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May Blooms

Growing Zone 7b - Murray, KY

Are you just loving the blooms in your yard and the gorgeous color around your town? Perhaps it is because it is time for May Blooms at Garden Blogger's Bloom Day @ Carol J. Michel. So come along with me to see the blooms in my yard then hop on over to Carol's sight and check out the blooms at the other gardeners' site.

Growing in Pots

Getting my pots ready and my drip system going was at the top of the list for early spring. I was scheduled for back surgery in April and knew I wouldn't be able to get anything done for quite some time after my surgery.

The pot is filled with purple verbena and red and yellow lantana.

Yellow Supertunias from Proven Winners.

Yellow Supertunias Saffron Finch is the new color for 2024. I read to pair them with bold purples and reds to get an impressive show of colors.

Are you familiar with this sweet white bloom? I tried the Betty White Bacopa last year with no luck but decided to give it another chance. Last year, it was in a lot of shade and this year it will be in full sun.

In a few other pots and pushed in some white nasturtium seeds after I soaked the seeds overnight. I was pleasantly surprised to see the leaves growing.

The above pot has the purple verbena, striped petunias and the nasturtium leaves growing.

Growing in the Ground

Last month I showed the picture below with some phlox in the front of the birdhouse.

Now, take a look and see what has changed.

Now look at the two pics side by side.

Now you see it, don't you! It is the tall phlox blooming behind the birdhouse. I planted the tall phlox one or two years ago and it has flourished.

We have Spiderwort blooming in our shade bed and primrose blooming in another bed.

Last in the lineup of May blooms are my knock-out roses.

I have three bushes of knocks out and they are always blooming by Mother's Day.

Blooms on the Shady Deck

We have planted some Impatients in the pots on our shady deck. We love to sit on this deck on watch and listen to the birds.

We enjoyed seeing the Northern Lights from the end of our driveway. I hope you all had a chance to see them.

Thanks for joining me today as we strolled through some of our flower beds then up to the deck to see the May Blooms - Judy.

Linking to:

Garden Blogger's Bloom Day @ Carol J. Michel

Mosaic Monday @ South and Mind and So On - Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Sundays on Silverado @ The House on Silverado

Sunday Sunshine Blog Hop @ Ridge Haven Homestead

Happiness is Homemade @ Ducks in A Row

MET Monday @ BNOTP

Monday Morning Blog Walk

Nature Notes on Monday

OMHG Wonderful Wednesday on Monday

All About Home @ Follow the Yellow Brick Home and Common Ground on Monday at 6 pm

Through My Lens on Monday

Inspire Me Tuesday @ A Stroll Thru Life

Tuesdays With A Twist @ God's Growing Garden, Stone Cottage Adventures

Pictorial Tuesday @ Peabea Photos on Tuesday

Share Your Style @ French Ethereal

Tuesday Turn About @ My Wee Abode at 6 pm

Creative Muster @ Fluster Buster on Tuesday at 6 pm

Wonderful Wednesday @ Ducks in a Row on Tuesday evening

Wordless Wednesday @ Ramblin' With AM

My Corner of the World @ Photographing New Zealand on Wednesday

Thankful Thursday @ It's a Small Town Life

Thinking Out Loud Thursday @ Penney's Passion on Wednesday

Little Things Thursday @ Random-osity

Thursday Favorite Things @ Katherine's Corner

FLORAL FRIDAY FOTOS on Thursday

Funtastic Link Party @ Two Chicks and A Mom on Thursday 9pm

Friday Faceoff

Fabulous Link Party @ Peacock Ridge Farm

Friendship Friday Blog Hop @ Create With Joy

Floral Bliss on Friday

Friday Features Link Party @ Penny's Passion

Farm House Friday @ County Road 407

Friday With Friends @ My Hubbard Home

Saturday Sparks @ Pieced Pastimes on Friday

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Garden Affair @ Jaipur Garden

Early Blooms for 2024

From Murray, Kentucky in the southern tip of Western Kentucky - growing zone 7b.

It's so exciting with the spring blooms begin to pop out. A couple of my beds are full of gorgeous blooms and colors.

