Sunday afternoon DH and I toured the yard, looking for bits and pieces of spring. Here is what we found.
Lots of daffodils coming up. The green spikes are so refreshing after months of brown and gray. And white.
Yes!
Lovely, green moss on the bricks in the veggie garden. Come hot summer weather, this will be gone. But for now, its cheerful bright green is a welcome spring color.
And more daffodils.
The maple trees are flowering.
The Southern Oak behind the house isn’t as far along. The oaks are slower to swell in the spring than the maples. Perhaps not as rash in their response to a few days of warm weather as the maples can be.
While we were out, DH did some bird watching for the Great Backyard Bird Count.
Happy followed us around for a little while, keeping an eye on DH, I suppose. She thinks he belongs to her.
The iris and the surprise lilies are popping up. These are along the east side of the fenced garden. The surprise lilies in the fenced garden came from my paternal grandmother’s house.
Here are the same ones…this picture was taken the first week of August in 2008.
And more daffodils.
An early spring? I hope so.
Best of all?? The cheery yellow crocus blossoms. All of a sudden, after looking for them for days, there they were.
~~Rhonda
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Thanks for the pictures…..We had 5 inches of snow yesterday so it is wonderful to see your flowers!
It was a beautiful weekend and it is so exciting seeing the plants coming out.
Hi Rhonda I like the flowers you called surprise lilies. Is that the name I would find them under in a nursery catalog? Thank you for any help you can give me.
Mary Jane, the surprise lilies came from my grandmother’s garden and can be found in many older gardens. They are Lycoris squamigera.
Here are two links with more information.
http://www.arhomeandgarden.org/plantoftheweek/articles/Surprise_Lily.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_squamigera
I hope that helps! ~~Rhonda