As I was killing honeysuckle (and almost killing me!), I took short breaks to walk around and see all the stuff still to be done, but I was rewarded by pretty things, so there’s that.

Lavender almost ready to bloom. Bees will be happy about that!

Penstemon ‘Husker Red’ is blooming. Bees are happy about that!

Weigela out front. These are two “leftovers” that I got on sale at Buchheit. I didn’t really want them, but felt sorry for them. I’m glad I did; they need some pruning, but they are good bloomers! ‘Wine and Roses’, I think (not sure).

Irises that C gave me. There was only one, but not anymore!

Coral honeysuckle on the fence. It’s soooo pretty when it does its big bloom in late spring. No wonder the MLBs are doing their mating dances; Parview is a pretty good place to live if you’re a hummingbird!

I found this little tree over on the north side, while doing an invasive honeysuckle inspection. I thought it might be, but checked with Flower Checker just to be sure, and it is wild black cherry–yaaayyy! Birds must’ve planted this for themselves. About time they contributed. 😉

More weigela in Sarah-Flah’s Giant No-Mow Flowerbed, which is already a jungle. No wonder the MLBs hang around that area; it’s right by the fence of coral honeysuckle. Tubular flowers everywhere!

Baptisia. I still have the one I bought, somewhere in the Sarah-Flah jungle, but this is one that I grew from seed, so it’s special.

Pipevine is going crazy again this year. That stuff is almost scary, but the flowers are cool-looking, if not showy.