Eastern Bloc

Along the East Side is a small bed that I call the Eastern Bloc.  Hey, I'm a student of history.  Maybe I should change it's name.  It's not very prosperous.  A crocus did bloom early, a daffodil or two in April, one iris out of three in May (sigh), and some yellow rock allium and a small Dutch iris--bronze--in late May.  So from May on nothing bloomed inside this bed.  Outside of the bed a dark purple Japanese iris bloomed in late May and a quartet of day lilies--three red and one cream.  The lilies bloomed into late July.  I have added only one expectation for 2019--a wood hyacinth to join the early bloomers.  I will have to keep trying to think of things to add.  And maybe, all three iris will bloom next year as they did in 2017.  It is a bed in need of prosperity.  Hopefully, I can find a way to add to its wealth of beauty.