These are three daffodil hybrids I simply bought at our local Pay Less supermarket last fall and was pleasantly surprised when they bloomed just this week! What a refreshing pop of color they add to our periwinkle covered front lawn. Really lovely.
Here are some white periwinkle flowers we found growing amongst the sea of blue periwinkle that covers our front lawn. We look for that one spot every year and have noted they are definitely slowly spreading out. It's amazing how many periwinkle flowers there are. Andrew planted the bulk of them with my parents helping when they came to visit in the summer five years ago. It's actually an evergreen also known as myrtle that is popular on lawns in our neighborhood due to the plethora of trees.
The year after we moved to West Lafayette in 2010, I came across one package of "White Trillium" bulbs at Lafayette's larger greenhouse known as Bennett's and simply had to buy it since it is Ontario's provincial flower. I'd seen it only a few times when hiking as a young student through my home province's woods and was always told one could never pick it since it is the provincial flower. How neat I thought would it be to grow our own trilliums. Year after year our planted bulbs would sprout but since they were planted in the only shady spot that was also near a walking path in our backyard, our sons' friends would unknowingly step on them in the midst of playing soccer, kickball or badminton. Finally this year, after years of other failed borders, I surrounded it with a two foot tall decorative wire garden fence to hopefully protect them. And finally they're really growing! We are eagerly observing their progress as the spring passes.
The tree closer to the driveway near the front of our home is what is called a Red Bud tree. I'd never heard of this tree before we moved to Indiana. It's deep pink blossoms are really very pretty and add even more color to the interesting flora found on our front and back lawn. Feel very lucky to have such a variety of flora on our property. How generous Mother Nature is to us.
