It seems we are running a few weeks behind last year’s schedule for blooms. Nevertheless, here are some Bloom Day photos from the Lot for May 2013.

First up is the variegated Solomon’s Seal in Loki’s bed. This plant adores this spot, having nearly doubled each year of it’s residency.  I’m sure the fact the neighbor’s well-fed veggie garden is on the other side of the fence helps it along as well.

Next is a little English daisy planted last year. I thought for sure we’d lost it to the blazing hot summer sun last season. But the little plant popped up again this spring among the self-sown Forget-Me-Nots. Hopefully this season it will become better acclimated to the Lot and flourish.

Here is a photo from just down the street. Each spring, you can smell these lilacs from a half a block away. When the lilacs are finishing their show, the spirea hedge beneath them begin to bloom. It’s a nicely thought out combo.

Also blooming right now are grape hyacinth, lenten rose, tulips, bleeding heart, and star of Bethlehem. Be sure to visit May Dreams Gardens to see what else is in bloom this month.