Oh, my!  Many perennial shrubs are blooming, while early emerging bulbs like daffodil, hyacinth and trillium are fading. My tulips are mid cycle, and Columbine are lifting their delicate faces to the sun.

volunteer native trillium

candytuft & grape hyacinth

inviting tulip

McKenna Columbine

Sweet Woodruff on the side of the pond.

Sweet Woodruff

Peony about to bust a button!

Peony

Even so, the shrubs are stealing the show!

Mexican Orange

Viburnum

Weigala

Chardonnay Pearls

Red Current and Camelia, are vivid proof of life in process…

Ribes sanguineum

camelia

… an azalea ablaze and rhododendrons opening.

Azalea

Rhododendron

Check back for an update on the 15th of the month!

Thank you, Carol at May Dreams Garden.She invites us to share photographs of what is blooming in our gardens on the fifteenth of each month.