Here are some plants in a yard I just visited today. From top to bottom, we have 1. a shrub with small red flowers, 2. a shrub with newly budding leaves, 3. a vine trained against a fence, 4. two pics of a small shrub/tree that's starting to bloom purple flowers (curious how big this will get, too!) 5. some green leafy naturalized sprouts (also curious what the shrub behind it is; i think the one to the right is mahonia japonica?)
Number 1 reminds me of a Prunus of some sort - do you have closeups of the flowers? Number 3 could be anything, we need to wait for leaves on that one. The tangliness makes me think Hops. Number 5 reminds me of Lilies (like Saskatchewan lilies) or Irises.
Yeah it's hard when there are no leaves! I don't have a closeup of the flowers but I may take some more pictures tomorrow..
#1 - Chaenomeles (flowering quince). #2 - ? #3 - Probably Wisteria. ##4-5 - Magnolia species, perhaps M. liliiflora. #6 - ?
1. Agree, flowering quince, Chaenomeles sp 2. ? This one will be tough without closeups, leaves, flowers, etc. 3. Looks likeWisteria but can't be definitive until the leaves show. 4-5. Agree - a Magnolia species/variety. Leaves and flowers will help to narrow down the identification. 6. ?Hemerocallis species/variety (Daylilly)
I think #2 might be Philadelphus, mock orange. Other possibilities include Weigela, spirea, and such.
Here's a closeup pic of the flowering quince! The second is the leaves on #2 shrub, which have sprouted more today than yesterday.
