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.)

Source Angelo was born in Jerusalem to Jewish parents who later converted to Christianity. At the age of eighteen, he and his twin brother became Carmelites. Angelo lived for five years as a hermit and then he went to Sicily to convert Jews. He was finally stabbed to death in 1220.

Source Louis Mary Grignion was born on January 31, 1673 in Montfort. He was ordained in 1700 and later made a chaplain at a hospital near Poitiers but later resigned. He later went to Rome and the pope made him a missionary. He also wrote a book called True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin . He died at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre in 1716.

Source Conrad Birnhoffer was the youngest of nine and was born in Parzham on December 22, 1818. When he was 31, he became a lay brother and in 1852, he took his solemn vows and was assigned as a porter at the shrine of Our Lady at Altötting⁡. He served as porter for more than 40 years and died at Altötting on April 21, 1894. He is remembered for his devotion to Mary.

Source George the Younger was a native of Mitylene and he was a rich man, but he gave his money to the poor and entered a monastery. Not long after, he was appointed bishop! When Leo the Armenian became emperor, George stood up against the persecutions, but he was exiled to Chersonese and died there in 816.

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)

Source Very little is known about Bl. Joan of Toulouse's early life, but we do know that she was accepted into the Carmelite order in 1225. She was the founder of the first tertiary Carmelite order and schooled boys for preparing to enter the Carmelites.