Flowers

Here are just a few of the great flowers that grow in New England. They are listed almost in the same order as they appear.

Our neighbors got the little statue (to the left) as a gift about one year ago but could not decide where to place her.

Recently, as the yard was being re-designed (again), the perfect spot was created.

She is now the center piece of a new garden of which the "inside" border matches the "outside" border of an established flower bed next to the porch.

The matching curves pulls your eye right back to the archway leading into the back yard.

It was a surprise to find pretty little flowers popping up through the frosty air in New England. Having grown up in Florida where flowers are abundant almost year round, I didn't realize just how wonderful the first spring flowers can be. A house down the block has crocus planted one to each square foot of yard. When the grass is high enough to mow, the crocus have faded. Crocus popped up all over the yard quickly followed by lilies. Put in as many as you want. By the time you need to mow, they will be gone.

Narcissus quickly follow. There is a huge variety of these beautiful early bloomers. I found out from Capt. Bill that the daffodil is actually a type of narcissus.

Forsythia emerges as a beautiful yellow then turns green. Just as buds form, you can cut this plant and force blooming indoors. Makes a striking centerpiece in the last days of winter.

Can be trained to look like a bush, a tree or even a hedge.

Grape Hyacinth emerges early with the buds tightly closed. These will hang about awhile and open fully when the weather gets warm.

They seem to spread all on their own and I suspect they could be ground cover.

Iris sibirica (Siberian Flag) quickly follows the demise of daffodils.

These beautiful flowers are fairly tall with small blooms but can still be planted in front of larger narcissus. That way you have flowers replacing fading flowers for most of the spring.