some spring blooms

While we're dealing with all the concerns and restrictions of COVID-19,  spring is arriving as usual, bringing beauty and warmth.

Apple trees and Redbud trees blooming in this photo taken from an upstairs window.

Zoomed out a bit so you can see what I've been working on this spring.  I got rid of my old rusting iron trellis and moved this white plastic arbor to that spot.  I had bought the plastic one a few years ago to support a hops vine.  I had no success with growing the hops...it just wanted to send up new shoots all the time instead of making one nice full vine.

The arbor looks much better in this spot than where it was.  The Clematis should grow up the sides but I may need to fasten them on at first.

I moved some other things in the flower bed above as well, including adding a Crepe Myrtle that was planted in a spot where it was failing.  I may have killed it by moving it but it was doomed to a slow death where it was.

Below, I like the Redbud trees more and more all the time.  It seems like their blooms stay on longer than some of the other trees. In the foreground are clumps of greenery that disappear before the blooms of naked lillies this summer.  

This is the view right outside our bathroom window.  A Dogwood tree. On the other side of the driveway, another Redbud tree.  Crabapples were blooming there a couple of weeks ago but they seem to drop their blooms almost immediately.

Also, our Japanese Red Maple. The new leaves in spring have the most vivid color.

Purple Iris making a show here by the Contorted Filbert.

And Yellow Iris here along the fence.  The dirt was bad and hard packed in this area but I've been dumping coffee grounds and vegetable scraps there to attract earthworms.  I think it's helping.

From the other direction...Azaleas, and a Lilac Bush that I cut back severely last fall.

These photos probably look just like the ones I post every spring.  But I am always amazed at this gorgeous show of spring color. So welcome after a dreary winter.