More scenes in my garden on April 24

 View of the hedge at the front entry way.  The boxwood hedge had just been trimmed with my easy to use rechargeable hedge trimmer.

 More of the boxwood hedge

 Another view of the grass path and boxwood hedge.

 Shooting from the grass path over the little boxwood hedge, past the little rockery, and over the thyme circle to the bench in its tall cedar hedge nook.

a wider view of the front garden from the little boxwood hedge to the bench.

 A closer view of the bench and the thyme circle.  The thyme circle has suffered some damage from the removal of a bamboo root that ran across the thyme.  I am filling in the thyme with new transplants.  I have quite a few spare thyme plants growing in the front garden.

 The iberis along the edge of the driveway under the magnolia tree.

 Some of the rock plants in the little rockery in full bloom.

On June 17 I was to the Butterfly Gardens and got a fine picture of the blue morpho.  While out at the Butterfly Gardens the people  who were running the Species at Risk trailer, said we don't have monarchs on Vancouver Island, but they are sure other butterflies would enjoy the milkweed.  Well, maybe in a few years, if I can get some monarchs for release, to lay eggs on my milkweed, maybe we might get a few monarchs.  It might take a few years and maybe a few more people to grow milkweed, but it would sure be nice to make it happen.  

In the garden on April 24th

 An overview of the pond from the deck.

 An overview of the center of the back garden.

 The newly planted maiden hair fern.

 Heliotrope on the deck.  The heliotrope has finished blooming.  I hope it blooms again.  It has a heavenly scent.

 A close up of the French lavender flower.

 African violet photo right out of the camera

The same photo with the true color of this African violet corrected in photoshop.

 More of the same violet, with the same light problems in the photo, corrected in photoshop.

 I don't mind these colors out of the camera.

The pin oak as it is just leafing out, in an attempt at black and white.

More plants in the garden on April 23

 The blue bells come in 3 colors.  This is the pink variety.  The pink and the white ones do not seem to be as aggressive in spreading as the blue ones.

 The green leaves in the foreground are on a species peony plant.  It had two blossoms this year.  They are just plain, single,  pink with yellow center.

 This is a close up of the little geraniums.  These plants are in bloom most of the summer, if I dead head them. This makes the garden lower maintenance.  I need more of this kind of gardening.

 The Simplicity pink rose in the front garden.

 An allium, also in the front garden.  The alliums are finished blooming and gone to seed.

 The white tulip.  It looks good with so much color around it in the other tulips. The tulips, also are finished blooming now.

 One of my most cherished columbines.  It grows in the flower bed next to the old garage.  I must bag its seed pods so I can spread them around the garden.

The tulips.  There are michaelmas daisies taking over this flower bed, so they need to be thinned out.