Spring in the Willamette Valley is green, green, green. We've been soaking up the sunshine, warm afternoons, and longer days. The plants are, too, and the yard is bursting with flowers, the air perfumed with blooms. Here are a few of my darlings:
A daphne, one of my favorite genus. It smells heavenly, sweet and rich.
Japanese maple, new leaves.
Bleeding heart (Dicentra formosa), a NW native. The hummingbirds like this one.
Fringecup (Tellima grandiflora), a NW native. This one has fuzzy leaves and the flowers are tiny cups, which the hummingbirds visit.
Wild ginger (Asarum caudatum), another NW native. This plant is very happy in our yard, with shade.
Epimedium. This plant is tough as nails in dry, shade--perfectly suited to our yard.
Oxalis. A NW native that typically grows in moist areas of the forest. This might remind some blog readers of shamrocks for sale?
Unfurling fronds of the NW native sword fern, Polystichum munitum.
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