Summer 2004
  

May 5.  The White Bed. 
In the foreground are Candytuft (Iberis sempervirons) on the right,
Japanese Painted Fern (Athyrium goeringianum) on the left. 
In the pot is a pink Verbena hybrid  (Verbena ‘Lanai Lavender Star’). 
The white-flowering shrub in the background is Deutzia gracilis.
  

May 5.  The White Bed.
Here is a closer view of  the Verbena, Candytuft and Deutzia.
 

May 5.  Snowflakes (Galanthus nivalis) are late to flower.
 

May 5.  The Back Yard. 
By this date more Iris are in flower.
 

May 5.  Hostas are well along after an unusually early warm spring.  
From front to back:  Hosta montana ‘aureo-marginata, H. ‘Sweet Tater Pie,’
H. ‘Wide Brim,’ H. ‘Leola Fram,’ H. ‘Hughes Breeder.’
On the right in the grass is H. ‘Sunshine Glory.’
 

May 5.  East Side Yard. 
The white-flowering shrub is Spiraea x vanhouttei. 
Under the Smokebush (Cotinus coggygria ‘Royal Purple’)
are blue Spanish Bluebells (Hyacinthoides hispanica).
 

May 5.  A closer view of Spanish Bluebells.