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Sunday bloomy

April is National Garden Month, but it’s been so rainy (as April in Arkansas often is) that there hasn’t been much of that happening for me. I did spend some time Saturday picking up plants I ordered from Audubon Delta’s spring native plant sale, and those will be planted sometime in the next couple of weeks in my front yard. Lately, though, I’ve been sitting the house and cat for someone whose garden is a certified wildlife habitat. I’m gaining inspiration here, as well as a new feline friend.

This Louisiana iris was named in honor of Gertrude Remmel Butler.
Shocking, I know, that I would absolutely love this windchime. I mean, purple and a cat? 😉
Kerria japonica is also known as the Yellow Rose of Texas.
While most people think of bearded irises when they think of irises, these are the kind I absolutely love; I much prefer Louisiana and Siberian type irises’ form.
Those purple flowers are America wisteria. It’s less showy than Japanese wisteria, but also much less invasive.
I think this is Joe-Pye Weed, but Google Lens thinks it’s spirea japonica.
Oxalis (wood sorrel) is one of my favorite wildflowers.
White avens is a wildflower I’ve often found in Burns Park. I haven’t been out there since the tornado a year ago, so I don’t know how many of the stands of wildflowers I knew when I took frequent photo hikes have fared.
I do love a purple columbine.
There was a storm Friday evening, and luckily, except for a young dogwood that fell over in the front and a few small fallen branches, this from a neighboring Chinaberry tree was one of the few signs that the storm had happened here. Chinaberry is pretty, but is considered invasive in Arkansas.
I could only dream of something this pretty at my house.