Freshhhhh flowers

Happy May Day!

Ordinarily I'm opposed to blipping a collage - it seems like cheating for a one-a-day journal. But today I'm, well, cheating. This is a sampling of some of my favorite flowers in bloom today: peony, iris (2) and columbine. My absolute favorite is the peony...until the iris blooms...until the columbine blooms. I'm a bit like Liza and her Very Favorite Thing - whatever is in front of her at the moment.

I posted the originals of these on PB in addition to a few others.

I'm participating - occasionally, probably - in DDW's challenge for May. Today's prompt: Fresh, thus the title.

For some OCD reason, I've kept a list of the flowers I've seen in bloom in the neighborhood in April. Obviously, these are just the ones I can identify - there are twice as many more I don't know. It's an impressive bunch of blooms!

1. Allium
2. Alyssum
3. Andromeda
4. Apple
5. Aronia
6. Azalea
7. Bearded iris
8. Bee balm
9. Bleeding hearts
10. Bluebells
11. Blueberry
12. California poppies
13. Calodendrum
14. Camas lilies
15. Cherry
16. Chestnut
17. Clematis
18. Colt's foot
19. Columbine
20. Cotoneaster
21. Daisy
22. Dandelion
23. Dogwood
24. Daffodil
25. Enkianthas
26. Euphorbia
27. False Solomon's seal
28. Flowering cherry
29. Flowering plum
30. Forsythia
31. Fuchsia
32. Geranium
33. Hawthorn
34. Heather
35. Hellebore
36. Hyacinth
37. Iris
38. Jasmine
39. Kiwi
40. Lavender
41. Lilac
42. Magnolia
43. Narcissus
44. Ornamental onion (allium)
45. Pansies
46. Peony
47. Primroses
48. Quince
49. Rhododendron
50. Ribes
51. Strawberry
52. Trillium
53. Tulip
54. Tulip tree
55. Violets
56. White coral bells
57. Wild (native) iris
58. Wisteria
59. Yarrow

I need 'U' 'X' and 'Z' flowers! Too early for zinnias.