She's Just a Planting Machine...

Okay, so I went a little crazy this year filling up the garden beds.  I mean, last year I was no slouch, but this year... Well, I blame Hubs.  He said to buy whatever I wanted from the landscaping place.  No more catalog plants, per his directive.  "They take too long to grow," he said.  So I went with it.

Here's the new bed in front of the porch:

Sedum, ice plant, sedum, ice plant, sedum

And new in the bed in front of the house:

Hostas

And jonquils

Plus we have a whole new shade bed:

Pink astilbes in the back, heucheras, red astilbes, white astilbe and bugle weed

And the new snapdragons in the driveway blocks:

Finally, the piece of resistance... Ferdinand the Forsythia:

Here's how the old beds are looking this year:

I didn't get a full shot of the front bed, but the peonies are growing like champions and the mums are starting to show green.  Of last year's daffodils only three bloomed and I have one tulip with a bud.  The rest of the daffodils, the tulips, and the hyacinths have leaves but no buds.  And I lost one bunch of purple tulips entirely.  =o(

Oh well, that's what you get buying cheap plants.  Keep your fingers crossed that these new - nursery born and bred - plants live long and healthy lives.

I love Spring.