lilies

We have been living at our new property now for three years and we keep finding plants we didn’t know we had. The image on the left of a beautiful lily we found growing in our yard. Then we found a second one in another location but we didn’t see them over the last two summers. What a lovely surprise.

I don’t know the name of this lily, I hope it’s actually a lily. If you know the name please take a moment and leave a nice comment.

Forgive me for this but we had other lilies that just brought back a rush of days I would rather forget and had to remove them from our yard. They were tiger lilies and as a kid they were in every cemetery I had ever been too and left a lasting impression that I would rather not feel.

There are so many other beautiful lilies and other flowers that make my heart light that I think it’s okay to remove a few that don’t give me that feeling.

We have quite a number of plants growing that we don’t have a clue about yet but each year we are learning more about them and discovery new one we didn’t even know where hiding in there.

Just this morning I went back out, in the pouring rain, to see if I could get a better image of the lilies. The rain was too much for the lilies and they were hanging to the ground but I did find a gorgeous maple tree about three feet tall hiding in the bushes.

I have been looking around the yard for maple tree sprouts so we can start putting them around our property fence, between the grape vines. So far I have found 4 inch sprouts and have put some in pots until they get big enough to survive the winter.

I will dig up the lilies and the maple tree in the fall and place them where we want them.

I planted two grape vines this summer so that maple tree will look great in the middle between the two vines. It will also help to hide the fence post that’s between the two.

I love our backyard. It gives us beauty and surprises every year.