Yesterday we got mom moved and now maybe I can get back to my own routine and run back and visit once a month like I normally do. We got done faster than I had thought we would, there were 8 of us moving her – big families come in handy don’t they and that was just a small portion of us. We got the old apartment packed up and the new apartment organized. Mom seems happy with her new place, now she just has to figure out where everything is! We all know how that goes when we move or clean out. – no quilting was done yesterday so here are photos of the yard that I took on Tuesday.
Clematis are leaving out – I need to pick off those old brown leaves now that I know where the new growth is going to be.
Blue Hydrangea is budding out as well – this is my old plant over 20 years old – the newer once that I planted about 4 years ago have not taken off very well as of yet – still tiny and other than the first year have not had flowers on them 
I only have a few crocuses and they are blooming as well – one day I need to plant more.
This garden is still kind of sparse – I need to get more plants in it this year seeing as we will be home all summer so I can water as needed.
A variety of Vinca -
Irises growing but it will be awhile before these bloom – they are a late variety and everyone else’s irises seem to bloom several weeks before mine.
A couple hyacinths beginning to form buds and ground cover that stays green year round, I don’t remember the name of it.
Tulips and another variety of Vinca and ground cover – the tulips most likely will have no flowers, these are old bulbs. We had a hot summer and a warmer than average winter – normally here in this part of Arkansas tulips are treated as annuals and you have to plant the bulbs in the late fall to get flowers – now occasionally you see them come back year after year and I have no idea how they do it – mine rarely ever flower after the first season.
Now that we have mom moved I can get back into a good routine and try to get this yard cleaned up of all these fall leaves!
Quilt group meets tonight – maybe I will have a show and tell later this evening or tomorrow morning!
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How I miss spring flowers! Sigh!
Clematis is not growing here, I haven’t seen any, perhaps it is too humid? Glad to hear your mom’s move went well and I hope she’ll be doing fine at her new place.
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I don’t know if this would actually work or not, but back when I was a kid we lived in Southeast Nebraska and my mom would dig up all her bulbs and then re-plant them in the fall. I wondered if that might help your tulips? Seems like I’ve heard they are supposed to be dug up and divided as the bulbs multiply…
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Your flowers seem to be ahead of mine; maybe your tree coverage helps protect them. I’m so afraid deer will ruin mine this year since they come right up to the house during the night.
Your yard is so pretty, I’m in Minnesota so we are far from having flowers, so it’s nice to see someone’s elses flowers.
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