Spring is Right Around the Corner!

Moday and Tuesday were gorgeous days here in Thomasville and that brought on Spring Fever for me. I was tired of looking at my sad little flower bed that took a brutal beating over this cold winter.

Even my Evergreen Wisteria vine lost all of its leaves this winter and it isn't supposed to do that. Hence the name evergreen. Maybe it is because it was in super vine mode and was taking over the whole house and had made its way all over to the fence. That is when I took to whacking branches off left and right. My hydrangea bush didn't fare any better. The only thing that really survived was my daylillies and the easter lily bulbs that are just sprouting up. With a little trip to Lowes, I grabbed a few flowers to spruce up the garden a little bit.

This is what I got:

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  Tulips
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  Hyacinth bulbs
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  Snow Cone Candytuft (the white flowers)
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  Snapdragons
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  Creeping Phlox (purple butterfly/hummingbird bush)
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  Merritt's Supreme Hydrangea

Then came the work part. Planting. Yay.

Got the tulips planted. I thought they were so pretty, even if they have a short bloom time. Plus with them being a bulb plant, they should come back next spring.

The hyacinth. These are still little babies. They should shoot up a good bit and just be gorgeous.

Here is the after. Still have to grab a few more plants to fill it up a bit more, and get some fresh mulch. But it looks a bit better. I guess if the wisteria doesn't come back, I will have to find another vine to cover up  the phone/internet box. My poor hydrangea plant. I keep murdering the poor thing. I guess I should do research before whacking on it. Figured out why it didn't bloom last year. Yeah, I cut all the buds off. You shouldn't prune hydrangeas after August because you cut away all the buds for the next season. I didn't cut it back to the roots like I did last year, so hopefully I will have a few blooms this year. Just in case, I got this.

I planted it in a planter to get it established then I will plant it somewhere later on. Especially if I have totally ruined the other hydrangea. But it is just so pretty!

I also need to get some more flowers for my flower boxes. I haven't had to do so because every year the flowers always come back. I doubt that they will this year. Everything seems to be dead. Maybe the gerber daisies made it, but that might be about it. Whenever it stops raining and we have some more sunny days, I will get out there and work on these flower beds some more!

Just for fun here is picture from last year to show off how huge my lillies were.

Notice the big gap in front. Yeah, me and my clippers are dangerous things. If I don't like you, I get rid of you.