Photos: South Lot
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birdfeedingThese pictures mostly show the south lot. See the House Yard, South Lot, Savanna and Prairie Garden, and Back Toward the House.
Looking east in the south lot, you can see the garden shed.
The purple-and-white garden has tulips blooming.
These are white.
This tulip is pinkish-purple.
Many dandelions are blooming now.
This patch of wild violets has solid lavender along with blue-and-white.
In some of the bare patches, clover and grass seed is sprouting from the Bee Lawn Mix.
Looking west in the south lot, you can see the picnic table and septic garden.
The small pots have marigolds. The trough has wild strawberries.
These tubs cover more pots of wildflower seedlings.
This is the septic garden.
Grape hyacinths bloom around the septic garden. These are dark purple below and lavender above.
The 'Autumn Joy' sedum is getting tall. It blooms in late summer.
Yarrow is sprouting in the septic garden.
Blue grape hyacinths and daffodils bloom at the edge of the forest garden.
The serviceberry tree is blooming at the west edge of the forest yard.
Here is a closeup of the serviceberry flowers.
The clove currant is not blooming yet.
A few forsythia flowers remain.
Another tree is blooming white in the forest yard. I think this one is a crabapple. It has gotten quite tall.
Looking east in the south lot, you can see the garden shed.
The purple-and-white garden has tulips blooming.
These are white.
This tulip is pinkish-purple.
Many dandelions are blooming now.
This patch of wild violets has solid lavender along with blue-and-white.
In some of the bare patches, clover and grass seed is sprouting from the Bee Lawn Mix.
Looking west in the south lot, you can see the picnic table and septic garden.
The small pots have marigolds. The trough has wild strawberries.
These tubs cover more pots of wildflower seedlings.
This is the septic garden.
Grape hyacinths bloom around the septic garden. These are dark purple below and lavender above.
The 'Autumn Joy' sedum is getting tall. It blooms in late summer.
Yarrow is sprouting in the septic garden.
Blue grape hyacinths and daffodils bloom at the edge of the forest garden.
The serviceberry tree is blooming at the west edge of the forest yard.
Here is a closeup of the serviceberry flowers.
The clove currant is not blooming yet.
A few forsythia flowers remain.
Another tree is blooming white in the forest yard. I think this one is a crabapple. It has gotten quite tall.
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Date: 2025-04-11 09:53 pm (UTC)It is so GREEN! We're at the point where snowdrops are blooming and my white tulips are up about two inches. They survived a sudden snowstorm and at that size don't mind mild frosts at night. Also they've spread; I now have two clumps. I'm very surprised, but pleased.
We don't have green yet except the periwinkle and some very persistent and robust rosettes of motherwort.
P.
Thoughts
Date: 2025-04-12 10:13 am (UTC)Snowdrops will spread pretty well. Mine have wandered over much of the yard.
>> We don't have green yet except the periwinkle and some very persistent and robust rosettes of motherwort.<<
You may want to get rid of the motherwort while you still can. Mine has turned into a total weed. :/
Re: Thoughts
Date: 2025-04-12 09:12 pm (UTC)Of course, there's still a definite chance that the bunnies will chomp the leaves mercilessly and there won't be flowers at all. But last year the bunnies did not seem interested in those tulips, fortunately.
P.
Re: Thoughts
Date: 2025-04-12 09:27 pm (UTC)Rabbits have often mowed my tulips down to nothing. :( Sometimes it helps to scatter them around, or interplant with unpalatable companions such as alliums.