Spring Garden Tour 2025: Early Blooms, New Growth, and Seasonal Changes

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A spring garden tour of my 2025 landscape, sharing early blooms, garden progress, and what emerged as the growing season began.

Spring is always a season of anticipation in the garden. After months of dormancy, the landscape slowly comes back to life…sometimes exactly as planned, and sometimes not at all.

This spring garden tour of 2025 highlights what emerged early in my garden, how different areas responded to the season, and where the garden showed signs of growth and promise. Rather than perfection, this tour reflects the reality of spring gardening: fresh starts, surprises, and the beginning of another year in the garden.

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A two-story yellow house with white trim and a large front porch sits behind a stone wall, surrounded by blooming yellow and white daffodils and lush green lawn, with tall leafless trees in the background.

Spring Flowering Bulbs: Tulips, Hyacinths, and More!

Of course, my daffodils are always a stunner. The bed along the driveway is such joy when it begins to bloom in early spring, and this year was no exception. Layers upon, layers, upon layers of beautiful yellow blooms. And this year? I cut more to enjoy indoors.

A person in sunglasses and a leopard-print top holds a bouquet of yellow daffodils, standing in a garden filled with the same flowers. They are smiling, dressed in blue jeans and white shoes, with a house and trees in the background.

But this may have been my favorite spring of all time because I planted over 1000 tulips and at least 100 hyacinths in fall 2024 and the blooms were epic! I planted them in both the potager’s raised beds and welcome garden, and all I can say is wow. Just wow.

I remember thinking to myself in fall how exhausted I was when I was planting them all and how it would pay off in spring. It was enough to keep me going and looking back at how it all came together…I 1000% did it again in the fall 2025.

A garden with vibrant orange, pink, and purple tulips in bloom, surrounding a stone fountain. Behind the flowers are raised beds, green fencing, a green arbor, and trees in the background.

Colorful flower beds with vibrant purple, pink, and orange hyacinths in the foreground and tulips in shades of pink, yellow, and purple in the background, set in a garden with green fencing and leafy trees.

A vibrant garden bed filled with blooming tulips in shades of red, yellow, pink, and orange, with a flowering white tree and lush green trees in the background on a spring day.

A vibrant flower garden with rows of tulips and pansies sits beside a curved driveway, with lush green trees and a white house and garage in the background on a sunny day.

The globemaster alliums wrapped up my spring blooming bulbs with large, purple globes that looked magical among all of my other plants. Here are a few pics before we head into other spring garden highlights.

Close-up of three round, purple allium flowers in a garden bed, with a yellow house and trees blurred in the background under a cloudy sunset sky. — Globemaster Alliums

Two large, round purple allium flowers bloom in the foreground of a garden, with more alliums and lush green foliage visible in the blurred background.

A lush garden with blooming orange roses, purple alliums, and green foliage. A metal garden arbor and green lattice fence run along a paved pathway, with trees and bushes in the background.

Planting Cool Season Annuals: Stock, Ranunculus, Nemesia, and Pansies

Because the potager garden was going to put on the best show ever with all those tulips, hyacinths and daffodils, I went all in on planting the other beds with cool season annual flowers like stock, ranunculus, nemesia, and pansies with my winter sown vegetables and herbs. My seedlings were so small, so I added these flowers to make it all look more cohesive and pretty.

A garden scene with a white table surrounded by wicker chairs, a planter box of colorful flowers on the table, and blooming flowers in pink, purple, and orange in the foreground. Green trees and fencing are in the background.

A garden bed with vibrant flowers including orange and dark red ranunculus, purple stock, and yellow pansies. The plants are lush and healthy. In the background, there's a green lattice fence and bare trees under a setting sun.

A vibrant garden bed with leafy green vegetables and blooming yellow and purple flowers, surrounded by lush foliage and wooden edging. — Vegetables I grew from seed and flowers

A wooden outdoor table with wicker chairs sits on a stone patio surrounded by blooming flowers, with a large planter of colorful flowers on the table and lush green trees in the background.

A black urn planter filled with pink and purple flowers, surrounded by white blooms, sits on a stone porch in front of a brown door with a gold handle. A "HELLO" doormat is by the door. — Sweet alyssum, pansies, and rise up lilac days rose

Hellebores

Our property has several different gardens filled with lenten rose. And it’s such a delight to see them flower after a long, cold, and dark winter. We have some near the front porch but the best views are in my backyard gardens where they flower among daffodils, bleeding hearts, brunnera, lungwort and virginia bluebells. They bloom for so long here year after year and thrive in the shade.

