I needed a color boost yesterday so I stopped by the local garden center, Eden Farms, to see what was being featured. Not as much as in previous years at this time, but still very pretty. Here is what I found to interest me color-wise.

Flats and flats of happy faced pansies.

Somehow the color combination of orange and purple works in nature.

Forsythia bushes just bursting with blooms waiting to be planted.

Lovely ranunculus!

Grape-hued hyacinth.

A few friendly dragons placed here and there. (I guess dragons can’t spell properly ... )

Tulips.

Cheery daffodils.

Blooms placed just about everywhere! I loved this old-style steel lawn furniture.

Bright and colorful tomato cages. These would certainly jazz up your garden!

And these colorful watering cans arranged very color-artistically.

Have I helped to boost your spirit with color today? It certainly is helping me this morning as I gaze out into a gray, somewhat rainy day. But hey, April showers are okay since they are supposed to bring May flowers, right? Bring on the flowers!

I’ve often thought I should work at a garden center in order to get my plant fix.  Although, knowing me, I’d spend my salary on plants to bring home!  Love the tomato cages, but know they wouldn’t be able to hold up a full sized plant come the end of August.  We use concrete reinforcing wire to make our own cages….. ugly as hell, but I’ve never had one fall.  Happy Spring!

Maggie, your tomato plants must be monsters!

That was beautiful - I definitely need a color fix as well - gray and gloomy here too but no rain yet.  I LOVE those purple and orange pansies!  And the dragons.  I need both for MY garden.

Carolyn, glad you enjoyed and glad I went yesterday to photograph them and not waited until today! I had forgotten about your passion for dragons ...

hah! my verification word is “plant”

Oh Pansies are one of my favorites!  And of course Lilac bushes.  Pretty photos Lynne, thanks for sharing.  (Wish I could get my yard to look like that.)

Debra, yes I too wish my yard could/would look like this. That’s why I went to the garden center to take photos! Mine is sadly lacking this year and I can’t manage cleaning out the beds with my silly injuries from this winter.