Hybrid Tulip

Origin:

Alien from Holland planted in our garden by my wife

Celandine Poppy - Stylophorum diphyllum

Celandine Poppy - Stylophorum diphyllum

Origin:

Native, planted in our garden by myself

Blue Flag - Iris virginica

Blue Flag - Iris virginica

Origin:

Native, possibly native to our garden or planted by a previous owner

Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida

Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida

Origin:

Native, possibly native to our yard

Syringa vulgaris - Common Lilac

Syringa vulgaris - Common Lilac

Origin: Alien from Southern Europe, planted in my garden by the previous owner

Wild Blue Phlox - Phlox divaricata

Wild Blue Phlox - Phlox divaricata

Origin:

Native, Planted in our garden by myself.

Japanese Rose - Kerria japonica

Japanese Rose - Kerria japonica

Origin:

Alien, Planted in our garden by my wife.

Carolina Jessamine - Gelsemium sempervirens

Carolina Jessamine - Gelsemium sempervirens

Origin:

Native, planted in our garden by my wife, one of the few native flowers she has planted.

Unknown Bulb

Unknown Bulb

Origin:

Unknown, I assume Alien, Planted by my wife, I believe this was a free bulb that came with a Tulip order.

Unknown Lawn Weed

Unknown Lawn Weed

Origin:

Unknown, planted itself.

Japanese Bitter Orange - Poncirus trifoliata

Japanese Bitter Orange - Poncirus trifoliata

Origin:

Alien, from Asia, planted in our garden by my wife and myself; One of the first trees we planted, selected because of it's unusual spiked branches.

Tulip

Tulip

Origin:

Alien, possibly a hybrid, introduced into our garden by my wife.

Fairy Wings - Epimedium x versicolor 'sulphureum'

Fairy Wings - Epimedium x versicolor 'sulphureum'

Origin:

Alien Hybrid, from Asia, planted in our garden by myself; One of Thomas Jefferson's favorite flowers, I was told by a plant "Expert" that this plant was native when I bought it.

Bleeding Heart - Dicentra spectabilis

Bleeding Heart - Dicentra spectabilis

Origin:

Alien, from Asia, Planted in our garden by both my wife and myself, I planted it thinking it was the similar native bleeding heart.

Virginia bluebells - Mertensia virginica

Virginia bluebells - Mertensia virginica

Origin:

Native to Virginia, planted from seed by myself, never fully flowered before the stem broke.

Flowering Quince - Chaenomeles speciosa

Flowering Quince - Chaenomeles speciosa

Origin:

Alien, from China, introduced into our garden by my wife.

Common Blue Violet - Viola sororia

Common Blue Violet - Viola sororia

Origin:

Native, very common, many people consider it a weed, I pull them up by the thousands but keep patches because I do love the flowers.

Camellia - Hybrid

Camellia - Hybrid

Origin:

Alien, from Southern & Eastern Asia, Hybrid, introduced into our garden by my wife.

Grape Hyacinth - Muscari Botryoides

Grape Hyacinth - Muscari Botryoides

Origin:

Alien, from France & Italy, introduced into my garden by my wife.

Candytuft - Iberis

Candytuft - Iberis

Origin:

Alien from Southern Europe, introduced into my garden by my wife