April Bloom Day forces busy gardeners to take a break

by Susan Harris on April 15, 2011

My Back Garden, April 15

Happy Garden Blogger Bloom Day! Things are happening so fast in the garden right now, it’s nice to have an excuse to stop and look – then shoot and share.

Above you’re looking across a bed of sedum-as-lawn-replacement, with cute little muscari popping up through the sedum (S. sarmentosum). In the background are three Spirea ‘Ogons’ in fading bloom – they’re extremely early.

I grow lots of Pulmonarias, a/k/a lungwort.

And here’s another plant that’s performing extremely well in my garden – in varying amounts of shade/morning sun, and making very useful babies.

{ 9 comments }

Greggo April 15, 2011 at 11:01 am: Thats a lot of sedum! How is it for weed control?
amy April 15, 2011 at 11:11 am: I’m so going for the sedum as {almost} lawn….love my sedums and hate my weeds!
Dee/reddirtramblings April 15, 2011 at 1:18 pm: I have that exact same sedum Susan, and it also loves my garden. It trails down my walls and such. I love ‘Ogon’ spirea. One of the best plants ever. Mine bloomed last month, and now we’re into full yellow. Happy Bloom Day.~~Dee
susan harris April 15, 2011 at 3:14 pm: Greggo, this particular sedum fills in completely and very quickly, so that new weeds dropped from above can’t reach the soil – victory!
Tracie April 15, 2011 at 6:48 pm: I introduced lungwart to the garden last spring & i love the beautiful colors it gives to the garden….yours are so pretty & i see you have sunshine…xoxo, tracie
Susan Harris April 15, 2011 at 6:58 pm: Tracie, this spot gets morning sun only. S
Charisse April 16, 2011 at 6:31 pm: Happy Bloom Day!!! Those are gorgeous. I’m loving my sedum too.

I’m helping to spread the word right now about the Seed Fund to all my fellow gardeners in lieu of earth month! Anyway… Yes to Carrots and Whole Foods are teaming up with something called the Yes to Seed Fund. They’re giving away grants to help schools build gardens! Pretty awesome!
Evelyn Hadden April 17, 2011 at 12:11 am: Hi, Susan. What gorgeous shots of your garden! Mine had 2 inches of snow last night and more on the way… thanks for sharing so I can dream! -Evelyn
Lorraine April 22, 2011 at 5:03 pm: You’re seeing what we in Ontario will be seeing in a few weeks. I’m amazed. You’re not that far south. Lovely pics that make me sigh in want.