Beginnings

The house had two main flower beds when we bought it and some additional plants (and rocks) around the trees. 

Front flower bed originally contained:

• Day Lilies, in overwhelming numbers.  I eventually dug up close to 1000 and still have a few left in the bed.
• Solomen's Seal
• A plant with varigated leaves that likes to spread.  I need to find out what it is.

Back flower bed originally contained:

• Snowdrops (lots of them)
• Crocus (spring...and just a few)
• Violets
• Tulips (a half-dozen)
• Buckthorn tree
• Two large pine trees
• Roses (two)
• Lilly of the Valley (in the hundreds)

I'm sure there were other plants, but the bed was so overgrown, it was hard to tell.

The yard in general has clusters of snowdrops, a couple of spring crocus, Soloman's Seal and Day Lillies around a tree in front, and Lilly of the Valley around the large tree in back.

Also, the previous owner like to stack rocks around the base of trees.  I think it was based on the idea that the rocks would leech minerals into the soil around the tree. 

There is also a gully in the backyard toward the back of the property.  It originally had a little bridge over it.