My little red mini rose apparently responded well to its early spring trim and brought its flower game to the garden. Take it easy, honey. Don't strain yourself
Some purple and red Penstemon blooming along the Iowa River from Saturday's bike ride.
Finally got out for a decent bike ride and found some false blue indigo blooming down by the river. Been trying to get it started in my garden but no luck so far but I really love this plant so I'll be trying again this/next yr.
A few more pics of my blooming native southern blue flag irises.
Some lovely wild morning glories invading the neighbors lawn. ID suggests it's Convolvulus arvensis, a native of Europe and Asia but it is considered a aggressive invasive in the US.
Itty-bitty red mite (likely a sidewalk mite per @nev
) hanging out in my garden on one of my Canada anemone blooms.
My Canada anemone has begun blooming. Flowers are pure white & I used to struggle getting a pics w/o the petals overexposed. Highly aggressive & wants to form a monoculture. Great in the wild but a bit too aggressive for a garden so I have to keep it in check.
I hyacinths but I'm also keen on native plants. Imagine my delight in finding a native wild hyacinth. Just had to have it!
Been busy so almost missed taking pics but caught it at the tippy-top of its bloom.
Freesia shadows and light.
Violet pair catching some rays.
Violets are so ubiquitous here that I often don't photograph/notice them. I need to remedy that because they are cute little plants w/ lovely flowers/foliage. Been finding marvelous little volunteer violets out back so I'm transplanting some into the more formal garden.
My creeping phlox has 'sploded!
Whether creeping or tall woodland, phlox puts on a wonderful show.
Can't really argue with a billowing carpet of flowers, no?
"What's up, buttercup?"
This is the 1st yr my native buttercup bloomed . Pretty sure this is swamp buttercup (Ranunculus hispidus).
Been fascinated by those slick petals since I 1st came across it on the trail so added to the garden 2 yrs ago.
I'm finding flowering quince (like these buds from this past Saturday) is easier to ID this yr compared to the last few despite the fact that there are few flowers so far.
There's nothing quite like that shade of reddish-peach.