This is a rewarding time for us walking around the yard to see new flowers open in all their glory. Our soil is so sandy I'm never sure what will survive when I put things in the ground.
This is one of the red iris in the red bed, though it looks more purple to me. Not complaining. It's beautiful whatever you call it.
This is Unique Marmalade, a rhododendron. It's put on lots of new leaves after a rough start that had me thinking I would lose all three rhodies we planted last summer. What a delight to see a flower cluster, too.
Tag and Hoop's Memorial Garden. This rugosa rose is doing very well, the first of the roses to bloom. It grows in coastal areas and on sand dunes in its native eastern Asia. Perfect for our lot. So pretty with the purple onion flowers. Irises, lavender, sea holly, poppies and ceanothus yet to come.
