My Front Yard: February 2021

When people ask me “What is the best way to learn plant names?”, I always suggest that they look often at the plants near where they live in all seasons and learn those first. Here is a look at some of what is in my front yard:

Boxwood
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus inserta)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus inserta)
Variegated Japanese Euonymus
Variegated Japanese Euonymus
Variegated Japanese Euonymus
Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata)
Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata)
Cotoneaster
Panicled Aster (Symphyotrichum lanceolatum)
Periwinkle (Vinca minor)
Juniper (Juniperus communus)
Hibiscus
Ornamental Spruce
Forsythia (Forsythia intermedia)
Forsythia (Forsythia intermedia)
Forsythia (Forsythia intermedia)
White Mulberry (Morus alba)
White Mulberry (Morus alba)
White Mulberry (Morus alba)
White Mulberry (Morus alba)

NATURE POETRY

No more from that cottage again will I roam;
Be it ever so humble, there’s no place like Home.
⁠Home! Home! sweet, sweet Home!
There’s no place like Home! there’s no place like Home! – John Howard Payne.

Miles Hearn

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