shots while standing up in the yard.

A different view.

The whole area is sort of my guinea pig.

I don't go out there to water on a daily basis, like the rest of the yard, and it faces west, so it gets the hottest part of the day.

Plants have to hold their own to survive.

So far, things that have worked out are:

Echinacea, Pineapple Sage (I lost it this year, but it has come back with milder winters), Rosemary, Crocosmia, Spiderwort, Penstemon, Iris, Sedum, Scabiosia, aka, Pincushion Flower (although, mine didn't overwinter), Chocolate Cosmos, Ornamental Grasses, Allysum (it reseeds to the point of being a nuisance and I only planted it one year), Artichoke, Rudbeckia, Hellebores, Campanula, Grape Hyacinth, Marsh Marigold, Heuchera, Phygelias, aka, Cape Fuchsia, Rhubarb, and a couple others that I can't remember the names of off the top of my head.

Oh, and Snowberry grew amazing.  To the point that I will be digging out the runners for the next ten years.

Don't plant it in the ground unless you want it to take over.

Not pictured, but planted over the weekend: two Scabiosa, Perennial Candytuft, Blood Grass, Geum, and Delphinium.

We'll see how they fare.

When I get down there for some closeups, I'll share the variety names of all the ones I know.

The Dad builds everything like it's Fort Knox.

This is my new artichoke cage.

I'm surprised he didn't make it out of 4 x 4's.  :)

So there ya go.

I'll take pictures of my new babies over the next week or so.

Have you planted your parking strip?

If so, what plants have done well?

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