Most of my flower photos are of quite domesticated plants. They are tame and they are – for the most part – growing where I planted them. I decided to get out of my own yard and see what is coming up out where no people are doing the planning. So I walked in and out of weeks and almost over a year to where the wild things are.
As a gardener, it just rubs me the wrong way to post a photo of a plant I can’t identify. But while I don’t know what these first two are, I love the photos enough to throw them out here anyway. If you know what they are, please leave me a comment! The first one is low growing, in a pretty shady spot. I will keep an eye on it to see if any flowers appear. I love the sheen on the leaves. 
These trees are all over the place – light and airy with lacy looking flowers.
For the last 26 springs I have enjoyed these old fashioned daffodils. They grow in an area that was part of a busy farm 100 years ago. I imagine they were planted by the farm wife to bring a spot of color into what was probably a pretty difficult life.
One of the earliest wild flowers around here. A lot of people mistakenly think they are some kind of dandelion but they are called Coltsfoot. You often see them growing in the poor soil at the edge of country roads.
A wild growing bleeding heart of some kind. I don’t know if it was originally planted by the same farm wife as the daffodil or if it truly is wild. They are all over the place though and they are an “ephemeral” which means they come up, put out foliage, then some flowers, then by the time it gets hot in the summer they have faded away to nothing – gone underground to await the next spring.
This is Bloodroot. It grows in drifts in fairly open areas. This patch is alongside our road, a mile or so from the house. They contain a skin irritating sap and are also supposed to have morophine like qualities. These too will be gone a month or so from now.
An orange Coltsfoot – a little less prevalent than the yellow kind.
Finally – my favorite early spring flower. This is called a Trout lily for the speckled leaves or a Dog-tooth lily for the pointed petals. Also an ephemeral, it comes and goes pretty quickly. In some areas they are pink or purple but I have only ever seen the yellow ones here. 
Oddly enough, I did get back home just in time for dinner and it was still hot!
lovely pics from a lovely green thumb. Putting my yard to shame ya know. =)~
The Bloodroot is gorgeous! You have flowers I’ve never seen, always having lived south. And could we see more of the tree in the second picture. Maybe it’s form will help.
Ah, spring is bursting (yippee)!
I love the Bloodroot and the trout lily. I don’t think I have ever seen either here. I am going to look more carefully on our walks.
The one that you referred to as “A wild growing bleeding heart of some kind” looks like what we always called “Dutchmans’ Britches.” Great pictures. Spring has sprung. IndyLindy
I’ve got some beautiful, yellow flowers growing all over my yard. They are called “Dandelions.” ;-)
Nice pics, Dlyn! I love the trout lily!! And especially liked the bloodroot. Thanks for sharing.
Finally getting caught up on your blog today ….. and enjoying another chuckle with the Fred and Bessie saga.
Enjoyed the flowers too!
You won’t see me back on until next Tuesday …. we leave for graduation tomorrow morning.
(Hey, this is the first time the comments section underlines my misspelled words to do a spellcheck ….. how do I use it?)
Tah – tah!
CM – have a great time at graduation and congrats on getting the first kid through college! I think if you click on an underlines word it offers alternatives?
Flea – I didn’t take a pic of the whole tree – just the part I wanted. That is pretty much how they look though – kinda scraggly.
Anon – so it is! They are both kinds of Dicentra apparently. thanks!
Beth – trust me, we have more than our share of those too – we live on a farm after all! :)
Thanks everyone – glad you enjoyed the pics.
that first one looks like a type of hosta to me… maybe! we have no real flowers here yet!
Great pictures…! Thanks for the visit today, it would good to see you again.
Hope you’re fully recovered from the March flu!