Star Wars Garden Gnome Inwards The Merry Calendar Month Of May...

...there are arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum) buds...

...and blooms.

An arrowwood viburnum volunteered adjacent to the oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) in the front end foundation, which is fortuitous since they both accept complementary white flowers in addition to bloom or thence the same time...

I planted that oakleaf hydrangea agency also closed to the house. (I was immature in addition to foolish inward those days. Unlike now, when I'm a fleck older in addition to notwithstanding foolish.) As a result, I had to cut dorsum some of the stems to the the world over the winter, in addition to I tin come across where I'll likely involve to practice to a greater extent than trimming adjacent winter. But for now, I cease upwards alongside lovely vignettes of the white flowers blooming against the white porch railing...

There are no flowers yet on the novel oakleaf hydrangea that I planted final autumn, but it seems to hold upwards settling inward nicely. I sited this 1 inward the understory shade of a crape myrtle, where I'm hoping it volition thrive alongside filtered sunlight all day...

Nearby Clematis 'Crystal Fountain' has been putting a cracking demonstrate for weeks in addition to weeks. I completely failed inward my test to larn this to climb into the crape myrtle, but it sprawls charmingly in addition to forms an attractive groundcover. I cutting this dorsum nigh the the world over the winter, thence this is pretty much all novel growth. I grumble a petty almost Crystal Fountain since I don't believe it provides whatsoever benefits to wildlife, but fifty-fifty wild animals gardeners involve a few purely aesthetic marvels inward their gardens, right? (Just a reminder - Crystal Fountain clematis flowers tin look lovely for at to the lowest degree a calendar week floating inward a bowl of H2O on the breakfast table...

The 'Carefree Beauty' rose actually does alive upwards to its name. It's the solely rose I grow in addition to all I've needed to practice thence far is prune it dorsum to popular off on it from swallowing upwards the sidewalk. I don't fertilize, I don't spray, I rarely H2O it, in addition to I notwithstanding larn 2 powerful flushes of blooms inward jump in addition to autumn. I'm actually simply winging it when it comes to rose pruning. I cutting it dorsum fairly difficult this wintertime in addition to got a wonderful jump bloom, but all the soft lush foliage got a fleck floppy. I mean value some gardeners try for the floppy look, but (grass ever beingness greener in addition to all that) I kind of wishing the bush was a fleck to a greater extent than upright in addition to structured. So I may prune it dorsum 1 time to a greater extent than when this bloom finishes. I'll allow you lot know whether that works or tin become into my bulging file of Not So Great Ideas.

I totally gave upwards on rose verbena (Glandularia canadensis). It's got a reputation for beingness floriferous, but finicky. And it's sure lived upwards to that reputation inward my garden, flowering its pump out in addition to and thence vanishing. But a duet of rose verbena plants accept either come upwards dorsum from the roots or volunteered, in addition to this 1 has set on a fantastic demonstrate this year.

Finally, I don't recollect planting this penstemon in addition to accept no thought what type or species it may be, but it sure is pretty!

What are some of the shining stars inward your May garden?