Welcome! If you need something to brighten up your day, you’ve come to the right place! I asked our wonderful subscribers to share their favorite plants, DIY projects, or garden successes they enjoyed this spring, and boy did they do it! Everything in this post was shared by subscribers for you to enjoy – I hope these anecdotes and photos bring you as much joy as they did for me. Scroll through, reflect on your own spring gardening experience, and enjoy the beauty that our gardening friends have so graciously shared with us 🙂
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“I love my dolphins, there aren’t many blue flowers.”
-Zone 5a
Put in roses in recent years. It always died before, but this year you have 4 lovely flowering rose bushes. Use extra compost and be sure to use rose fertilizer early this spring.
-Zone 6a
“We purchased peony plants last year to update our landscaping and are so happy to enjoy the blooms this year!“
-Zone 8a
“Probably because of all the rain last year, this year the blooms are incredible!”
-Zone 5b
“Last year I had to rely on the kindness of family as I began a battle with breast cancer. My fitness and energy was zero, so my family rallied. One bought all my annuals, and many others cleared the gardens and planted them all. I have lots of gardens so it’s hard work which I really appreciated. They also tidied up and did updates over the summer and cleaned up for the fall. I have an amazing support team and I love everyone who helps. I am very happy to say that I am much better this year and I am very happy to be back in my garden. A little bit at a time, but I’m so excited to shop, clean, and prep for this season again! I also tried my hand at starting seedlings and enjoyed it but do you think I overdid it?! lol. I have a lot to share with some of these angels who helped me last year. XO“
–Zone 5b
“Creating a garden with aromatic and medicinal plants.“
“Epiphyllum flowers“
-Zone 10a
“My friend and I started a new flower garden at our church! We chose perennials that could get some sun. We added different varieties and colors. It’s fun with everyone’s reactions as they enter the church❣️”
-Zone 5a
“Beautiful spring full of viburnum, peonies and ranunculus!“
-Zone 8a
“Just wanted to comment on the earliest spring weather we’ve had in years! Here in central Ohio, we are 3 – 4 weeks ahead of a typical spring. I had crocuses that bloomed in February and now roses are blooming.
My alliances have been particularly impressive this spring. Now I wonder what I have that will bloom in June???”
– zone 6a
“Plant lupins because the Columbia Gorge hike is nothing short of beautiful for spring flowers. Last year I designed lupins and they came back. Just started blooming this week. ?“
-Zone 8b
My Hellebor has been blooming since February. The bleeding hearts and iris are over, but the fasting rose lives on.
– zone 6a
“The Chipmunks had mined my raised gardens and built a whole city of critters under the plants. I fought a losing battle with them for a few years. They were fat, insolent and brash, sometimes sitting at a distance and chattering noisily to me whenever I went out to do garden work. Then two years ago, I reluctantly planted an onion in the flower bed because when I went to use it, the onion had a nice green sprout. I figured I’d just give it a chance to grow outside, almost as a “science” experiment. Last year, I planted two such sprouted kitchen onions and discovered that the cute little destructive sprouts were much less interested in my beds. This spring I planted three…and these simple onions even produced nice flower heads like their cousins. They also like bees.“
-Zone 6a
“Clematis and iris get along very well!!!“
-Zone 6b
That’s it for this year… should we do it again next year? Let me know in the comments! I hope you walk away from this post with a new sense of inspiration and gratitude after seeing all the beauty our gardening friends have shared from their gardens.
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Are you ready to plan your best spring garden for next year? See our post at how to plant bulbs in fallor for ideas, check out our list spring bulbs to plant this year. And of course, consider planting some of my favorites, ranunculus!
If you’re looking for perennials to update your landscaping for a stellar yard next spring, consider hanging on the hydrangeasor how to prune hydrangeas for better results. And then check out drought tolerant perennials to keep things afloat or flowering perennials for shade if you lack full sun.
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– Remy
