Garden Glory- What we are planting right now

It is that delightful time of year when it is warm enough early in the morning that the day can start with coffee in my favorite garden coffee spot and warm enough to wind down with dinner by twinkle lights al fresco too. The rains are happening yet and encouraging the garden to grow in and the heat is not too hot yet that everything is wilting. The garden isn’t fully grown back in after resting for the winter but it is starting and it gets me excited for all the garden things. So today, we are talking about the dainty blooms that are opening up this week- like the wisteria and some freshly planted foxgloves and what we are planting next.

Garden Glory

Our wisteria is honestly a hit or miss bloom. We often have a late freeze just about the time the wisteria is almost ready to bloom-and though we have gotten pretty nimble and creative with setting up chairs around plants for tarps to go over and laying tarps over the tender wisteria on the greenhouse- it always seems that those wisteria blooms are affected even so. So when she blooms and they are blooming – I am loving them and grabbing all the photos.

Aside from the wisteria starting to open up this week, there are buds on the climbing roses and the peonies have sprouted and grown quite a bit already. It will be a little bit before they bloom- but you know I will share all the photos when they do.

What we are planting right now

Foxgloves. Foxgloves. And more foxgloves. You know I am obsessed with foxgloves and absolutely love having them in the garden in many layers. My husband starts bringing them home when he finds them and we have already gotten the greenhouse garden path planted with about a dozen new plants. You might remember that foxgloves don’t bloom each year so you need to plant them several years in a row to get that full look. Aside from that- we have had all those gophers chomping through them and so many of them are missing. We only include the foxgloves in the garden area that is fenced and don’t let our chickens or other animals to roam unsupervised there on the off chance they might decide to nibble on them- they are poisonous so be careful if including in your garden. You can read more about them in my post HERE.

Scabiosa is another plant we are adding in. We most often put them into the window boxes since they add a nice height and dance in the breeze but we do also tuck a few into the garden path.

Lavender is always on repeat here. Last year we planted the window boxes in the front with small gallon size lavender and so those will be moved to the garden to be able to grow bigger and the boxes replanted with small plants again this year. And a couple of these topiaries are poufs in the pots so will give them a little love and hopefully they will bloom soon as well.

Garden Roses are always something I seem to add each year- and this year we are filling in some of the bare spots in the rose garden area around the fountain to make it feel more finished. You can read more about some of my favorite roses in this post HERE.

Other always on repeat favorites are lilac, salvia and sage in various shades, bacopa, along with some herbs like thyme mingling in. We are going to do some shopping at the garden centers this week so of course, new additions to the garden are subject to what catches my eye and inspires me.

Wildflower Seeds

Something else I am planning on doing this year is spreading a whole lot of wildflower seeds in various areas that we like to leave a little bit wild. I am obsessed with flowers in fields and meadows and would like to create a mini one here.

Has anyone tried mixing several different wildflower mixes and spreading them around together? I am wondering if there is any special types of wildflowers that are best to mix or or if you can just go with what you like. Will keep you posted on how that comes together.

Happy Friday everyone!