Spring Flowers

We've been spending lots of time outside lately, so I thought I'd share some of our spring flowers. 

After 10 years our yard is finally coming together. We still have a few problem areas and a few things I'd like to add.  We started small and each year added a few new plants or trees.

These dianthus are new this year. I got one from my daughter for mothers day years ago. Even though it's supposed to be an annual, it keeps coming back and getting bushier with more blooms. I'm hoping these ones will too. 

Last year we got this creeping phlox. We bought ten small plants and they have just spread out and are so pretty. I'm waiting for them to go on sale again. I want 15-20 more. 

This is one of my cherry bushes. They started out in 4" pots. I think we've had them 4-5 years now. It produced a sour cherry. {for pie making}

We got 4 fruit trees last spring. I've been wanting fruit trees forEVER.  This one is our apple tree.

This one is our peach tree. We didn't know if this one would make it, since the dog chewed it up pretty good last fall. But it seems to be doing great.

This is one of our two bing cherry trees. {See that little bee doing his job}

These tulips are one of the first things we got for our yard. One side of our walkway has tons of them. I'm not sure what happened but the other side has only a few. Every spring I think I need to plant more this fall, and every year I either forget or am too lazy when fall comes around. 

I saw some potted ones at the store, has anyone ever planted them from plants as opposed to bulbs? Do they take? 

This is probably my favorite! I absolutely love lilacs. They are so fragrant and so pretty. I've had this bush for 8 years now. It was one of the first things I planted in our yard.  I have a picture of my oldest daughter who was not quite 2 and she was bigger than the bush. It's huge now. The only problem is that it is on the side of the house where I don't go very much, so I don't enjoy it as much as I should. 

We also have raspberry and strawberry plants, as well as our garden boxes. Maybe after I get those weeded, I'll share them too. We also have four HUGE ponderosa pine trees in our front yard. I still can't believe how big they've gotten.