Transitions in the Garden

 We're in the middle of growth and change in the garden.  Daffodils are finished, the leaves just building strengh for next year's flowers.  The Primrose are nearly finished too.  But other plants are growing fast!  Hostas are virtually exploding out of the ground with their big leaves and our first Peony is in bloom, as well as several other plants.

This is the first of the Peonies to bloom, out in the front garden in full sun.  It's the very unusual Fernleaf Peony.  I love the deep red colour.

You saw the leaves of this one in the spring plant quiz.  It's Leopard's Bane.

We have both white and pink Bleeding Heart.

And a few Alliums.  Sorry about the neighbour's distant wheelbarrow.

I think the name of Coral Bells is most appropriate at this stage, when the tiny blooms haven't really opened yet.

This is an Azalea, but I don't remember it being so white last year.