May Blooms

I actually have a few blooms for this edition of Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. Still blooming are trillium, a daffodil, spurge and forsythia.

I have no idea what this tiny wild flower is.

Violets

Wild strawberries

This weed takes over local lawns so that right now they are a sea of light blue.

I just bought this azalea so it doesn't know that it's too early to bloom here yet.

Dianthus - this was marked as an annual so I was thrilled when all three plants came back and shocked that they are blooming already.

Grape hyacinths

The tulips are done. Salvia recently planted.

Periwinkle

Wild & RED

Yesterday I took a picture of the Trillium that I planted the year we moved here. I had heard tales of Red Trillium but I had never seen any before today. I was looking for the wild plant I remembered seeing last year in the scrubby area between our lot and the neighbors. I was certain that I had looked over the entire area last year but I guess not! You can see here that they don't show up well until you get close.


This is the plant I remembered being here. When I got close I saw some more clumps of white nearby.


I was quite surprised to see these as I walked toward the other clumps. I almost stepped on them!


I found a total of five red plants and several clumps of the white. I've heard that they don't transplant well so I will enjoy them where they are.


I'm not certain what these are. They have a pretty leaf. I'll keep an eye on them.

Trillium

Only this one is blooming so far. Terrible picture of one of my favorite spring flowers.