Coming up and melting

I am enjoying the heat so far today (ask me again I feel about it tonight when it is time for bed and the house is a million degrees. Then I may feel more like the flowers below.)These guys are ok as they are in shade most of the day... Happy myrtle. Yeah! They are surviving the transplant.

I am surprised at how quickly this peony is shooting up.

Happy flowers here. I think this is my favorite part of the yard at the moment.

Tulips are in full bloom on this side of the front steps. Daffodils weren't so successful for some reason. I may have butchered the bulbs when I was planting the hyacinths last fall...

Round 2

Ok, so round 1 last year didn't go as well as hoped. Lawn is still lumpy and patchy with dirty and moss. My vegetable garden didn't exactly flourish. New approach: throw my heart and soul into the lawn in the fall and focus on the flower beds now. I am going to skip the wimpy vegetable garden and try get some perennials going instead. I much prefer pretty, nice smelling plants anyway. I went to town planting bulbs for spring last fall. Unfortunately a bunch started coming up THAT fall and though the stalks are turning green I think I was mistaken to trim them in hopes new shoots would come. I think the yellow stalks may have turned green and even flower. Anyway, I am kind of pleased with the new bed on the west side of the house. I am glad the tulips and daffodils are all in bloom and like the variation in daffodils. They are flopping over, though, and I rather them stand tall and more full. Baby steps. I planted a ground cover "Myrtle" in the corners of the yard and hope they take off and eliminate the need for mulch there. I like the bulbs coming up there - Hibiscus? I planted some petunias along the fence to take over when the tulips and daffodils pass their season. I bought a couple rose bushes for the south side of the house and planted some summer bulbs - Freesia and Dahlias. I swear I planted dahlias last year from seed, however, they were in bulb form at the store. Do they start as seed and grow bulbs? I am hesitant to dig up the ground in that area this year as I think I hit a bulb when my first shovel went in. Wait and see?
South wall: New Tulip

YAY! I bought peonies last year and they didn't do anything. I believe this is a peony as this has sprouted up in both locations I had once planted them...

I will pretend these ducks are to blame for my stunted daffodils. I see some lilies coming up though!

One of my favorite new daffodils.

I wish I saved the tops of the bags when I planted last fall so I would know what kind of daffodils I planted...

New corner plantings include more daffodils and tulips and Myrtle ground cover. Planted those hibiscus' around the tree (I think)

Northeast corner, similar plantings.