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🌷Spring Flowers🌷

Spring flowers are almost in full bloom in my gardens around my house.  The azaleas in the front where it's very shady all of the time still have some blooming to do. 


 This is definitely my favorite season in my garden.  Luckily the former owners of my house liked to garden and planted most of what you see here. However this year, to replace a hole left by a dead tree that we removed, I planted about 20 tulip bulbs.  About 14 bloomed!

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