A trip around the backyard

This forsythia is at the turning point of the driveway.

This is the Pink Perfection Camellia that i have taken so many air layerings from. I am trying to build up enough to go all the way down the fence line. This camellia has an upright growth habit and has been very disease resistant since I have lived here.

This unknown camellia is down in the "waydown", and is overflowing with flowers.

This is a favorite of everyone who braves the trip to the "waydown". They call it peppermint stripe, i don't know its correct name, it's just a camellia that we inherited.

This camellia needs to be air layered and put into work along the fence line also. The picture seems light - the flowers really look red in real life.

The Linten Roses have put on a show for the Season of Lent. These are old hellebores from a famous local garden that was dismantled by a local doctor and then funeral home. This one is white.

I think these purple are my favorite.

These are kind of a mix - slightly white purples. Behind them you see the fence where i hope to plant a long row of camellias soon. That brick structure is the laundry for the house. Inside is a huge black iron "bowl" big enough to take a bath. Under it a fire was built and the laundry was boiled. You can see the little chimney there. The house dates to about 1882.

Here's a close up view.

Like my daughter, this little gal never tires of reading, she is usually shaded by hostas, but they haven't awakened yet.

Finally, here's a shot of narcissus, with Italian Arum coming right behind it to hide their slow dying that comes later.

Thanks for stopping by.

David