I swear the diversity of things that just pop up in my yard here is fantastic. In California, I really only had three weeds—the dandelion, some nasty thing that was sticky with thorns, and foxtails. Other than that and some Oxalis that we used to call "sourgrass" when we were kids, there just wasn’t a lot popping up.
Here I have so many different kinds of things in my yard, I don’t know where to begin. These are some of the latest shots from walking around my yard of things that are just growing on their own.
This is a tree that was just sticks and lichen when we moved in here, and now it has these green leaves coming in and some sort of red fruiting or flowering structures.
Some sort of wild geranium that grows in the wetter areas of the yard:
This is some sort of mystery weed that came up in April. It’s leaves look like carrot tops that have been stepped on to flatten out.
The Iris plants continue to run wild in both the front and back yard, their rhizomes running along the ground in every side of the yard. I have no idea when these will bloom or what they will look like eventually, but I am excited to find out.
Woodruff runs along the back fence here, mixed in with the blackberries that I pull out whenever I can.
My flowering plum tree has now lost its flowers—instead, it has gained these interested red leaves.
This low-growing groundcover is spreading at the high side of the backyard, where it gets plenty of sun and more drainage.
The only problem I have run into so far is how to cut back the things I don’t like in the yard while maintaining the things that I do like … for example, when I finally do mow whatever lawn I have out there, I’m going to wipe out a lot or wildflowers in the back yard and some bulbs in the front yard.
Any idea what some of these mystery things are? Leave your guesses in the comments.
