photo taken May 14th 2023 of early white irises.
Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 19

Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 19

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This week is the season of petals all over the car!  So much rain (yay!) and the lilacs and flowering chokecherry are looking lush and lovely.  And my earliest irises are blooming.  So pretty and sweet!

Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years definitely supports this as the season of lilacs.  (Though I’m sad more of my early irises don’t seem interested in flowering this year, as were hinted at from last year.)

A mosaic of 11 weekly garden images showing early to late May for 2021-2023. Lots of purple, in pasque flowers, irises, phlox, and lilacs.
May 13th 2023 garden – looking back (and forward) by 1-week and 1-year steps.

Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years shows irises in the snow, and new irises coming up next.  My garden is so shady that my big irises always take so much longer to bloom than everyone else’s in the neighborhood, and every year I’m certain they’ve just decided not to bloom.  Patience, patience.

A mosaic of 11 weekly garden images showing mid April to late May for 2019-2023. Irises at the beginning and end, and lilacs in the middle.
May 13th 2023 garden – looking back (and forward) by 2-week and 2-year steps.

…This week my garden is happy and wet and blooming.

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