You wouldn't know it with the drop in temps we've had this past week, but spring has definitely arrived in the garden. I've spent about 30 mins or so each night pulling weeds in the flower beds and trying to ID seedlings. I've been successful with some, but most I have no idea what they are! In the first flower bed I started I am now to the point where I'm ready to move plants and rearrange things so the shorter plants are closer to the front and the taller plants are towards the back. I have a few plants I'm still waiting on to come back to life, especially the Esperanza plant. It's always the last thing to come back, but I'm not so sure it survived the extremely cold winter we had. Here are some pics from my walk about the garden beds this morning.
The butterfly weed showed up last week sometime. Hooray!
My Brazos Penstemon has really taken off since the late winter. I can't wait to see this thing bloom.
This Balloon Flower will be moved. This is the first year I've gotten a volunteer in addition to the mother plant.
This sedum will bloom a pretty yellow. It's planted in a small Weber grill! 
The Texas Gold Columbines are starting to bloom. Love these flowers! The plant gets pretty scraggly looking in the hot summer weather, but they go crazy in the winter and really start growing like crazy.
The gaillardia (Blanket flower) is starting to get its flowers on! This thing will bloom non-stop till fall.
I thought I'd lost my Four Nerve Daisies this winter, but they survived!! Here they are with their happy little flowers.
This dianthus (Sweet William) has been waiting for a year to bloom. Finally put out flower buds and started blooming this past week. Love the color!
My Cranesbill Geranium is going like gangbusters. I have it in a pot, but I'm going to divide it and transplant it out in the flower bed by the front curb. It loves the sun and will survive the winters.
My little Cowpen Daisy has come back from the dead of winter as well. Sooooo excited about this!
May Night Salvia does so well in my flower bed. It's a bee attractant like none other in my garden. 
Pincusion Daisy (scabiosa daisy) is putting out its pretty pink flowers.
A look across the flower bed to see the height of the poppy in relation to the pincushion daisy.
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