Spring in Full Swing.

4-26-26 SHORT HILLS: We’re back in NJ. I have said before that going back and forth between NJ and VT in spring is like time travel. We went backwards in time going to early spring in VT after mid-spring in NJ and then forward again when we left VT. 

I have done more clean up and pruning and trimming here, with more to do.

Lily and Danna were here on Saturday afternoon for a visit, then we had dinner with Trina and Jeffrey.

Yesterday was a wash out, heavy rain and spells of light rain for 1.6 inches, plus another 0.4 inches earlier in the month for a total of 2.0 inches.

New blooms: Korean spice viburnum, nannyberry viburnum, Chinese snowball viburnum, Carolina allspice, burning bush, deutzia, honeysuckle bush, ajuga, blueberry, yellow lamium, azalea. 

Azalea brings vivid color to the garden.

Nannyberry viburnum has flat to slightly rounded flowerheads.

Korean spice viburnum is a snowball with big aroma.

Dogwood in pink.

Carolina allspice has an odd, unique, purple flower.

Ajuga is a ground cover with purplish leaves that spreads nicely. It works here and in VT.

Lamium here in yellow has interesting little flowers that entice pollinators to land on the little platform and dig for the nectar while spreading pollen. It also comes in pink, purple ane white.

Blueberry another white bell.