Blueberries are Ready

The blueberry experiment is bearing fruit. The bushes we planted a month ago are beginning to provide snacks for my daughter.

Blue is Tricky in Boise

This hydrangea has come very close to being evicted from my yard, but seeing this baby blue bloom makes me happy it's still here. This plant bloomed pink for the first 4 years I owned it because the soil has to be more acidic than alkaline for the blue to show up...and Boise soil is naturally alkaline. And it took four years of acidifier additives to get it to this color.

Hollyhock

A barely pink hollyhock along the foundation.

Garden Glads

A wonderful pink explosion of color. I tuck glad bulbs in the garden beds each year.

Greek Oregano

The blooms on Greek oregano, which I clip as a fresh herb and use as a landscape planting. It re-seeds itself and bees love it.

Black-eyed Susans Waking Up

One of my garden favorites just waking up: black-eyed Susans.

Spirea

An ornamental shrub very popular in this area: spirea. It needs a little trimming each spring and fall.