When we remodeled, our best flowerbeds got dug up. The topsoil was saved and later spread around behind the house. Now we have flowers cropping up in funny places. Love the reminder to bloom where you're planted.
Love Bleeding Hearts! Besides their delicate beauty, they remind me of my loved ones in Heaven.
When we got our post-remodel landscaping done, someone shared this little nugget about plants with me- "First year they sleep. Second year they creep. Third year they leap." This is our 3rd year and the saying seems to be holding true. I'm delighted that my peonies are "leaping" again. Of course, not having kittens chewing on the stalks like they are catnip or something probably has something to do with the thriving! The jury is still out on the hydrangeas (below) though; they might need moved to a less sunny location to really thrive.
Best of all, the lilacs that had to be transplanted during "the remodel" decided to adapt to their new environment after all. They are blooming their lil hearts out right now, in a spindly kind of way. :) So glad I didn't give in to unbelief and let the men whack them off. Love, love lilacs!
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Beautiful flowers! I love lilacs, too. If your hydrangea is an endless summer or something like it, I wouldn't get too worried about it yet. Mine always starts out really tiny and then gets ginormous by end of summer. I might have to come do another "house tour'. :) Thanks for sharing your spring beauty!
The Bleeding Heart I planted in memory of Steve died out. When you need to divide yours someday, think of me.
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