Spring Planting

I love the green growth and new life of spring!  Just not the weeds that were taking over my flower bed a few weeks ago.  Sadly, some of the weeds were taller than the shrubs in the flower bed in the back yard.

A couple weekends ago I tackled the weeds, and removed some ugly shrubs at the ends of the flower bed (the ones that look dead).  I didn't realize how difficult they would be to remove.  The root system was huge...and stubborn!

Woody helped.

And Ben took that time to rake the yard.  I think there were a few more leaves than he anticipated:

Then I needed to fill the empty space!  Last weekend I spent most of the day Saturday and a little time on Sunday planting some colorful new additions and rearranging shrubs.

I think it looks a little better.  :-)

I also found this great ornamental pepper plant for the patio!

Looking forward to lots of sunshine and flowers this spring.  Hope your's is beautiful as well.