Hey, did you notice the difference in my shrubs in those two pictures of the yard? They were just taken a couple of weeks apart, and my Russian sage is WAY bigger in the second picture! And, I absolutely must point out that my irises are blooming!! This is the first year they've bloomed. I know they usually don't bloom the first year, but I planted them in '04, so I was thinking I had a dud iris bulb! I was SO pleased to see it blooming like crazy!! I was so worried about my shrubbery after it was buried under three feet of snow for two straight months, but it looks like it mostly bounced back without any permanent damage.

Labels: landscaping, shrubs, yard