Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden

[ysabetwordsmith]

Continuing the photo tour of the yard, most of these are from the savanna and prairie garden.

See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed


This is a wide view of the white garden at the southwest corner of the driveway.  The yuccas are bright green with snowdrops scattered around them.




Snowdrops are blooming in the white garden.




The wagonwheel garden stands at the northwest corner of the driveway.




A yellow crocus blooms in the wagonwheel garden.




This is the savanna looking east.




The hazelnut bush has its catkins open and swaying in the breeze.




The catkins hold the male flowers. The female flowers are elsewhere on the bush, which I have not managed to find.




Snowdrops have naturalized all over the east end of the savanna. I didn't plant any there, they just showed up.




This is one of the bigger mats that the snowdrops have formed.




Other snowdrops bloom in smaller clusters.




Looking over the prairie garden toward the west, it seems mostly brown, but there are daffodils sprouting in some places.




Hiding in the middle of this brush, slightly to the right side, is a bird. A glimpse of ruddy belly suggests that it is a robin.




This mossy branch lies alongside the south part of the trail around the prairie garden.  The most common moss in my yard is yellow-green and shaggy.  There is also a darker emerald one that is more velvety in texture.




This large, mossy log also lies along the south path.

Comments

[empty_photos]

oh your snowdrop pictures are gorgeous! its one flower ive always wanted to see in person some day

Thank you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

I love snowdrops. They're among the earliest flowers, with a quiet beauty, and when they are happy in a location then they spread like crazy. They start blooming at just a few inches, but they get bigger through the season. Mine are mixed enough to set seed, so they can spread that way in addition to cloning bulbs. I expect the colony in the savanna came from critters somehow carrying the seeds around from the patch of bulbs that runs along the edge of the parking lot.

Re: Thank you!

[empty_photos]

ooo interesting! have you tried propagating them if you wanted to spread them in a more controled way (or just help them spread more if you'd like).
now im curious too see what flowers spring up this year for me in spring, usually its just crocus' or forget-me-nots.