“Remoted – Hybrid” – Day 781 (Friday) – bleeding heart tour

There is a hosta in there.

The yard plants are really springing to life. Dandelions dot the wasteland of the front yard. Greenery will eventually fill in to replace what is currently tan dead stuff. Each year it greens and connects the various clumps of wide blade whatever that is, which is probably not grass and that I fondly call "faux grass."

The general rule for the "lawn" area is "if it's green, it can stay." And instead of taming the flower beds as they creep into the lawn, the flower bed fencing is set further out to expand the bed by several inches each year. This accommodates the spread of plants and is part of a strategic plan to minimize the area that needs mowing. Or I'm too lazy to properly tend the flower beds. 

The leaves that will soon host violets are emerging under the rhododendron, along with the first signs of lily of the valley. Tiger lily and iris greens are gaining height along the side property line and the lilac has an impressive array of buds in what looks to be the makings of its best showing so far.

Back yard plant from a
split of the front yard plant.

Near the back yard shed, what were once a few irises on each side of the small ramp to the door have spread and now crowd each other. A lone hosta struggles for space where it was once the star of the corner. Now that it has begun to show itself, I can try and dig the hosta out for relocation. 

There were once several hosta in the front yard, but their relocation for the front yard fence project in 2020 took its toll. The new locations were not ideal, or the hot July timing was not right, but the end result is that most are no longer present in the yard.

The only floral regret is the absence of perennials like tulips, daffodils, and hyacinth for early season color. 

In several spots in the back yard, four or five bleeding heart plants in various sizes are beginning to show their dark pink blossoms. One particular plant under the lilac has stems loaded with hot pink hearts dangling like charms. they are bright enough to be seen across the span of the yard from the window over the kitchen sink.

The lush front yard  bleeding heart.

The several back yard bleeding hearts were all dug from the plant in the front yard that seems to double in size each year. Last year, the original plant grew so large that the greenery hung over half of the steps to the front door. It was split last year with the multiple plants transplanted and split again this spring, when half of it was dug out and brought to Mom’s on Easter. 

After being halved, the front yard bleeding heart is lush and looks as big as it was before the split of just a couple weeks ago. The next bleeding heart split is destined for my sister’s yard. In our heart-shaped world, that is where my now jumbo plant came from several years ago, as a small plant.