Butterfly

I saw this fluttering butterfly at the dentist office a couple of years ago.  I thought it was so wonderful and found one on the internet.  The first summer I didn't put it out much because I thought it was fragile.  But this year I discovered some fun things.  First of all it's solar powered so it only flaps when the sun is shining on the wing shaped solar panels.  It has blown off, but it's nothing more than a vinyl butter fly on a wire which is connected to a wheel.  The sun causes the wheel to spin really fast, which makes the butterfly flutter.  Pretty fun.  We've enjoyed it a lot this year.

Flowers in the Backyard Today

Hope for Humanity and Julia Child Roses in Bloom

Good As Gold Rose in bloom

Pink Peony in bloom

Paris Coral Bells

Name: Paris Coral Bells
Variety: Heuchera 'Paris'
Type:  Perennial
Light:  Part Sun
Size:  18" x 12"
Bloom time:  May to June
Flower color: Pink
Fragrance: None
Plant location: south side by garage
Care: Fertilize weekly with bloom booster in Summer.  

 We purchased these at Lowes in 2016.  They have done very well.

Black Scallop Ajuga

Name: Black ScallopAjuga
Variety: Ajuga reptans "Black Scallop"
Type:  Perennial
Light:  Full Sun
Size:  6"x10"
Bloom time:  Spring
Flower color: Blue to purple
Fragrance: None
Plant location: Back yard behind waterfall
Care: Fertilize weekly with bloom booster in Summer. 

Garden Report

Front Yard:   lilacs are spectacular, moss phlox in bloom, spirea is still orange and red.
South side:  tulips are in bloom.  
Back Yard in bloom:  bleeding hearts, candy tuft, ajuga in bloom, lamium in bloom, potentilla, moss phlox.

New Purchase Hellmond Pillar Barberry

We found a great buy at Lowes.  We're looking for a different shrub in front bookending the flowers in front of the arborviate.  We needed something small and thin.  This works and it matches the other barberry in the front yard.

Name:  Hilmond Pillar Barberry
Bio Name:  Berberis Thumbergii Helmond Pillar
Height   3ft  x 1-2 ft
Full sun
Leaves--green turning to dark red.

Weekly Report

The weather has been too cold and too rainy to get out side to eat or do anything.  Our yard is sadly neglected--at least by our standards.

The lilacs in the front are spectacular.  Both bushes are loaded with blossoms.  The moss phlox are also in full bloom and the spirea and the wonderful orange color.  This is the best time of year for our front yard.

The back yard is the same as last week--redbud tree, moss phylox, lamium and candy tuft.