The front yard in Spring.

I realized I hadn't taken too many pictures of the whole front yard for awhile. I tend to start taking pictures of individual plants out there and forget to get pictures of the bigger picture. I've found that I've been focusing on my backyard quite a bit, but this weekend noticed the front needed a bit of weeding. I've been working on the "driveway garden" quite a bit lately, and I'll share pictures of that once there are more than seedlings and bare ground showing.
Many flowers in the front yard won't really start blooming for another month or two, but it's still filling in pretty well.

This Dogwood could make anything look good. To the right of it are lots of Oriental Lilies (at least the ones the squirrels didn't dig up), roses, Phlox and other perennials. I just planted the Dahlia tubers by the birdbath that I had dug up last Fall. To the left towards the front are of some of the Alliums 'Purple Sensation' that I planted last Fall. I've never grown them before, but after seeing them on so many blogs last year I knew I wanted to try them.

About two-thirds down the bed looking back to the house are more Phlox, Liatris, Peonies, Columbines and more coming up. Can you tell I love old fashioned cottage garden flowers?

At the end of the bed looking back towards the "butterfly garden", which I think will get a name change this year if more butterflies don't show up. Maybe "pollinator garden"? Lamb's Ear, Rumex, Coreopsis, Red Valerian, Monarda and lots more here.

Back at the other end of the bed, but on the inside of the yard looking out Tulips and Daffodils bloom while many of the shrubs and perennials are quickly filling in, many with buds.

Looking down the bed there is quite a bit of empty space to fill in... I guess some of the winter sowing can go here.

The 'Iceberg' rose, which is about the easiest rose I've ever grown, will have lots of Pink Poppies blooming around it thanks the Littlest Gardener. I had no idea she planted so many. There are also a few different low growing Veronicas in here as well.

Aside from the Lilac 'Ludwig Spaeth' not much is happening in the butterfly garden. The Butterfly Bush is making it's come back after being cut back. It won't bloom until July, but there are lots of flowers that will be in bloom long before then.

This is the shady corner next to the butterfly garden. The Snowball bush has just taken off in the last couple of years. My husband estimated it's about 12 feet tall! The flowers are quickly growing and should be really pretty in a couple of weeks. Forget-me-nots, Pieris and Tiarella are blooming now.

No birds moved into the birdhouse this year, but look at this pretty guy (or girl?) that's been visiting the front yard. This is a White-crowned Sparrow and we don't see them that often in our yard. Occasionally in the Spring they show up for a few days. This one though seems to like it here and has been around for the past week.

I normally try to include the Latin names of my plants because I know we call many of the same plants by different names, and those Latin names help us to know exactly what it is. I had too many plants to list this time, but if you have a question about what a certain plant is I'll be happy to answer.