May - the glorious month of May! We can be sure the freezes are gone, the heat is not as intense as it will be and every thing is in glorious bloom with wonderful colors and fragrances. If only we could make it last longer...

I am offended by the garden writers who refer to the bloom of American Eunonymous (Hearts-a-Busting) as "inconspicuous". They are lovely little blooms and wait and see how they change in the fall!

Sweet Shrub - lovely little flowers with a wonderful fragrance.

Delicate Spiderwort

A red eyed turtle looking for some flowers for dinner

"Kiss of the sun for pardon. Song of the birds for mirth. You're closer to God's heart in a garden Than any place else on earth." Dorothy Frances Gurney, poet, born 10/4/1858

A Lady in Red with buds - a joy to see after the late April freeze burned so many hydrangea buds.

Mr. Lincoln - heavily perfumed red, red rose

I know that if odour were visible, as colour is,
I'd see the summer garden in rainbow clouds.
Robert Bridges, Testament of Beauty

"...the world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful."
ee cummings, American poet born 10/14/1894

The first of the peonies to open - you can soak a fat peony bud underwater to get the ants off before you bring it in.

Woo hoo! Finding a rhodo opening in your garden in quite a cause for spring celebration!
"The garden that is finished is dead."
E. Bates, British screenwriter

For more information, contact: rose@DunwoodyGardenClub.com