1306 - Poppies

These poppies volunteered in the front gardens next to the garage doors.

130504 - Sweet Peas

Late last winter, I purchased two of these in small containers from a nursery that not only promised this was the first year these sort of sweet peas were made available for purchase, but that they would be amazing.

They are spectacular in the fride (FRont sIDE) garden.

130410 - Anemones

After several days of rain, cold and fog, the sun has returned.

Anemones are blooming in the terraces to the right of the staircase.

310331 - Sweet Peas

The first of the sweet peas are blooming in a front garden.

The vines are nearly four feet tall and climbing up a trellis I made from garden twine.

130303 - Hyacinth

Dozens of hyacinths are blooming in the gardens.

They are one of my favorite cut flowers.

130303 - Candy Tuft

Candy tufts have begun blooming in the gardens.

130303 - Anemones

This winter, I planted dozens of anemones. The purple and red ones are the first to bloom.

130302 - Stock

With last year's seeds, I planted a row of stock in the narrow garden near the top of the left of the staircase. They are already a foot tall and in bloom.

130302 - Love-in-the-Mist

White love-in-the-mist has become one of my favorite flowers.

130302 - Bachelor's Buttons

None -  or nearly none - of the bachelor's buttons I planted by seed have come up in the terraces to the left of the staircase.

This one is among a dozen or so that volunteered late last fall and have overwintered quite well. Most have not yet bloomed, but are instead growing quite massive.

Last weekend, I seeded hundreds of larkspur in the vacant gardens and hope to have much better success with them.