gardening part 2

spring in georgia is a wonderful thing. this year has been especially cool, slowing a lot of the plant growth, but prolonging some of our early spring flowering. here are a couple of my azaleas:

and here are some plants in my woodland shade garden in the backyard. clockwise from top - astilbe, jacobs ladder, bearded iris (barely get enough sun here to bloom), snapdragons (they were on clearance at lowes - got a bunch for about .60 - i'm a sucker for a good deal), gerber daisys (special at publix - got'em cheaper than at a nursery), in the center is an easter lily i threw in the ground after easter last year. and check out that gnome - one of 2 in my backyard. if you're really quiet and leave them a little food, they move in:

and here's the early growth in my front perennial garden. i'll have stuff about 8 feet tall in here by the end of the summer:

is my life exciting, or what???