Inspiration from the Garden

I don’t need more inspiration to write a gardening article than to see the efforts my plants are making to insure my happiness.

Forsythia and lilacs have finished their show, bridal wreath spirea blossoms have dropped to make room for the fragrant mock orange bushes and honeysuckle vines, and vibrant magenta blooms on the peonies and gorgeous colors of iris have all but erased the memory of tulips and daffodils.

The transition to summer finds the frenzy of spring chores much less demanding.

Analysis is the order of things at this time in the garden.

What plants are thriving and what plants nee...