May 28th

The Rhododendrons are opening.  What a beautiful flower.

 

Here is another case of "I don't know what it is, but it's pretty"  There are a few of these short bushes on the property, most white and yellow, and this one right next to the front steps that is pink/purple.





May 27

The first warm, humid days of the year have caused a lot to pop up.  The Lilly of the Valley patch is all opened up and it smells amazing.

The Lilacs are in full bloom



The entire lawn is ringed with these tiny lavender and white guys



 

The Solomon's Seal is absolutely full of blooms

 

Not sure what this little tree is, but it has pretty little flowers in late spring

 

May 21

A few rainy days and a few warm days have sped everything up around the garden.  The Daffodils are all gone now, even the white ones that bloomed late.  However, a lot of others have finally started to pop up.  These little blue guys are EVERYWHERE all of a sudden.

The Crab Apple trees are out in spectacular fashion, well, the purple ones are.  The white blossoming trees seem to be waiting a bit longer.





 

The Lilacs are purpling up. 

 

There are lots of bushes around the property that have these white flowers on them.  I am not sure what they are, but they are pretty.

 

 

I don't know what these yellow fellows are either, but they have popped up everywhere that I had to spray and dig up birdox plants that had spread over the property before we bought it.

 

There are two big patches of Solomon's Seal and they are starting to open up.

 

 

And finally today, much to Sarah's delight, the Lilly of the Valley patch is starting to bloom and boy do they smell great!

 

 

 

May 13th

A tulip popped up in the middle of the Daffodils.

The African Violets are taking over huge chunks of the lawn.

 

I am not sure what these little guys are, but they are covering most of the back yard lawn.  I feel bad mowing the grass, but they are low enough for the mower to leave them uncut.

 

The Lilly of the Valley patch is about ready to flower.  The old maple in the center of this patch fell victim to a storm last year and the Lillies sure seem to love the extra nutrients.

 

 

A couple of these strangers showed up in the garden patch where Lupins grew last year.





 



 

may 9th

African Violets are everywhere now.

Not sure what this ground cover is, but there is a LOT of it on the property and it's all full of these little purple flowers.

The Forsythia has bloomed, but only on the bottom 3rd.  I guess the cold that held on late into the spring here hurt the higher buds.





Patches of these little guys are popping up all over the lawn since the first mowing.



The Lilly of the Valley patch is full of growth and the buds are starting to show.



 

May 6th

White Daffodils!  Looks like there are 2 separate patches of whites.  When we dig up and split the bulbs this fall, I will try to mix the white among the yellow more.

African Violets are popping up all over the lawn, especially where the mess from the roof was over the winter.

Our Forscythia has started blooming, but only around the bottom. Not sure why, but it's early yet.

The Lilacs have started out of their buds.

 

On the back side of the lawn, just into the tree line, I noticed a huge patch of Dog Tooth Violets that I didn't see last year.  I'm sure they were there and I just missed them.

And what's this?  A Tulip perhaps?  We will see soon.



 

 







May 3rd

More Daffodils!  Will have to split these this fall, they are really cramped.

The reason my allergies are in full force!

 

We have several very large areas covered by this low growing plant.  I don't know what it is called and I don't remember flowers in it last year, but there are thousands of buds ready to open and a few purple flowers already opened up.