Front blooming

In the front, the mystery yellow flower is blooming. Something dreadful happened to it during the long grey months and about half of it died off, but the survivors are blooming as if nothing strange had happened.

The red astilbe is also out. I love the colour of this thing. There is a white astilbe, too, but the red is most definitely my favourite. I wonder what I can do to encourage it to spread.

Side blooming

The herbs are blooming now. It's a treat (as I mentioned) to have the lavender flowering, and the thyme is flowering, too. The oregano will be blooming shortly.

An open and shut case

The alliums are about to flower (I hope). It's been so grim and grey here for so many weeks, I can hardly bring myself to believe in flowers, but I think these will open. They are very, very, very tall. Over 4 feet. I'm impressed and surprised.