Another excellent grass fertilizer is "malorganite" which is all organic and come from the sludge in sewage treatment plants. Some local governments give it away. Loaded with nitrogen... Also keep deer away...
We've got a few late blooming irises (white and yellow) in bloom and a few early cosmos in bloom. The lavendar is also starting to bloom and smells delightful...
With the warm spring and above average rain fall, everything is going great guns. Pulmonaria are obsenely big with lots of donors this year. Same with the various gingers. And ferns... Solomon seal is so think we've given some of it away. Same with linten rose, wild yam and maiden hair fern....
The Noerthern Virgina Azalea Society has chosen our place for its annual plant cuttings swap so we're trying to get all the beds mulched. I've emptied my 3/4 ton truch 4 times so far and looks as if one, maybe two, more loads will do us...
Voles are real bad this year. I've got mouse traps set fir them and caught a few and the cats have caught a few but... they're bad... They've gotten two hostas, even thou they were planted with permatil!!!