Spring in Debbie and Gerald’s Connecticut Garden

Vibrant spring blooms and a feathered friend visiting the “circle garden”

Happy Monday , GPODers !

I trust everyone had a lovely weekend . Here in Connecticut , the tender weather is really amping up and give seems to already be making way for summer temperature . While I would be happy to have some more cool day before stifling New England humidity rolls through , plant seem to be thriving with the 80 ° F twenty-four hours and bright sunshine after weeks of cloud and rain .

The warm and sunny bounce weather in Connecticut has also been a boon to Debbie and her hubby , Gerald , who are savour a lush garden already full of beautiful bloom .

Hi ! I ’m Debbie from Orange , Connecticut . My husband , Gerald , and I enjoy the peach of nature and the open , so we spend a deal of fourth dimension in our gardens . We have been gardening around our home for the past 10 years .

Our property measures 1.4 acres and is two - thirds wooded . Our plant hardiness geographical zone is 6b . We care using natural stones and tilt from our woods to landscape around our home and gardens . These are photos of our other spring gardens .

The blueforget - me - nots(Myosotis sylvatica , Zones 5–9)love to spread and are so beautiful in early bounce when not too much else is blooming .

In our “ circle garden ” are a variety show of shrubs and perennial . In this picture , a purple - floweringclematishas grown up thetrellis , and the pink and white-livered foxglove are starting to bloom . The pink rhododendron and the blank ‘ Mount Airy ’ fothergilla(Fothergillamajor ‘ Mount Airy ’ , Zones 5–9)next to it are in full bloom .

Returning Narcissus pseudonarcissus , hyacinths , and lambs ’ ears(Stachysbyzantinaand cvs . , Zones 4–8 ) are all bloom underneath our walk stick tree . We also institute leaping viola that grace us with their beauty well into summertime .

This photograph shows part of thewallwe build around our “ circle garden ” with stones from our woods . ( Connecticut land is very rocky ! ) . The small Japanese maple is a focal point and is surrounded bycreeping phlox(Phlox stolonifera , Zones 4–8 ) , daylilies , evergreens , and priming covers . To the left of the maple is another walking stick tree of a dissimilar variety show .

I was golden to photograph this red - bellied woodpecker on our tributary in front of theforsythiashrubs .

Hope you revel the photos ! Happy horticulture !

A gorgeous garden , Debbie and Gerald — give thanks you for sharing !

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