My Vinca minor is blooming pretty well now. I need to get in that area and weed out some grass and weeds real soon, but at a close-up level like this it looks pretty good.

I transplanted some of the creeping phlox from my front yard to the back last year, and it’s doing well and spreading now. I wish all of these groundcovers would bloom for a longer season!

This is Candytuft, or Iberis sempervirens. It was slow to take hold in this area, but after four years, it finally started spreading well last year. The deer nibble on it in the winter, but it still seems to create flowerbuds fine in the spring.