Two Weeks in the Garden

This is some of what I have been seeing in my garden over the last two weeks.  Enjoy.

 The Royal Raindrops crabapple that I planted last year.  I put this in to eventually replace an old Snowdrift crabapple, though so far it looks great this season.  

Columbine that has seeded itself and gone wild in the yard.  

 Salvia that was used to replace daylilies.  Deer do not eat salvia.

 I know I told myself I would buy no new plants this year, but I removed some more grass and this clematis was lovely.  

 Last year I divided all the iris and they too seem to be doing great.  

 Wisteria 'Amethyst Falls'.  More like wisteria on steroids.  It is just loaded with flowers this year.

 My oldest peony that my mother gave me from her yard back in the mid 70's.  I have three plants now.

Krinkled White peony that just opened this morning.

Ferns.  A friend gave me a few ferns back in the 70's when I was planting the garden.  Every year I have some to dig some up from where I do not want them.  I've tried to concentrate them in a few areas and this year they are just gorgeous.

As much as I complained about the long cold winter, many of my perennials seem to have loved it.  I did lose some plants, but the ones that survived are loving the rain and high humidity.