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I finally fulfilled a years-long dream: I bought and planted a lilac bush a week ago. Amidst amazing amounts of azaleas.

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Garden Late April 2010

Now the tiger lilies are trying to take over too. They are massing along the side wall of our townhome. I expect them to come in the window soon and start watching NCIS with us. So I dug up several of them: planted some in the sunnier parts of the front yard where it's pretty bare, and gave a couple to Rosalyn, our next-door neighbor. Then I tried digging up more and the darn things have such strong roots (with lots of bulb-like nodes on them) that I broke my trowel! Need to get a new one from Behnke, evidently. Along with more manure for the rest of my spring planting, since I've used up the 40 lbs. I got three weeks ago.