What’s Blooming in April

One of my new favorite people in the gardening world is Carol of May Dreams Gardens.  Voted "Gardenblogger I’d most like to have as a neighbor," she also created some of the coolest stuff in our world – her book club and, of course, Bloom Day.  Gardeners sharing the beauty of their plants and gardens with the world — what’s not to like.  And I spent some time with Carol recently in Austin and again I ask:  What’s not to like?"

So on the top photo shows not just the daffodils and tulips in the background but – ta-da! – the new creeping sedum that’s replacing the turfgrass in my back garden.  There’s also a bunch of cool plants from Stepables, plus the creeping Jenny and mazus that neighbors have given me – plant reviews coming soon.  But because I’m one of those gardeners "on a budget" (love the euphemism!) and won’t be buying 100s of anything, creeping sedum is what’s mostly growing here.  It came to my garden as a weed and decided to spread like crazy. 

Above are some ‘Pink Diamond’ single late tulips with the gorgeous Euphorbia x martinii.  Too bad two out of three of them have chosen to die on me.  Performing MUCH better is the shade-loving Euphorbia amygdaloides on the left.  It’s happily filling out whole borders in my woodland garden.  And it looks great all year, ya know.  That foliage is evergreen and even the blooms looks good after they’ve dried on the stems.