First Day of Spring

Happy First Day of Spring!!!

I thought I would share some of my favorite springtime images from last year in my old garden.

Early March, when the bulbs were just beginning to peak out. Those yellow daffodils are some of the earliest bloomers, if the winter is mellow they sometimes bloom the first week of March!

And my back boarder with some "bouquet" tulips. I loved them in the garden, but they did not ever make it into the studio for a painting.

I have been busy digging up my old garden and enjoying all the time in the sun. I will be recreating a long row of purple bearded irises in the new garden, I always loved this view. However I now realize that irises need to be dug up every 4-5 years or they get out of control! Even though it looks fantastic.

Sweet William, and Centura in the foreground. The really tall, fun architectural green stems on the left was a rogue bunch of goldenrod. At first I did not know what it was, but I allowed it to grow because I like how tall and structured the vertical stems looked, and they looked great in late August, though they are aggressive and choked out my seaholly and echinacea in this bed.