Landscaping Plans

The garden is coming along nicely this month. After a very warm start to May (where new blooms could be seen popping up every day), the forsythia is now in its full glory. The grape hyacinths look great, and the tulips are starting to come along. Not much of a daffodil display as yet (I think the soil where they're planted needs improvement), but the bluebells we planted around the base of the big maple tree last autumn emerged a few weeks ago and are very pretty.

Looking at the display, I'm nonetheless a bit worried that many of the plants in the main flower bed, running alongside our garage/shed, might not make it this year. That's because this summer will see a lot of construction and landscaping work on our property. The garage, in particular, is due for major work in a few weeks (it will be lifted, moved a few feet, and set back down on a new foundation). A. has been digging up some of the plants in that bed already, in preparation, and has put them temporarily into pots. We'll re-plant them once the structural work on the garage is complete, but there's a chance they won't make it. Given that among the plants in question is my beautiful purple clematis, I'm a bit angsty about it all.