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.
Lindy Low LeCoq 
Absolutely lovely! I miss blooms like this out here in the desert… but at least we do have out own kind of beauty to enjoy. Very nice!
Nice shots! We have to plant more perennials! 🙂