Monday, March 24, 2008

Signs of Life

Spring 2008!

I finally raked up the leaves today that were covering my flower beds. I'd left them there over the winter as a kind of mulch, but it was nice out today so I decided to get rid of them. The tulip and daffodil leaves have been obviously sprouting out of the ground, but after removing the leaves I found a lot more signs of the flowers to come.


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The tiny red thing in the middle is the start of a peony in the backyard.


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Another peony - on the side of the house.


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The red and green lettuce-looking things are a type of evening primrose.


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Dwarf iris


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Sedum


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Lilac bush on the side of the house


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New daylilies growing among the debris from the old daylilies


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Forsythia - always the first to bloom


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Tulips sprouting among the creeping phlox - front wall


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These daffodils and hyacinth were planted before we moved in and are always among the first to bloom


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Heuchera sprouting by the iris by the front porch


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Bleeding hearts - they surprisingly do okay in the front, even in full sun


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Crocuses (crocii? what is the plural?!) in my neighbor's yard