The woodland in April

 Erythronium americanum - The yellow Fawn lillies are spreading very nicely in the back corner of the woodland area.  I have been digging the nasty blue bell bulbs out of this area and am slowly getting them taken out.  Herbicide does not kill them.  I also have leaves spread thickly in this corner of the woodland and so the blue bells are smothered until I uncover them and dig them out.  I am trying to move some of these plants into the Japanese/Moss garden area, next to the pond.

 Erythronium oregonum - giant white fawn lillies, with a small dames rocket or lunaria not sure which one that is.

 The wild bleeding heart - spectabilis formosa or western bleeding heart is a new plant to the woodland.  It was growing in a pot for a year and was transferred to the woodland between the water tub and the mock orange bush.  This little plant just grew rapidly after getting out of the pot and into some nice woodsy soil.

 the Dicentra spectabilis - Bleeding heart plant is forming a lovely big clump at the front corner of the old garage.  Right now it is flopping around and covering the entry to the woodland path.  It is a truly lovely thing.

 This is the area of the woodland beside the old garage with path and the cedar hedge .

 a close up of anemorella thalictroides.  This is a fine woodland plant and is spreading nicely in the woodsy soil that is developing in this are from the leaves and twig bits, that I add to the woodland.

 another shot of the anemorella

 The anemorella with many blossoms.

A close up of the brunnera - perennial forget me not.  Is is beside the anemorella where they are both forming nice clumps.  

 More of the brunnera clump.  I have another prize brunnera Jack Frost that I have put into the Moss Garden area.  Hopefully, it will spread out too and I could get some of it for the woodland also.  There cyclamens in this same area that are spreading like crazy and blooming.   I am slowly getting the morning glory taken out of the cedar hedge.  

The woodland with a sumac tree trunk, the lunaria (money plant) and the Hesperis (dames rocket).  These two plants self seed in the woodland and put on a great show.  There is also sweet cicely that spreads like crazy too.  I need to get back to the woodland and clean up the rest of the blue bells and the sweet cicely.   There  are some daffodils and snow drops in this back corner and a Japanese anomone.  The newly transplanted Douglas fir is growing very well, too.  I need to remove all but one of the sumacs.  They are easily cut down with the pruning saw.  I like to use the trunks as borders for the path.  The decompose fairly quickly.  The fawn lilies love the soil they produce.  The big Japanese cedar is looking good.  Across the path from it the rhododendron is finally recovering from the move, years ago.  It likes leaf mulch in the fall, too.  The saskatoon bushes bloomed early this Spring.  The butterfly bush is doing ok and should have a few bloom sprays this year. The water tub sits in front of the Saskatoons.  Beyond the tub there are more hedging cedars, a tall yew and western red cedars that merge into another   few hedging 'cedars' (not really cedars, but they are called that in the garden nurseries.  This hedge takes the woodland over to the other corner of the garden.  In this corner there are a few herbs, and tall bearded irises.  The old wisteria vine is the original position of the wisteria.  The wisteria has spread along the ground and now grows up the western red cedars and is now in bloom.  It gives the appearance of the cedars being in bloom.  From the tub over to the western red cedars there is the yew tree, a couple more hedging cedars.  In front of this area there are tall bearded iris, and saxatalis tulips.  and germander up to the firethorn.  Across from the firethorn is the holly tree.  These two trees produce berries.  About Christmas day the robins have been flocking to this feast and the berries are gone in a very few days.  There is also a loveage that grows huge.  This area needs more cleaning up too.  It is all getting a little ahead of me right now, with getting the new part of the front little rockery expanded.