Snowballs in the Spring

One of my favorite bushes is the Snowball.
They help to give our home that vintage old house look, even though our home is only 13 years old.

The actual name is Viburnum 'Roseum'

The Original Snowball Bush. 

They can get up to 12' feet high and wide. 

They like full to partial sun and are very tolerant to growing conditions.

I have them in every flower garden and around the house.

I love their old fashioned look. 

This year is going to be a good year for these bushes, sometimes they can be affected by bugs and it just wipes out the whole bush, leaves and all. 

 This bush is about 11 years old and as you can see it is  huge.

They turn from a limey green little ball to a big white ball of snow. 

Just look at those puff balls, perfect for throwing.

When the petals start to fall from tree, I let the children have their Spring snowball fights.  Nice thing about these snowballs, they don't hurt when you get hit by one.  By the end of the fight there are white petals everywhere and you would have thought it really snowed.

So, anyone up for a snowball fight?

  They are already pre-rolled.

I am off to the garden, the sun is out and I have flowers to plant.

Thanks for stopping by, if you want to see more gardens pop over and visit Fishtail Cottage for Cottage Flora Thursday with Tracie. 

and Debra from Common Ground for Vintage Inspiration Friday.

and Cindy from My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday.

One final note; I think we are all still having problems with Blogger and leaving comments.  I tried a few and no luck, maybe they will have it fixed soon.

 

Just so you know I will try to stop by later.  Alaina

Flowers to Come

I mentioned in my previous post that my gardens are doing well with all of this rain.

  I thought I would show you some of the beauty that will be here in the next couple of weeks.

I am so looking forward to the blooms that are yet to come.

When Mr. M. and I started planting our gardens the year after we built it, I insisted on Bridal Wreath Spirea, one, because I love the white flowers and two, it would help make our house look less like a newly built home.  They are around the whole hose and I have never regretted planting so many.   I even put them in my other gardens I love them so. 

 In a couple of weeks my house will be surrounded in white. 

There is a seat in every garden, to sit and enjoy the view.

Roses, roses everywhere!

The bird houses are usually covered in climbing roses or vines by the middle of summer.

If you enjoyed my gardens you should stop by and visit Tracie from Fishtail Cottage for Cottage Flora Thursdays.

and

Cindy from My Romantic Home for Show and Tell Friday.

Thank you for visiting, I am off to work in the gardens, a gardener's work is never done.

Too Cold to Weed

I love to garden, and although my gardens do not look like this now, this is what I have to look forward to.

This is a hard time of year for me. 

 As much as I would like to be outside gardening, the weather is not co-operating. 

The calendar may say Spring, but my thermometer is saying no no no no.  So I am going to show some of last years garden to keep me happy when the sun is not shinning and to see what I have to look forward to.

I have come back to my gardens from last year to do a little update and share with some new friends.

I am joining Tracie from Fishtail Cottage, she has some beautiful garden inspiration for Cottage Flora Thursdays. 

If you are an new visitor thank you for stopping by, you will want to come back and visit again when I am back in the gardens because I am always planting new beds and this year I am hoping to do some major gardening.