Everything came out so early in the hot March weather we had, but since April 1st it has been cold which has kept everything that opened or bloomed in a suspended state. The forsythias still look good, kept in bloom by near freezing nights and cool sunny days.
Golden Peep looks ok, but has the dying center crowns that the others did before I took them out. Lynwood, out by the road, looks great still.
Spirea blooms have faded now to a creamy color. Camassia foliage is dark green and fully emerged, and the Karl Foerster grasses woven among the camassias are up and green too.
And look at Orange Dream. It's getting to be a nice Japanese maple shape (it will stay sort of shrubby though). It glows from a distance as the orange leaves uncurl.
I am not a fan of these tulips. They are too soft, (viridifloras, green streaked) to make an impact massed in a pot, and the foliage is floppy, and one pot on the front steps got eaten by deer anyway, which defeated the purpose. I don't think I'll do tulips again. Kind of pretty, not impactful, not worth the bother all winter.
I fussed with adding soil around the Dawn viburnum on the east side, and got a few rocks to hold back the little bank there. Kind of goofy, but if the grass grows to the edge of the rocks and the spreading yezoalpina willows grow over the edge, maybe it won't look so dumb. I might get a few more creeping willows at Kevin's.
At least I got more soil around the roots of the viburnum. The whole edge of the east side along the foundation is not right.
The Nishiki willows are coming back. I love seeing the buds and a few tiny branches popping out all over the stumps. The leaves are looking a little stunted from the dry, as is everything that is trying to leaf out. Nothing is emerging lush and full right now, we need rain too badly.
The viburnums are leafing out, and the shrub dogwoods. The Isanti redtwig dogwood looks good against the fir tree in front.
