Widespread red blooms

Gravity, proven. These pretty specimens grew to heavy for their stems, I saw while mowing our backyard. They look beautiful nevertheless, even while kissing the dirt and bricks.

Looking for a corner of bright red

OK, now thrive. Little by little, my dear wife Karen and I will fill the borders of our backyard with the plants that will make us smile when they bloom. This time we brought a bright red bleeding heart back from our friendly neighborhood nursery Ballantyne Gardens. Karen got it in the back corner right…

Blooming time

First out back. Thank you, first spring blooms in our backyard garden. It’s been up-and-down temperature-wise, so this is a victory.

Such a hardy hydrangea

Portrait of joy. The single blossom that kicked out by our new hydrangea in its first season in our backyard garden has hung on for, well, a month, my dear wife Karen and I admired as we took one of our late-afternoon strolls to admire the results of our years of planting. Next year, she…

Admiring the climbers

Great achievers. My dear wife Karen pointed out how high our backyard climbers have reached this summer. They’ve bloomed with a boom, I’ll say as we’ve wrapped up the holiday weekend.

Next up, real leaves

Fill ‘er up. I don’t just look down while checking the spring progress of our backyard. The mid-size bush flanking our shed is budding up nicely, thank you. Soon enough I will be stooping low with our lawn mower underneath its first purple blooms!