Path garden blooms.

The path garden is looking better and better everyday. There seem to be new blooms almost each time I go out looking. Spring is definitely it's best time of year. There are three large trees that line the path garden. The tallest is the Ponderosa Pine which has the most beautiful bark and seems to be the most interesting to the birds. This weekend we saw a female Pileated Woodpecker on it. Then there is the Japanese Maple and then a large Cedar tree. All three are difficult to grow plants under. I've actually found the Japanese Maple to be the most difficult and the Cedar to be the least difficult.

The Japanese Maple which was named "Ashley" by my girls last summer, is just beginning to leaf out. Each Spring I'm always amazed at how suddenly the leaves appear. The tiny red flowers are also about to bloom. This is Sweet Pea's favorite climbing tree.

A Fernleaf Bleeding Heart (Dicentra eximia) surprises me each Spring with it's return. It's never grown very big, but usually it has a few flowers before it dies back for the summer.

An Epimedium that I planted last fall. I thought it had died, but now the new leaves and flowers are just showing up.

One of the grocery store Frittilarias ended up being a checkered one. Yeah!

Pink Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) is in full bloom now. I haven't seen any hummingbirds by it yet, but I anxiously waiting for them.

Solomon's Seal (Polygonatum) is blooming.

Virginia Bluebells (Mertensia) only has one flower bud so far, since I've only had this for a couple of years I'm not sure how fast it grows. It seems to be fairly slow growing.

And my current little favorite Navelwort (Omphalodes cappdocica) 'Starry Eyes' keeps blooming and blooming.

Our pretty Spring weather on Saturday has given way to wind and rain. It's so hard to have one nice day followed by many days of rain. I just want to go outside and weed and work in the garden. Hope you are having sunshine where you are!