Marsh marigold, or “cow-slip.” Our first flower in the spring. This grows in my wet drainage area from the sump pump. Another early yellow perennial flower. I can’t recall the name, but it grows well with strawberries as a companion.
I don't have much of a garden but this old, old apple tree next door is a real picture this year. I think the rain we are having right now will take off the blooms. It hasn't bloomed like this for quite some time. It never produces much in the way of apples because I think it is a lonely tree.
Some sort of trillium or maybe a trout lily? IDK, the leaves don't seem quite right for trillium and the petals don't seem quite right for the trout lily - but I've only seen either of them in pictures.
Variegated Solomon Seal. Sits along the driveway in this bed. Painted ferns And after a no bloom year, due to late freeze, the Azalea is just now popping open. The bush is loaded with buds.
I’ve had horrible luck with clematis over the years. I have two and they just don’t do well. This year I may have gotten lucky!
Not much else going on around here, a bleeding heart is blooming and some purple and some white violets. So I decided to go back to last summer, Mrs Mountain Man has a very green thumb. I am 6 feet tall.
I mowed for the first time yesterday. Yes, it is "No Mow May", but that doesn't work for my yard, which is mostly different "weeds", although there is some sort of grass interspersed. I don't sow grass seed or fertilize/weed kill, and I keep the mower blade at a high setting, so there are plenty of flowers besides the dandelions that everyone screams to not mow "for the bees". I don't usually have any trouble keeping bees and other pollinators in the yard. For yards that aren't overly maintained, there are plenty of flowers that don't stick out like the bright yellow, and relatively large dandelions. All pictures taken yesterday afternoon after mowing. Okay, for the record, no, I didn't mow this area. But it has nothing to do with the dandelions and everything to do with this area being in shade and a fairly dry part of the yard. I didn't mow because the ground cover is still thin there so I'm waiting for it to fill in some to aid in soil retention. There are a couple of other areas in the yard that are even sparser, so I didn't mow those either. The small wild strawberry flowers don't stick out, so you have to look close to see them. They are abundant in my yard Wild violets are interspersed with the strawberries. In the yard itself, not many are blooming yest, but you'll see a good crop in a later picture A creeping phlox has wandered out of a flower garden (where they are blooming well also). This one has decided to live on the wild side In the driveway garden there are plenty of wild violets (the whitish variety). And another small patch of creeping phlox. Out of the picture, and to the right is a large patch of creeping phlox (which you have seen in previous posts) This isn't wild, but the flowering almond buds have opened up Forget-me-nots grow wild in the shade garden Not wild again - but the forsythia is still in bloom, although I expect it to go by soon as flowers are starting to drop I believe this is some sort of mint growing at the edge between the yard and the tree line out back Everything white is wild violet (except those way in back by the trees - those are daffs) Mow fail - LOL. This is a drainage area where the grass grows really well (as opposed to the yard where it gets sun - go figure). You can see I tried to mow but the grass is so high (8" or more) and it grows thickly. It was still wet and bogged down the mower so I left it. I'll have to use the weed eater on it when it dries out some.
Your mint looks like garlic mustard. Garlic Mustard – Profile and Resources | Invasive Species Centre
You are correct. Thanks for the link. After looking at the ways to control it, I've been pulling first year plants from the shrub garden without even knowing it.
Miz Carol wanted a new flower bed where our redbud tree had been for Mother's Day. She found an old wheelbarrow, got some perennials planted, we have to get the stone for the border.
I fought that stuff a number of years ago. Pulled them out by the roots. Those flowers and leaves alway catch my eye, nowadays.
