Birdsong fills the morning air,
A gentle rustling, beyond compare.
May's garden hums with life anew,
Nature's orchestra, fresh and true.
May is a really eventful month filled with birthdays and holidays. Two of my children and I are born in May and then, of course, there's Mother's Day so a lot of celebrations and presents. I'm not hard to buy for-a gift certificate to the local Southern States garden center is high on my list and I usually score a lot of them.
My goal of using living plants as mulch is still in the works and I'm buying plants to fill those empty spaces where a weed can sneak in.
I'm very fond of 'ascot rainbow ' Euphorbia as a filler but it is a very challenging plant -starts off great but in a lot of cases declines just as fast, despite good drainage and ample sun.
I use lots of chartreuse and purple in my boulder garden and soft silver plants as accents.
My front woodland bed is planted with ajuga and 'ice dance ' carex. In the background is my favorite viburnum plicatum ' mariesii ' and 'prague ' viburnum.
This area is prone to flooding during our heavy rainfalls in July so the grasses help absorb excess water.
My garden is planted for the birds and bees and I have pollinator plants that bloom very early to very late to feed them. Autumn sage is an early blooming favorite and Hellebores as well.
May is very busy in the bird world as well. I love watching them fill the many birdhouses I put up for them. The blue birds are my favorites but there are also robins, Carolina wrens, Blue Jays, Mockingbirds, Woodpeckers and Cardinals. I am also visited by many hummingbirds later in the season.
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