Saturday, May 17, 2008

Volunteers on parade!

The front yard is full of volunteers that have started from wind-blown seeds. Here is a member of the family Lonicera, the honeysuckles. It took root near the mailbox.

This lilac apparently grew from a seed that lodged between the wall of the carport and the front step. This is the first year it has bloomed.

Although this iris is not a volunteer, it fights valiantly through the climbing rose next to the carport.

3 comments:

Chuckbert said...

Hurray for volunteers! They're happy to be where they are. And if you're happy where they are, everybody's happy!

RetroMag said...

iullxiYou have such pretty volunteers and I can't grow things even with TLC.

BobbieS53 said...

I love volunteers! One of the best volunteers I have in my yard is a Cottonwood tree. I have a neighbor that has one and a seed blew into my yard and landed in a flower pot. It grew there for a couple of years and I planted it down by the barn. It's been in the ground for 3 or 4 years...I'll have took back at some pictures I took of it a while back...and now it's about 13 feet tall. One of my friends said that you can't buy Cottonwood tress unless they are neutered somehow. I don't think you can buy the ones that produce cotton. I'm not sure what sex mine is...