Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden

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Continuing the photo tour of the yard, most of these are from the savanna and prairie garden.

See all of today's photography posts:
Photos: House Yard and South Lot
Photos: Savanna and Prairie Garden
Photos: Back Toward the House
Photos: Garden Shed


This is a wide view of the white garden at the southwest corner of the driveway. The yuccas are bright green with snowdrops scattered around them.




Snowdrops are blooming in the white garden.




The wagonwheel garden stands at the northwest corner of the driveway.




A yellow crocus blooms in the wagonwheel garden.




This is the savanna looking east.




The hazelnut bush has its catkins open and swaying in the breeze.




The catkins hold the male flowers. The female flowers are elsewhere on the bush, which I have not managed to find.




Snowdrops have naturalized all over the east end of the savanna. I didn't plant any there, they just showed up.




This is one of the bigger mats that the snowdrops have formed.




Other snowdrops bloom in smaller clusters.




Looking over the prairie garden toward the west, it seems mostly brown, but there are daffodils sprouting in some places.




Hiding in the middle of this brush, slightly to the right side, is a bird. A glimpse of ruddy belly suggests that it is a robin.




This mossy branch lies alongside the south part of the trail around the prairie garden. The most common moss in my yard is yellow-green and shaggy. There is also a darker emerald one that is more velvety in texture.




This large, mossy log also lies along the south path.