Garden Update - it's columbine season

Every year I have a large planter of pansies on the front porch, this year's planter is a real mix of colours

The front bed with snap dragons and stock, this needs watering almost every day

The prettiest flowers are often the surprise ones, this is a rogue johnny-jump-up transplanted from the front lawn into a flower bed

A gorgeous Boy Blue columbine in its second year in the front bed

Aliums in the bed along the side of the house, in the background is creeping phlox both purple and pink

Another rogue violet, this one is mainly pink, not the usual purple and yellow type

Another columbine in the front bed, this one is dark purple

And another columbine in the side shade bed of the front yard, deep blue this one