A daylily. Some sort of star thistle? Bachelor's button. Golden tickseed (Coreopsis tinctoria) Corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) Toadflax? Creeping baby's-breath? Cosmos Chicory (Cichorium intybus) Capeweed (Arctotheca calendula) Rush skeletonweed (Chondrilla juncea) Eastern daisy fleabane (Erigeron annuu s)

Common peony ( Paeonia officinalis) Large white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum) American yellowrocket (Barbarea orthoceras) Spotted geranium (Geranium maculatum) Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) Garlic mustard ( Alliaria petiolata) Golden ragwort ( Packera aurea) Rue anemone ( Thalictrum thalictroides) White evening primrose (Oenothera speciosa) Redhot poker (Kniphofia uvaria) Virginia spiderwort (Tradescantia virginiana) A rose. Isn't it beautiful? Fragrant plantain lily (Hosta plantaginea)

Yellow flag iris ( Iris pseuda corus) Bulbous buttercup ( Ranunculus bulbosus) Daisy fleabane ( Erigeron philadelphicus) A tulip of some sort. Some kind of azalea. I bred this one myself! I call it "Speckled Sunset". Columbine Garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) Iris bud about to bloom. Sweet william (Dianthus barbatus) Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) has almost completely overrun the Mary garden… (I guess Mary really likes peppermint.)

Roanoke-bells (Mertensica virginica) at Shenandoah River State Park. Spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) Star chickweed (Stellaria pubera) Yellow harlequin ( Corydalis flavula) This one might be Draba tomentosa. Viola × Melissifolia Grape hyacinth (Muscari genus ) Lilac ( Syringa vulgaris)

Common henbit ( Lamium amplexicaule ) Sand bittercress ( Cardamine parviflora ) Purple dead-nettle ( Lamium purpureum ) Creeping phlox ( Phlox stolonifera ) Forsythia ( Forsythia × intermedia ) Forsythia flowers in a vase. Dandelion ( Taraxacum officinale ) Can anybody guess what this bird is? Please comment. And this one, too? Persian speedwell (Veronica persica ) is beautiful at this time of year!