100's of daff's

I remember so well how the front of our house used to look when we first bought it.  Overgrown, neglected, lots of weeds, overwhelming really.  But we went at it little by little.  What is interesting about a home is that- if you buy in the winter- you don't really know what's in the ground.  In our case- by the time we started to clean up the yard- we didn't care either.  Our mission was to get rid of everything and start from new.  For those of you who don't know or never saw our home, it used to be a mechanic's shop in our backyard- and it was full of trash and debris- and weeds, did I mention the weeds yet? 

So we chopped everything to the ground- almost everything- and started all over again.  And so I've planted over 20 plants in our yard (including 4 trees) roses, crepe myrtle's, decorative grass, perennial flowers, hasta- and last fall we planted 100 tulips and 100 daffodil bulbs.  So now this year (top photo) spring has truly sprung in our front yard.  And there's a four year old who just LOVES to pick them.  And you know what- she can- she can pick as many as she likes. 

If I were a kid and I could pick daff's every day when I got home from school I would have been happy as can be.  Now we're just waiting for the tulips to pop out.

One of the plants we had no idea about was the flowering quince (2nd photo)  This is probably one of the most stunning plants I've ever seen.  And cutting it to the quick didn't seem to bother it.  Like a rose it came back in full force.  And in the late summer it has quince fruits that grow around the bottom.  They are so pretty, don't you think?