Hellebores are SUPPOSE to be deer resistant, but this year, one of my plants were hit in the front yard garden near the driveway. I was shocked! So I will be spraying them next year with deer repellent just in case.

A garden with green shrubs and pinkish flowers in the foreground, yellow and white daffodils near a large rock, and a tall green lattice fence with trees and spring blossoms in the background.

A cluster of pink hellebore flowers with green leaves, some blossoms facing downward, showing delicate petals and speckled centers. The flowers are dense, creating a lush, colorful display.

Purple and pink flowers bloom in a lush garden. In the background, there’s a white footbridge, green lawn, bushes, and bare trees under a cloudy sky. The scene looks calm and vibrant with spring growth.

Pinkish-purple hellebore flowers in the foreground with bright yellow daffodils blooming in the background near a green fence in a garden setting.

Greenish-yellow hellebore flowers are in the foreground of a garden, with purple flowers and a stone pillar visible in the blurred background near a tan house.

Brunnera and Virginia Bluebells

My brunnera and viriginia bluebells start flowering shortly after the hellebores in the backyard zen garden. They are one of my favorite plant combinations for shade, adding lots of color, texture and bloom in an otherwise dark corner of my garden.

A lush garden with dense green foliage, small blue flowers in the foreground, flowering bushes, and tall trees in the background on a partly cloudy day.

A garden with lush green leaves and clusters of small purple-blue flowers in the foreground, with dark red flowers and a white footbridge visible in the background.

Roses

2025 was an AMAZING year for my garden roses. I’m not sure if it was our climate this year or what, but every rose plant bloomed prolifically and without issues. The knockout roses I planted along the front wall were covered in flowers and my At Last roses in the potager looked GORGEOUS with my globemaster alliums this year. Even the Eden climbing roses that I planted last year pushed out more blooms than I was expecting given it’s only been in the ground for a year!

A colorful garden with blooming orange roses, purple alliums, and various flowers, surrounded by green lattice fencing and a wooden walkway on the left. Trees and a yellow house are visible in the background.

A lush garden with blooming red, white, and purple flowers, dense green foliage, and a rustic stone wall set against a backdrop of tall trees.

Clusters of vibrant pink roses in full bloom with several buds, surrounded by lush green leaves. — Ringo Double Pink Roses

A hand wearing a red perforated wristband holds a large, fully bloomed pink rose against a green metal fence and leafy background. — Eden Rose planted in spring 2024

Pink and orange roses bloom in a sunlit garden, surrounded by green leaves. A green fence and trees can be seen in the background, adding to the lush, peaceful atmosphere. — Eden Rose with At Last Roses

Two yellow flowers with bright red centers bloom among glossy green leaves. The petals are slightly ruffled, and the vivid colors contrast with the surrounding foliage. — Ringo Rose

The Cottage Garden: Spring Flowering Bulbs and Early Blooming Perennials for Part Shade

I had to give this garden its own place for spring because I ripped out all of the liriope last year and planted it with perennials and bulbs in 2024. And wow – did this garden pay off.

The soil wasn’t all that great, so early on in the spring we added a good layer of compost before mulching the beds. And let me just say…that was well worth it because the plants did much better than they performed last spring. A stand out perennial plant for me is Meadow Rue (Thalictrum) Cotton Candy. I’ve never grown it before and was really impressed with the flowers.

In spring, the colors were very calm and serene between blooms and foliage. And I planted up a supertunia border to ramp up the color as the season progressed.

This garden brimmed with blooms and color from globemaster alliums, hyacinths, daffodils, coral bells apple twist, astilbe dark side of the moon, string theory amsonia and so much more.

Here are a few pics!

A vibrant garden with purple and white flowers, green plants, and a curved wooden bridge in the background. A green fence and trees are visible behind the bridge; rocks border the garden in the foreground.

Lavender-colored flowers bloom in the foreground of a lush garden with green grass, bushes, and a wooden footbridge crossing over a small stream, surrounded by tall trees. — Thalictrum Cotton Candy

Backyard Pond Garden in Spring

The backyard pond bloomed like you wouldn’t believe this year. I planted it up with pink sunpatiens and other pond plants to make the space feel a little cozier, a little prettier, and to give our fish more vegetation to snack on. At the same time, the Japanese snowbell, rhododendron, mountain laurel, and elderberry ‘Black Lace’ all came into flower together. It was pure magic. Truly, the garden couldn’t have looked any prettier.

