It’s a flower though it may not look like one.

It’s a flower though it may not look like one.

It’s been a challenging spring for many of the living things in my part of the world. Much wetter than normal, cooler than normal. A lot of our plants have been slower to grow and to bloom than in past years. Climate change? Possibly. An anomalous spring, unusual but not unheard of? Possibly.
Whatever the reason, it only in late May that this iris in our back yard came into lovely bloom.

Forget-me-nots. One of my favourite flowers; and a timely reminder of my connection(s) to people important to me.

A willow tree in bloom.
Not every tree, bush, perennial, annual, bursts into spectacular bloom. I appreciate subtle displays.

These dwarf daffodils add bright and cheery colour to our yard.
Good photo Faye!

This brilliant spiderwort happily lives in our yard adjacent to a tree stump.

Behind a lovely hibiscus bloom, a not so lovely gargoyle lurks.

From the few examples planted in a flower front bed a few years ago, the Purple Coneflowers have needed no care at all and multiplied in a way very pleasing to us, and to pollinators both resident and passing through. There’s a honeybee on a flower in the lower right quadrant.

A close look at this lovely spirea reveals two transients.

The hibiscus bloom featured yesterday also intrigued Fitzi.
