April Promises Fulfilled

The European Snowball - viburnam opulus - also called the Guelder Rose, has come into its own this Spring. Planted two years ago as a tiny shrub, it's now eight feet tall, loaded with 'snowballs' just turning from pale green to creamy white. Two lower branches rooted themselves into the ground - these I dug up and replanted in other areas of the garden.

A mid-morning walk through the garden brings new surprises around each bend - blooms are putting on quite a show. All these images were caught in the garden during the past few days.

Azaleas are almost at peak.

Drifts of bright white Sweet Alyssum light up the dark corners like late snow.

Solomon's Seal...........white bells dangling.....

...................Spanish and English Bluebells jingling.

'Lovey dovey' doves kissing, oblivious to Hostas pushing upward through the warming ground around them.

I have a few Iris plants and one is showing an early bud.

Hope you enjoyed this walk in the garden.

"Soon o'er their heads blithe April airs shall sing;
A thousand wildflowers round them shall unfold;
The green buds glisten in the dews of Spring,
And all be vernal rapture as of old." J. Keble