May is the time when the summer perennials start to take over… but it’s not happening quite yet.

There are still some late blooming daffodils…

And there are still tulips thriving

And the Grape Hyacinths aren’t about to give way just yet.

I just love that one little stubborn white one among the blue.

But still – the late spring perennials are getting ready to shine.

The bleedings hearts aren’t quite as spectacular as they have been in the past. Last year, I moved them, and split a couple up, so they are still building their strength.

Similarily, the irises took a beating from the Iris Borer moth last year. I wasn’t sure how well my irises would do this year – but the first one has bloomed! I don’t think it’s going to be as good a show as previous years, but at least they aren’t gone completely.

My Red Pasque Flower is on the small side this year for some reason – it might have been the dry summer last year. I have to go check the catio for the purple one. I don’t recall seeing it at all.

This little Saxifraga only blooms in late spring, but it’s a nice bit of colour in the walkway garden when nothing else is in bloom there.

I actually don’t recall buying this creeping phlox… but I’m glad I did. It’s a real pop of pink right in the front of the border.

Over in the woodland garden, the Leopard’s Bane is shining bright.

And then..the summer snowflake. Which neither blooms in summer, or snow… it’s similar to a snowdrop, but blooms about a month later. I planted a few bulbs in the catio. I didn’t really do well, and I thought it would eventually fade away… but this year it’s relaly proving me wrong. There’s four or five clumps out there and they look so pretty swaying in the wind.

Now I just hopes the weather holds, so I can get in the gardens, clear some weeds, and really let these May beauties shine!