Gratuitous Domestic Posting (TM) - Outdoor Division

I've noticed an interesting phenomenon in the garden: I have a total of eight Joe Pye Weed plants at the back of my borders. Earlier this spring, I transplanted six of them. All six of the transplants have sprung up much more quickly than the two that remained unmoved. Make of that what you will, but if the JPW is trying to tell me that it likes having its root ball dug out every spring, all I can say is that it will be in for a vast disappointment next year.

Incidently, I've had first blooms on both peonies and roses. Woo Hoo! I even went so far as to take pictures of them. If they turn out at all half-way decent, I'll post a couple.

UPDATE: Another interesting phenomenon - we have a row of silver maples lining the street in front of our house. For whatever reason, the seed fall from these trees seems to be especially heavy this year. As I was mowing the lawn yesterday, the high winds we had occasionally made it seem as if I was standing in a seed blizzard. And the gels have been having endless fun tossing the seeds off the porch and watching them helicopter their way to the ground. I was talking with somebody today who also mentioned this, so I know I'm not just imagining things.