I garden in an old part of town in the southern part of Puget Sound in western Washington state. We are on the boundaries of a temperate rain forest. I love ferns an have several varieties, but our native sword ferns are the structure for my winter garden. I have been tenaciously pulling and chopping out one variety of deciduous fern all this spring since its root balls and size were actually smothering a hydrengea and Alberta Spruce. This fern is one of the main weeds for my garden. Our winters are generally wet and cool (30s to 50s) sometimes cold and snowy for a few days, and our summers cool (40s to 60s and getting into the 70s for half an hour before the sun goes down) and dry.
My yard is ever changing, but most areas are mature plantings. The only grass left are weeds and a small shaded orchard. Here are some photos from this spring.
daffs along the driveway
pink cala lilies
slug damage
forsythia
lots and lots of hellebores
Some of my old dwarf bearded iris and two of my new ones, Boo, and Ballistic.
. And of course lots and lots of wood or wild hyacinth
and my favorite little bush
and the Pacific bleeding hearts that are native and a wonderful ground cover for me
and last but not least are the doubled 'Bellerina Cream' primrose. It has been blooming since February.
daffs along the driveway
pink cala lilies
slug damage 
forsythia 
lots and lots of hellebores
. And of course lots and lots of wood or wild hyacinth 
and my favorite little bush
and the Pacific bleeding hearts that are native and a wonderful ground cover for me
and last but not least are the doubled 'Bellerina Cream' primrose. It has been blooming since February.
