Spring Flowers in the Backyard Garden

The backyard garden is filled with lots of new flowers. I have a mix of my old favorites such as viola, calendula, nasturtiums, and nicotiana.

I’m also happy to report a few vegetables are starting to flower like my summer squash, tomatoes, and tomatillos. I especially like the tomatillo flowers which are yellow with green spots. This is my first year growing them and I hope to be making salsa verde in the summer.

I have also added a few new flowers to the mix. The first is coastal tidy tips (Layia platyglossa) which have pretty yellow and white flowers.

The next one is a native wildflower called Lacy Phacelia . At first I thought it looked a little too weedy. It’s probably better suited for a meadow garden. Once it started to flower though I was hooked. The main stalk uncurls into a row of these pretty purple flowers.