What's what?

Spring is here! Check out the hyacinths (not my favorite, in fact, my first reaction when they came up was "I planted those?", but they do smell nice). And even a couple daffodils.

Meanwhile, stuff is coming up in other parts of the garden. And I have no idea what they are. And thus, the blog has its first opportunity to prove itself, as I can do a comparison from last summer and try to figure out what plant is what. First, the peony bed.

The peonies themselves are doing their peony thing. I don't remember them coming up red. Maybe it's the cat pee, since this seems to be a favorite place for the strays to hang out?

There's a nice red bulb starting to appear in front. And small leaves of things that I have no idea what they are. I fear they are honeysuckle, taking over. And the Anenomes, I think, at the back. And is that phlox? It's in the right place to be phlox.

Over next to the flowering quince, there are usual suspects -- the wedding hydrangea, the bleeding heart. On the other side of the flowering quince, more of the hyacinth (what was I thinking?), and is that the yarrow? It was so lackluster last year. Maybe it's going to make another go of it? Huh.

Meanwhile over in the shade, it would appear that that the blue sedge grass is back. And a hellebore. And, much to my pleasure, the redwood sorrel seems to be trying hard. Yay Redwood sorrel! And something else is coming up back there too. What are you? They said the "hardy begonia" would be late, and the heuchera was moved (and no sign of it over by the peonies). Is it the hosta? I could be happy if the hosta didn't come back. Why do I feel like the hosta is the Long Island housewife of the plant world. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Some of my best friends are housewives ... oh never mind.

And here, a rare opportunity to see what's going to grow on the fence on the other side, before it all gets taken over by Joe Pye Weed and Echinacea. Is that what's coming up? I definitely think I see some of those characteristic jagged leaves. And the jackrabbit hydrangea I rescued too. Is there something else going on back there. The creeping phlox seems to be creeping away.