I spotted the creeping phlox and grape hyacinth today. Nice to see that some more of the original flower garden survived. Both flowers are near the edge of the property. The phlox is along the back near the woods and the grape hyacinth is on the same side as the crocuses, but closer to the back of the property. I think I spotted some lily of the valley coming up and possibly a day lily. I'll keep you posted.
Nice indeed. The only flower I've spotted on our property this spring, excepting the dandelions, was a lovely violet in the lawn.
ReplyDeleteI thought of you and your digging and hole photos yesterday and today as I dug holes for planting 2 small trees and 9 shrubs in our front and side yards. Rewarding work.
Sounds like your digging would be more fun than ours (at the moment). Thanks for thinking of us! Would love to know what kinds of trees and shrubs and where you tucked them in your tiny yard.
DeleteAlong the side of the house where the bedroom windows look out, starting at the back: serviceberry, red-twig dogwood, a tiny arborvitae that had self-sowed near the back door of our old house and, near the front corner, a larger arching variety of lilac with pinker blooms. Then as you come around the front of the house, 2 lilacs (small variety). They are part of a semi circle with a redbud to the right of them as you face the house and a viburnum mohican and tiger-eye sumac to the left (toward the front door). I'd like to put a small patio in front of the semi-circle and hope the redbud will reach over the patio as it gets bigger. At this point, I'm also hoping we didn't buy a dead redbud. Still waiting for signs of life from it.
ReplyDeleteIn front of where the patio will be is a yellow-twig dogwood. My aim is to add a couple low/creeping evergreen types and pretty much fill in the rest of that side of the front yard with perennials over the course of the summer.
On the other side of the front yard we planted a self-pollinating tart cherry tree.
The back yard is waiting until we have a more developed plan and are ready to hire someone to re-grade it and build a new retaining wall..