Serendib Garden

Mock strawberry — pretty flower, but the berries are almost flavorless, alas.

Columbines coming out. 🙂 With Spanish bluebell and a bit of rhododendron.

Native Virginia bluebells. So pretty — I particularly love the color change as the blooms open.

Spanish bluebells, Solomon’s Seal, native Virginia bluebells.

Spanish bluebells.

First irises. These are little dwarf ones, baking in the sun of the parkway — I’m pretty sure my other irises aren’t even budding yet. When I was a kid, irises were my favorite flower. Now, I can’t pick.

Camassia. The native version is wild hyacinth, which I believe was a significant food source for Native Americans (known as ‘quamash’) — I think this is a more recent cultivar.

Ace of Hearts redbud, with Queen of the Night tulips, Spring Green tulips, purple camassia.

Queen of the Night tulips, Spring Green tulips, camassia, Jack Frost brunnera.

Native shooting stars.