The woodland on March 26th

 The perennial geraniums at the end of the driveway strip, in front of the cedars.  The woodland path begins where the geraniums end.

 After going along the woodland path beside the garage we come to the back corner of the woodland area.  It is wider in this back corner, and the cedar hedge ends. There is a small Douglas Fir, a large Japanese cedar, and a few Sumacs on one side of the path. There is a mock orange shrub and a butterfly bush, with Saskatoon trees behind the water feature.  There is a wild voluteered tree that I think is a plum tree.  Next, at the back of this border there is a yew tree, a few hedging cedars and the fire thorn at the end of the woodland area.   On the other side of the path that is next to the back of the garage there is a rhododendron and a pin oak.  This side of the woodland goes along the back of the old garage and contains the old compost bin, a lily of the valley shrub, and a tall sword fern.  The rest of this bed is a work in progress.  The chip path becomes the old sidewalk at the point where the butterfly bush is planted.  There are other perennials in the back corner and self seeding honesty and dames rockets. The fawn lilies are slowly multiplying at the front of the bed beneath the sumacs.  This area is infested with blue bells that I am trying to get rid of.  They are extremely invasive.

 The white fawn lilies seem to be holding their own against the blue bells.

 The yellow fawn lilies seem more robust than the white ones.  I do hope they both keep on spreading in the woodland; and that I can keep the blue bells from taking over.

 The fawn lilies.  I hope to find a pink fawn lily to buy to add to my collection.

 This is the water tub with the mock orange on the left.  The mock orange is in full bloom now and adds its fragrance to the spring garden.  There is one gold fish in the tub and some water iris.

 After the water feature the Irises begin at the front of the bed.  The irises have primulas planted with them.  As long as I keep this area weeded the primulas and iris put on a good show from early spring to mid summer.

The wind flower (anemones) self seed in this area as well.  Very pretty addition to the mixture of spring flowering plants.  They are spreading all over the garden, but are not hard to control, so I am letting them proliferate in the garden.

a busy mid March

 This mini cattleya orchid was open with 2 blossoms on March 22.  Today it just dropped the last of the blooms.  This is the name on the tag:  Pot.Lisa Taylor Gallis 'Nora" (Blc.California Girl x Sc. Beautort).  I had just repotted it before the buds opened, on March 8.

 This was a long reach for my Canon SX60, on March 23rd.  Since then I think I have managed to get the zoom to focus better.  The flickers are staying in our little woods and I hear them almost every day.  There must be a nest somewhere.

 Freyja and her Mom visited us on March 24 for a few hours.  She is a very active young lady of 3 years.  She is totally amazing.  She speaks in full sentences.  Chooses her own clothes and dresses herself.  She showed me all of her new teeth, too.  :)))

 Full moon of March 25th

 The anomemorella in bloom in the woodland beside the old garage.  Beautiful delicate flowers.

 Also along the woodland by the old garage, is the perennial forget me nots.  Lovely foliage.

 A view down the path between the old garage and the cedar hedge.  The bleeding heart is just beginning to bloom.  These plants are just now finishing there bloom period.  The path is covered with evergreen clippings and dried leaves, now.

 This is a plant combination for early Spring, being March 26 this year.  The arabis in white has a few blue scilla showing. When the arabis and scilla are finished blooming the iris will bloom and later in the autumn the shrub, Rose of Sharon, will be in flower.

The bulbs in bloom in front of the cedar hedge along our driveway, on March 26th.

March 14th to 18th in the garden

 The apple tree in full bloom.  The tree is in full bloom now.  As we are having mid summer like weather there should be good pollination for a bountiful crop this Autumn.  We have eaten all of our apple sauce and need to buy apples from the grocery store to make sauce.  I like the selective focus to pick out the blooms in sharp focus.

 Using the long zoom of my Canon SX60 I could get a close look at the neighbors Easter Egg tree.  What a wonderful display with the tree in bloom, too.  This is the world's best Grampa.  He and Gramma constantly have things happening in their yard to entertain the grand children.  Soon it will be time for the water slides.

 The magnolia put on a good show.  It is now finished the show and is growing out its leaves.

 Closer magnolia blossoms

 this is a roof moss, out our dinning room window.

 More roof moss with mushrooms out this same window.  The mushrooms only lasted a couple of days.  I do not know what kind they are.  They look a bit like portobellos.

 We had a light frost over night on the 15th and the evidence shows on the water on top of the patio table.

 More ice art from March 16th.  Now a mere month later we are having record breaking hot temperatures of 24 and higher.

 A white hyacinth.  These flowers perfumed all around the garden where they were planted for about a month.  They are finished now.

 The daffodils did yeoman's duty around the garden and in bouquets for the past month and a half.

 The light pink hyacinths along the stepping stone path in the back garden.

Our view of the trail across the street from us is becoming screened off by the leaves on our front tree.  This sweet gum tree is late to open its leaves.  It turns to gorgeous colors in the autumn and holds its colors for a long time.  It shades the house in the heat of summer and lets the sun in while its winter.  The leaves add mulch to the woodland and around the front garden.  When I planted it about 23 or 24 years ago, I understood that the branch spread would be 10 feet.  They have spread to double that length.  So we have had to take off the branches that faced the house, but it still gives a good shady canopy and lots of color.  Trees are a precious commodity in our city gardens.  Some information on carbon dioxide absorbing capabilities of trees.  They beautify the neighborhood and improve the air quality.