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Blue visions of the garden! Thought I'd better share this shot before the view changes drastically;

(this is a view of the bed following after the tulips, daffodils, hyacinth, lily of the valley and dainty blue scillia have finished their display)

 - the garden bed you see here with it's vivid blues is filled with forget-me-nots and a perennial bachelor's button called centauri montana and is complimented with a hint of yellow from pansies and violas.

The scene will soon shift to a sea of pinks and whites with blooms from a shrub rose called rosa rugosa, peonies, poppies, hollyhocks, sweet peas, cheery daisies and goose-neck loosestrife.

Later golds and yellows will take over with black eyed susans, the returning pansies (once it's cool again), a prized miniature yellow rose and some zinnias that will take us through to the frost! This is accomplished by overplanting several varieties of plants that flower at different times of the season right from early spring to fall. It's always a pleasure to relax near this garden and watch it's displays change from day to day!

Think I might try putting a slide show together of shots taken over the past two years documenting each range of colour as it arrives from spring to fall. Could be fun for me and is a good demonstration of how overplanting can work interesting magic in the garden.