I also potted up my bird of paradise with pink sunpatiens and bacopa, which looked especially beautiful beside the pond. That bird of paradise is one of my most beloved houseplants, and I decided to let it enjoy a summer vacation outdoors dressed up with seasonal blooms.

Of course, we also had to think about protecting the pond from our local blue heron. Last year, that bird caused real trouble for our koi, so this season we ran fishing line all the way around the pond. It still allows birds and frogs access to the water, but keeps the heron at bay. While I don’t love the look of it, it wasn’t nearly as noticeable as I feared and blended in surprisingly well among the plants. Most importantly…it worked.

This was my favorite spot to hang all spring long with my girl Koda.

A small garden pond with blooming pink and white flowers, surrounded by rocks and greenery. A waterfall flows into the pond, lit by warm yellow lights, creating a peaceful and vibrant outdoor scene.

A large decorative planter with green leafy plants and pink flowers sits in a garden surrounded by rocks, blooming pink shrubs, and lush greenery. A tree trunk and birdhouse are visible in the background.

A black Labrador retriever sits on a cushioned wicker ottoman outdoors, surrounded by lush greenery, blooming flowers, and a small pond in the background.

My Spring Flowering Shrubs

We have a few ninebark shrubs here that bloomed beautifully and the foliage provides a wonderful contrast with all the greenery. As luck would have it, this plant bloomed at the same time as my knockout roses, alliums, and arrowwood viburnums, so the front yard gardens put on quite the show as you pull into my driveway.

Clusters of small, white, spiky flowers with yellow centers grow among reddish-brown leaves on a bush, creating a striking contrast of colors and textures. — Ninebark

A lush garden with blooming white, red, and purple flowers, set against a rustic stone wall and surrounded by green trees and shrubs.

Honeysuckle (Lonicera)

We grow two different types of honeysuckle here. I couldn’t tell you the varieties as I didn’t plant them but they did really well this year too. One gets powdery mildew a little worse than the other but this year, I tried to ward it off with some horticultural oil before the season began and that seemed to help. The hummingbirds go crazy for it every spring and it smells so good!!!

A garden with vibrant orange and pink flowers growing along a green trellis archway, surrounded by lush greenery and various blooming plants, with trees and a fence in the background.

Clusters of tubular yellow-orange honeysuckle flowers with green leaves densely cover a shrub, creating a vibrant and lush garden scene.

Bearded Iris

The bearded irises had a beautiful bloom to this year. I’ve planted several different varieties around the gardens so it’s been fun to see them grow, bloom, and fill in. Here are just a few of what flowered this spring in mid-May.

Purple and white irises and round pink allium flowers bloom in a garden, with a rustic carved wooden sculpture and lush green trees in the background. — Dream of You Bearded Iris

White iris flowers with yellow centers bloom among long green leaves outdoors, with a grassy area and trees visible in the blurred background. — White bearded iris that was gifted to me

Tall yellow irises with raindrops on their petals bloom in a lush garden bed, surrounded by green foliage and enclosed by a dark green picket fence on a cloudy day. — Moved these yellow bearded irises from my former garden

Tall bearded irises with ruffled peach and magenta petals bloom in a garden bed, surrounded by green leaves and grass, with a fence and trees in the background.

False Indigo

I’m growing a few different varieties of false indigo here. We have a few near the front porch that I wound up moving to a different garden in late fall 2025. I hope they take! I thought they looked really pretty paired with the scaevola in my hanging baskets.

Purple flowers bloom in lush green foliage near the porch of a yellow house, which is decorated with hanging baskets and potted plants. The porch features white columns and windows with shutters.

Final Thoughts About My Spring Garden Tour 2025

Writing this now, with the garden at rest once again, makes me appreciate spring all the more. The bulbs, the early roses, and the fresh plantings marked the start of another growing year, one filled with growth, lessons, and surprises.

This spring garden tour is a snapshot of that beginning, a reminder of how quickly the garden moves forward, and why those early moments are worth remembering.

Want to see more of my gardens from 2025? Come join me for my summer and fall garden tours here.

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