it's time to play... Name That Flower!

help!!!

what's growing in our back yard???

add a note if you know. :o)

and if you have tips on how to maintain them, i'll be even more grateful. ;o)

 

you might need to see them larger:

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when we moved to our house last summer, we were thrilled to become the proud new owners of one of the most beautiful, well-kept, lush, and diverse gardens we had ever seen.

 

then the reality set in:

i know NOTHING about flowers.

i don't even keep houseplants, because i manage to kill them all.

 

i was assured time and time again that these were all perennials (they come back year after year -- that's perennial, not annual, right??), and that only a small amount of weeding/pruning would be necessary to keep the garden alive. i sure as heck hope that's true.

 

so far -- fingers crossed -- things look pretty good. and it has been SO much fun watching the flowers come up this spring, because it's all new to us.

 

thing is... i have NO IDEA what the VAST majority of these lovely blooms are. the daffodils, yes, those i can recognize (although i never knew they came in so many shapes and sizes and colors). but the rest? not a prayer.

 

so. if you know anything about flowers, or even if you don't and want to throw in a guess for fun, i'd love to figure out what's blooming in our back yard.

 

and this is just the first batch -- there are a gazillion y more that will bloom over the summer, so i'm sure i'll have more of these lovely mystery collages. ;o)

 

thanks for any help you've got!

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