Take a peek into my own garden and explore some of my favorite perennials and bulbs in bloom. This list pairs personal garden photos with expert growing advice from ‘The Spruce’ to help you cultivate these beautiful plants in your own space. Helpful ...
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Lamium makes a great groundcover under my climbing rose bush. This is April in Vancouver!
Brighten a Shady Location With Spotted Dead Nettle (Lamium maculatum)
Vinca creeps around the base of tulips in my front garden.
How to Grow and Care for Periwinkle (Vinca Minor )
TBH I have no idea what variety these frilly little daffodils are in my garden but I love them and they faithfully come back every year.
Daffodils: Plant Care & Growing Guide
These have just started blooming here in Vancouver
Learn How to Plant and Care for Tulips
This is flowering nicely in a shady spot of my garden
Plant Care & Growing Guide for Siberian Bugloss (Brunnera 'Jack Frost')
It's the middle of April and the bluebells are not quite open yet … should be soon. They spread like wildfire so take care where you plant them.!
How to Grow and Care for English Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)
This one is called ‘Little Heath’ and looks pretty behind bold tulips in my garden.
Learn How to Grow Japanese Pieris for an Early Season Spectacle
It's early May now and a few more flowers are popping open around my yard like these perky Columbines.
Growing Columbine Flowers (Aquilegia spp.)
Azaleas are easy to grow and this yellow one is like adding a ray of sunshine to your yard!
Azalea: Plant Care & Growing Guide
The smell of lilacs blooming in the spring is so nostalgic for me.
Tips for Growing the Common Lilac in Your Garden
These snow-in-summer should have been named snow-in-spring.
Snow-In-Summer (cerastium tomentosum) Plant Care & Growing Guide
Hostas disappear in fall and reappear like magic every spring! They add a wonderful foliage contrast in the shade garden.
