Spring Surprises

 Whoever lived here previously was a savvy gardener - or perhaps there was a series of savvy gardeners here. This property just keeps amazing us. In the winter, it looked like a pretty plain yard; as spring marches through, we keep being surprised by pops of color, blooming flowers, visual delights in every corner.

We have an "orchard" with four fruit trees and, presumably, a lilac tree...

Under our laurel hedge/tree we have these: 

And this: Wisteria?? grows nearby

 The front has lithodora, heather, salal, and I don't know what else....

 

Like the rest of the house, it does not photograph well as a whole, but the experience is amazing. I can tell already that it has been planted with early, middle, and late blooming plants, so we will enjoy new surprises throughout the year... 

And we have just discovered that a surplus of cherry/plum/apple blossoms can, indeed, clog your gutters. Amazing.