Kim's Garden: Part 2

As Max says....Welcome to our garden! You'll hear him throughout...my little 3 year old loves to talk!



Our Dogwood tree in full bloom, with creeping phlox around the base. And yes, Max is now growing impatient asking to play frisbee. He's my little shadow.



More of our front flower beds. My husband designed all of our flower beds, and then I plant.



As you can see, phlox is my favorite flower, but our hostas and catmint are starting to fill out.



Here, Max is telling everyone we now have a Robin nesting on one of our downspouts.



Our backyard is now making a lot of progress, I love the colors of this time of year. I seem to like purple and pink the best.



The creeping myrtle and Hydrangea tree are looking nice.



My favorite tree! Our Lilac tree smells wonderful and the scent comes into the house, too. A few years it had mildew and we cut it back. But now a couple years later, it's doing just great.

In the forefront you can see my roses....the buds will be there soon I should have dozens of roses. Can't wait! Our picket fence is lined with climbing roses, my grandmother always loved roses on her farm in Illinois, so I have to carry on the tradition. For Mother's Day, my Mother-in-Law gave me a gift certificate for flowers at my favorite spot in Wayne County, Quailcrest Farm...so I have some new carnations(another favorite), sweet woodruff and ornamental grass to plant. I'll be doing a lot of digging in the coming weeks and painting our picket fence...but it's the best time of the year. Come back to Kim's Garden soon.