We have been working in most of the beds cleaning out the winter debris and getting rid of some weeds already growing.

The Variegated Vinca is growing and blooming.

My Bradford Pear tree blooms have popped open this week. Sadly, we lost a big limb out of the tree. You can see the woodpile underneath the tree where hubs has been cutting the limb up.

I drive by this Bradford Pear every time I'm on the way to town. It is just beautiful!

My Jane magnolia tree has blooms on it. This is the third year for this compact tree, so it is still small, maybe 5 feet. They grow 10-15 feet tall with a maximum spread of 8-12 feet. I just love the color of the flowers.

Enjoy your emerging gardens and keep digging in the dirt! I hope to get my dahlia bulbs planted in pots in our shop this week or next.

We have two forsythia bushes that are in bloom.

Thanks for stopping by to see my spring blooms. - Judy.

Linking to:

Garden Blogger's Bloom Day @ Carol J. Michel

Our Gorgeous Azaleas

Our Azaleas are just bursting with color! These two hot pink shrubs just make my day when I see the ultimate beauty they bring to springtime.

This picture was taken from the front of our yard looking back at our huge expanded flower bed and our home in the background.

Purple creeping phlox are blooming in front of the azaleas.

You can see our expansion project of this flower bed linked at the end of this post.

The tall iris are reaching their beautiful purple heads up behind those hot pink blooms of the azaleas.

Buds and looms encompass the entire azalea shrub.

Our dogwood trees are young trees that stand about six feet tall. They make a nice backdrop for the iris and azaleas.

Here are the two posts I made on this huge undertaking to expand this flower bed:

In the Garden and A New Project in 2018 - click here

Flower Bed Project Update in 2018 - click here

Thanks for stopping by to see our gorgeous azaleas - Judy.

Linking to:

Our World @ Our World Tuesday on Monday

All About Home @ Follow the Yellow Brick Home

Party in Your PJ's @ The Apple Street Cottage on Tuesday

Tuesday Turn About Link Party @ Thistle Key Lane

Wonderful Wednesday @ Oh My Heartsie Girl on Tuesday

Wonderful Wednesday @ Ducks in a Row

Share Your Style @ French Ethereal

My Corner of the World @ Photographing New Zealand on Wednesday

Thankful Thursday @ It's a Small Town Life

FLORAL FRIDAY FOTOS

Little Things Thursday @ Random-osity

Friday Photo Journal @ Serendipity is Sweet

Thursday Favorite Things @ Katherine's Corner

Flaunt It Friday @ Chic on a Shoestring

Grace at Home @ The Charm of Home on Thursday

Saturday Sparks @ Pieced Pastimes on Friday

Pink Saturday @ How Sweet the Sound on Friday

Garden Affair @ Jaipur Garden on Saturday

Sundays at Home @ My Soulful Home on Saturday

Saturday Spotlight @ Calypso in the Country

Celebrate Your Story @ Celebrate & Decorate on Sunday

Mosaic Monday @ Letting Go of the Bay Leaf on Sunday

Love Your Creativity Link Party @ Life and Linda on Sunday at 2pm

Sunday Link Party @ Finding Silver Pennies

Sundays on Silverado @ The House on Silverado

Busy Monday @ A Pinch of Joy on Sundays at 5pm

Springtime in Our Kentucky Yard

It is such a joy when Spring arrives and the flowers and trees begin to bloom here in Western Kentucky where we live.

Forsythia with their bright yellow blooms are the first signs of spring in our yard. Did you know it has the common name of Easter tree.

The jonquils are also early bloomers in our area. Seems like I had more blooms this year than last.

Love this white jonquils with the yellow centers.

The jonquils make lovely arrangements for the table.

The bearded iris just started blooming this week in my flower bed; the deep purple color is just stunning. So showy!

You can see the buds on the azalea just behind the iris starting to open.

We had frost a few nights ago; I covered my azaleas (and lots of other plants and shrubs) with sheets trying to keep the buds from freezing. Looks like my precautions saved the buds.