Does The Mountain Laurel Grow Only On Mountains?

The answer, as you may have guessed, is a resounding "No!"

[Photo by MarashGirl©2022] This Mountain Laurel grows on the plains just outside of Boston!

SAY HELLO TO BUSY LIZZY . . . UNLESS SHE'S TOO BUSY TO SAY HELLO TO YOU!

Please allow Marash Girl to introduce you to the "Impatiens walleriana Hook.f.", or, as more popularly known, the "Busy Lizzy"!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

And Allow Marash Girl To Introduce You To The Japanese Spiraea!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022 Above please view the Spiraea japonica L.f., better known as the Japanese Spiraea!

Solomon's Seal Graces Marash Girl's Front Garden!

See below the Polygonatum multiflorum (L.) All. ... better known as Solomon's Seal!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

So This Is What Phlox Looks Like On A Sunday In May In New England. . .

Meet Phlox subulata L. Moss phlox Polemoniaceae...also known as Moss Phlox!

Photo By MarashGirl©2022

Let's Not Forget the Hyacinthus orientalis L. Hyacinth Asparagaceae

Photo By MarashGirl©2022

Mystery Quince!

Marash Girl needs your help in identifying this flowering plant! (Or is it a fruit tree? A tree that bears quince fruit?) What is it? A Chinese Quince? A Japanese Quince? Do you know its real name? Could it be, as one website suggests Chaenomeles speciosa (Sweet) Nakai Chinese-Quince rosaceae? Or, as another website suggests, Chaenomeles japonica Japanese Quince? Maule's Quince? Whatever it's name is, Marash Girl is delighted to have it growing in her side yard!

Photo by MarashGirl©2022

A Witch's Moneybags In May?

Photo By MarashGirl©2022 Perhaps Marash Girl should have waited until Halloween to post the photo of this plant, a Witch's Moneybags Hylotelephium telephium (L.) H. (Hylotelephium telephium - Orpine), that appears in her garden in April (the plant, not the photo)! Marash Girl wonders which witch lost the moneybags this past October . . . and which witch gave the plant its name . . . Or perhaps Marash Girl should be using the plant's other name: Garden Stonecrop! More appropriate for a garden in May, don't you think?

Siberian Squill (Scilla Siberica)

                                                                               

                                                                                                                   Photo By MarashGirl©2022

             

                                                     . . . And Siberian Squill make their way into Marash Girl's front yard!                                           Did they really travel there all the way from Siberia?