April in the Moss/Japanese garden room

 Starting from the old sidewalk in the back garden,  we see the hellebores that are under the rhodos by the back steps up to the deck.  These Hellebores are spreading and need to be divided and  moved from under the rhodos.

 Some of the white hellebores have been moved under the deck where they are doing just ok.  They will need more watering when I get time to complete the area under the deck.

 As we go onto the stepping stones into the moss garden the primula veris is the first primula.  It is finally doing a little better this year.  It grows in the moss that is around the stepping stones.

 Next along the stepping stones is the aggressive, lovely purple/magenta primula.  I have lost its name.

 Next to the lovely purple/magenta is an equally aggressive double pink primula.  I have lost its name, also.  These two Primulas need to be divided and moved.. . perhaps to the woodland when I get the Iris bed renovated.  . . Hopefully this Fall.

 A little further on, past a little hosta, we have a very nice Primula amethyst cowichan

 This lovely Amethyst primula is being crowded out by the epimedium  and will need to be moved.

 Here are the stepping stones that go through this side of the Moss/Japanese garden.  The other side of the stepping stones is what I am calling the Fig Tree garden room.

 As seen in the photo above, these epimediums like where they are growing also and are crowding out the Primulas

 Blossoms of the epimediums

 The lovely little anemonella thalectroides grows just behind the double pink primula

 Chocolate lillies are partially under the Harry Lauder's walking stick shrub, and are forming a nice clump.

Chocolate Lillies  

 Chocolate Lillies   Adding the URL just in case it does not work:  https://heartofthewestcoast.com/2012/04/26/spring-feast-for-the-eyes-chocolate-lilies/

The Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria affinis for the botanically-minded) is one of the coolest and yet commonly overlooked spring-flowering plants on the Island. They may not be as showy as Camas or Shooting Stars, but I think their bell-like shape and subtle shading is absolutely gorgeous. Fair warning, they don’t have the nicest scent (think skunk cabbage rather than wild roses!).
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https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/cs_fraf2.pdf
Description  More information on the chocolat lillies
General: Lily Family (Liliaceae). Chocolate lily
(Fritillaria affinis) is a tall herbaceous perennial
growing from white bulblets consisting of a few
fleshy scales and many rice-grain-like offsets; its
bulbs are usually smaller than Fritillaria
camchatcensis. The stems are 20-50 cm tall, sturdy
and unbranched, bearing 1-3 whorls of 5-11 lanceshaped leaves. Chocolate lily has bowl-shaped,
distinctly nodding flowers with six tepals which are
brown-mottled with green or yellow. The capsules
are broadly winged.
Distribution
Chocolate lily is found in open dry woods and
meadows from southern coastal British Columbia
eastward to the Okanagan in eastern Washington and
south to California. In California, chocolate lily
occurs commonly in oak or pine scrub and grasslands
below 1800 m in the Klamath Ranges, north Coast
Ranges, Cascade, northern Sierra Nevada Foothills,
San Francisco Bay area (Hickman 1993). Chocolate
lily grows on well-drained soils on open slopes. For
current distribution, please consult the Plant Profile
page for this species on the PLANTS Web site.
Establishment
Fritillaria species have become quite uncommon in
the wild. Fritillaria affinis requires well-drained soil

There are more primulas, hepaticas, a miniature  pine tree, the rhodos, azaleas, choice ferns, a false bamboo, the mountain laurel, a little Japanese maple, astilbies, a Japanese lantern, and few other plants I may have forgotten in this area between the stepping stones and the stone/cement path that goes around the adjoining pond.  
All of the back garden is in desperate need of a clean up.  Today I have just finished weeding  the whole front garden.  It will probably take me another month to get the back cleaned up.  I am making lists of the plants in each of the garden 'rooms'  with some growing information, etc. for each plant.