One of the first shrubs to flower in early summer is this beautifully scented lilac.
Honeysuckle lines the driveway providing colour and fragrance in early summer.
A tiger swallowtail butterfly rests, feeding on a lilac flower.
Lilies are long-lasting, sturdy, fragrant and very hardy in Newfoundland.
They can stay in the ground year-round and just keep increasing in size
each year.
Pansies and violas
are very hardy in Newfoundland,
acting as perennials
by seeding themselves.
An old rhododendron (variety unknown) is flowers profusely for a short period in early July.
Yes, this isn't a flower, but a lichen,
discovered in the field when it was being ploughed.
It's called 'British Soldiers' There
are a number of types of lichen and mosses on the property as well as mushrooms
and toadstools.
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