Spring Landscaping Project

I have a few ongoing gardening / landscaping projects and it seems like they evolve every year. The slope in front of the house is still a work in progress as the phlox and other ground covers start to fill in, and we're adding some of the larger rocks that were found when the deck was being built.

Earlier this year I added a couple of hardy dedicuous azaleas and moved the more tender azaleas behind the deck where they seem much happier. Below is the slope in the front of the house:

Here are the azaleas I moved earlier this year. This picture doesn't do them justice. The color is really striking in real life:

In the front of the deck the plants I transferred in the fall seem to be making themselves at home. The hostas I planted here were all split from two very large plants where the deck extension now is:

I'm also replacing the plants that were trampled during the deck project and adding some shade-loving plants. Today we stopped by the Sandbrink's plant sale and picked up a few very nice plants. I know this spot looks fairly sunny, but once the oak tree's leaves fill in it's a nice shady spot.
One of my bleeding hearts made it through the trampling of the deck construction, so I added another bleeding heart, black cohosh (hey, aren't you supposed to use that for hot flashes?), and a very pretty little Solomon's seal plant. I also couldn't resist picking up a small peony plant, but I planted that one in full sun out front.

Back in the front of the house the little island garden seems to be settled in nicely. If I only knew a few years ago that lamb's ear spread this well I never would have bought so much!

Next project... Mulch. Hey isn't the gift for the 5 year anniversary decomposing tree bark? Very romantic.