Late springtime garden flowers after a rain!

We have had a lot of rain lately and the garden flowers are loving it! My sorta shade garden to the south side of the front stairs has a multitude of flowering plants, most of which will be flowering over the next several weeks although some will wait until August. You can see a huge Interrupted Fern filling a space in the back left of the garden. Most of what you see up front are a variety of Astilbe which have sent up flower stalks with lots of buds. Behind the Astilbe are Meadow Geranium and Smooth Spiderwort (which I have to liberate from underneath part of the Interrupted Fern). In the front in between the Astilbe are Coral Bells and Lady's Mantle. There are more plants in there, but these are the most prolific.

 This lovely Meadow Geranium plant, found in the garden to the south of the front stairs, has the most gorgeous flowers! I love the purplish pink petals, the yellow stamen, the almost candy cane coloring of the pistil!

Also in this garden are Coral Bells aka Heuchera. They haven't bloomed in years since they are covered by a plethora of Astilbe, I think I will trim back the Astilbe so that it can get some sunshine. This was the first plant given to me by the renters that came with our house back when we bought it in 2000.

Right next to the Coral Bells is the Lady's Mantle. It has its tiny green flowers in bloom, but what I love more are the water droplet patterns on the hairy leaves!

The irises are spreading in the garden to the north of the front stairs. I just cannot keep up with them but do not want them to take over this garden. I wish there was a way to contain their spread. The last time I dug a bunch of them up, it was really hard work and it looks like I will need to do this again.  They certainly are so beautiful!

Sweet William flowers are just coming into bloom and these white ones are stunning! Look at all the colors and patterning...unless you look closely you would miss all these fine details.

I am so obsessed with the red Dianthus in Toby's Memorial Garden. It is in full bloom and is so gorgeous!

Speaking of red flowers, I potted some Geraniums on the front deck to give it a nice splash of color up there.

In the backyard, the Weigela and Rhododendron are surrounded by Jewelweed which will bloom in summertime.

The Weigela is in full bloom and the bees and butterflies love its red blossoms.

The Weigela flowers and buds are gorgeous.