High Street Florals

Making room for the 200 gladiolus corms I'm planning with my dahlias this year. This bed is going to be amazing!

14 varieties of dahlias this year. These are probably my favorite flower to grow. It just amazes me that something so unique and beautiful comes from this ugly potato looking thing. I also started some from seed so we shall see how that plays out. These babies go into the ground tomorrow.

This sunken perennial bed next to my driveway was previously filled with day lilies, lily of the valley, Siberian iris, and lots of grass. Over the past few weeks, and with a little help from my husband, I've torn it all out, evened out with loam, amended the soil with Happy Frog, and laid a stone path down the center. Now I'll fill it with cutting flowers 😁

Hyacinth bean and snapdragons, almost ready to go in the ground!

Uncovering dahlia tubers that I saved from last year. They come out of the ground in clumps, so you divide them, store them in pine shavings in a cool but somewhat humid spot, and hope for the best. The fist pic is of the tubers that made it and have sprouted already. Second is of tubers that may or may not have made it as they have not yet sprouted. Last is of the ones that sadly, did not make it. I'm pretty happy with what I know have made it. It will at least triple the number of dahlias I had last year and I didn't pay a thing for them! ☺️

The sweet peas are in! Cold weather lovers, these babies will be climbing the trellis before I know it. Soon the delphinium and snapdragons will go out as well. Grateful for time in the gardens again.

Hellebore, aka Lenten Rose. One of the earliest bloomers. I look forward to growing a collection of them. These varieties are FrostKiss Moon dance, and Ice N' Roses Red.

Sweet Peas, a progression

Did these snapdragons over. First round didn't make it. If at first you don't succeed....

Sweet peas are sown! Can't wait to see these babies climbing up my trellis this summer!

Getting the sweet peas ready for sowing this week!