We planted this Celebration Maple last fall and are happy it has survived the winter. It has much more foliage than we expected. We decided on the Maple over a Tulip tree in commemoration of our Canadian citizenship.
My very first Peony of the season. It is of a Dr. Alexander Fleming variety.
These are our unusual Lucerne perennials which are photo sensitive and only open when warm and sunny. Such a bright purple!
Finally! Our trilliums are blooming this year, after six years of perseverance. Last year I posted about them for the first time but alas, they perished not more than a month after the post. Patiently, I hoped they would do better this year and luckily, with all the rain this spring, they have flourished and finally shown a bloom, a red one in fact. In Ontario, where I was born, there was an abundance of white trilliums over red ones in the dense forest where I'd hiked once during a school retreat but here in West Lafayette, at the Horticultural Forest nearby, there was the opposite. Mostly red trilliums were observed on our last family hike there and only one white trillium was chanced upon. Regardless, just pleased ours has finally bloomed!
Lastly, our lavender. Such a pleasant aroma when walking by. Hopefully these will return next year for they are supposed to be perennials. The last bunch of lavender I grew, I harvested and harvested the numerous blossoms, drying it to put into potpourri sachets to give away as gifts. But then suddenly, the next year, they passed away. Trying again this year with two plantings. So far so good. It's finally become warmer and sunnier, allowing us to finally enjoy Indiana springtime. Here's to sunshine!
