GBBD April 2010

Remember back in September, when I requested help identifying all the plants in my new yard? Well, now that the snow is all melted (I hope), and temperatures are warming up, I’m going to need your help again.

I’m not entirely clueless when it comes to ornamental bloom identification, but at this point, more plants than not are beyond my breadth of knowledge. Like this thing, for example:

Here’s a closer view of the flowers on it:

Do please tell me what this stuff is, because I seem to have a lot of it:

Again, here’s a closup:

And please, please, please tell me what this little bloom is. My first thought was “tulip” but it’s certainly not like any tulip I’ve ever seen.
UPDATE — I’ve been informed this is a Fritillaria meleagris.

And a view looking in:

These two are a little closer to how I normally picture a tulip:

I seem to have a number of different hyacinths (at least, I think that’s what they are):

These were more of a peach color, but the color washed out when I took the photo:

I’m told this is a forsythia (I took this picture over a week ago, but I think it’s still OK to post it today):

And then there are the daffodils.

I think the remarkable thing about my daffodils is not how many of them there are (many — just take my word for it), but how many different varieties there are.

So there you have it. More to come next month! Please help me out with identification and post your answers in the comments below. Thanks!