Too Much of a Good Thing !

OK ... some one turn the taps off now please ? ..
Yes rain is a must but this is getting to be ridiculous ! ... the weather forecast is for sunnier days to come.
I really hope so because the garden is a jungle and I haven't been able to get out and tame it in a long time and .. I have plants to PLANT !!
Fingers crossed tomorrow I can get a garden mission done to save my sanity and my garden babies good looks !
For now ... just some pictures from a few days ago taken under cloudy skies which I find intensifies colours and blurs lines for some reason ?

One of my later blooming hellebore and I am trying to figure out which one it is ... sigh!

Little Miss Sunshine really brightens up a spot where she smiles : )

Northern Lights azalea opened so quickly it was surprising this year !

Mystic Mist tiarella is one of my favourites ... it will change colour through the season and look gorgeous

The Japanese maples are coming along very well .. I didn't lose any over the winter .. phew !

Speaking of losses though .. you can see my blank spot here .. I lost King's Ransom and Silver Lining brunnera along with my Indian Pinks .. the machine that came in to grind out the sumac stump must have crushed them .. I had removed a lot of plants thinking I got them all but not quite .. it will be filled soon though .. no gardener has "holes" for long, right ? wink wink

There are lots of spaces left on this side of the garden as well .. another pyramidal cedar, a new astrantia Venice which I am so hoping has that vivid red I saw on the net .. some sparks of colour through out all this GREEN !
So much to do ... and it has to be done SOON !!!!

Where do I begin ?

I have fallen behind in posts .. just too busy or too tired .. but now the garden has SPRUNG up so much it is a race to try and match pictures to progress .. I have to start a little backwards ?

A new lavender to me is Blue Cushion .. in fact I ordered it through mail order because I was so curious about it .. go figure I found it at the Loblaws garden center .. this was a few days ago and it has flower buds growing like mad!

A nepeta called "Blue Cloud" .. I must be in my blue stage ? caught my curiosity.

A very sad looking and homely plant picture is one that has me happy .. Maiden Hair fern was a problem for me .. I didn't seem to have the knack to keep it going through a winter but this time it has come back and I am one happy fern person !

How cute are these little fiddle heads ?

Party hats on tiarella ?

Heuchera and astilbe "chatting" together ?

Solomon's Seal earrings ?

Bleeding Heart jewelry in gold and pink ?

 An over view of a little section on the back garden ... which has leaped forward so much more by now !

Soon the mail order plants will arrive and you will hear me groaning about what the heck did I do over this winter to order so many plants ... never again !! eeekkkk !!
Stay tuned for those evaluations ... you might just find them interesting ?

Happy Gardener

I have to say I am very happy with parts of the garden .. so far ?
I would have to recommend "Ballerina" tulip, even to a non-tulip gardener like me !
She has stayed in gorgeous form for weeks now and even though she looks more red than orange this year I am not complaining !

Now how could you not fancy this tulip ?

Another plus that is making my day is that Golden Spirit is leafing out with now problem .. so it has to be happy with it's transfer right ?

I am hoping for some gorgeous colours come Fall (yes .. I know .. talking about Autumn already ?)
That is what a gardener does .. time jumps .. you have to .. a garden is constantly in flux and you have to imagine another look for another season .. so I am trying to keep up with my imagination and the potential of my garden .. another few weeks when the heat and humidity gets to me ? ...
 I will be saying some naughty words and wondering what the heck did I get into yet again !

Sweet Treats

I'm sitting here in a complete change of weather from what we have had a few days ago .. so warm that I turned on the AC .. but now it is so windy .. loads of rain which is a good thing since the garden really needed that boost so I am not complaining .. just the wind is a pain .. unnerves the girls and I a bit.
Not enough for me to not go out and plant a few little garden babies that had to be planted or the damp would turn them moldy ... ugh !
Things have been so busy here that I have neglected my Eden .. and my blog .. but I am trying to get back up to speed again .. and later this month the mail orders will be coming so I want to make sure I do a proper evaluation of them too !
As for now just a few pictures of earlier on .. to remind me that these plants have actually jumped forward a LOT and I have not caught up with them in actual real time as in now ! eeekkkk !

This little one is my "sweet treat" in the hellebore bed .. you have to smile when you see it : )

I love Labrador Violets .. I know they are common .. but they still amaze me where they can survive and make their little space so pretty.

My variegated Jacob's Ladder (Stairway to Heaven .. I think) surrounded by Gold Creeping Jenny , Valerie Finnis artemisia , some Hens'n Chicks ..
Well my plants keep good company with each other .. don't want them to be lonely !

Corylus avellana "Red Majestic" .. of Harry Lauder's Walking Stick .. slowly but surely leafing out in that rich dark purple , twisted with magic !

Black Lace Sambucus is holding up it's part of the darker side too ... I stopped moving it around and it has finally settled in and smiling.

Speaking of settling in .. I am so happy to see my Golden Spirit smoke bush (mini tree that I have trained) .. leafing out itself and settling in.
I am still pulling out the naughty Stag Horn Sumac kids .. and sadly I lost King's Ransom and Silver Lining brunnera from the tree stumper having to chew up the old trunk .. plus any hope of the Indian Pinks coming back .. but that is what happens with gardening .. some you lose and you get over it ... by finding new babies to fuss over.

Over all the gardens are in good shape .. but now I have to hunt down a reasonable landscaping company to do my paths from front to back gardens .. and a focal point between both benches in the back .. I am hoping for a small non running (can't take the thought of running electrical wires around? ) water feature for the birds to enjoy .. and I so wish a frog or toad would show up ?