This is Weigela florida ‘Variegata’, the star of my front garden in spring.

Cytisus, or Broom ‘Carla’ is a Mother’s Day gift from a friend (the best kind of garden addition).  I have wanted a broom plant for a long time, and this variety is choice and rare

Potentilla is a reliable, small scale shrub that gives its smiling flowers all season.

 

My mother’s lilac was raised from a cutting the first year in my house.