6-B Zone, Northern Hemisphere, Blue Ridge Mountain..... Still snow on the ground...

Okay, Iz a gardener nut married to a gardener nut. We are members of azalea and camilla socities and have the spring completely planned for new plantings (12 new rhodos, 7 camillas, 20 or so azaleas) to go along with our vast gardens.

I love early spring. All the early wild flowers abound. Tooth wort first. Then shooting stars, twin leaf, blood root, trout littly, trilium, Dutchman's britches, larkspur, snowdrops, Jack in the pulpits and the May apple. The wild yams start to climb and the Indian cucumber with its tiers peeking out to see whats happening. The ferns opening and unfolding after a winter's rest.... And then the rhodos, and azaleas and willows and dogwood and red bud come and you get those full moon nights where you can see the colors even at midnight....

And its till up the veggie bed and get things all ready fir another great summer of eating right out of the garden at night...

I've got a new bed this season which I carved out last year. It's gonna be a euphorbia bed with just eniff other contrasting plants to make it intersting. I had lots of eiphorbia and dug it up last year and moved it all together so this summer it will fill in and become a real statement....

Anyone interested in odd evergreens? Me too. I've got a real nice evergreen (partial shade) garden....

Anyone got "green spiral" growin'?

Er' sky pencil?

Umbrella pine?

Columnal bayberry?

Bobert