June Bloom Day

June is the first month full of flowers here in central New Hampshire.

What is one to say about June, the time of perfect young summer, the fulfillment of the promise of the earlier months, and with as yet no sign to remind one that its fresh young beauty will ever fade. — Gertrude Jekyll

We’ve certainly come a long way since December.

Fruit guild in December:

fruitguildsnow10Dec2017

Fruit guild in June:

fruitguildrain4June2018

Vegetable Garden in December:

veggardenhousesnowmorning10Dec2017

Vegetable Garden in June:

veggarden5June2018 *

And now on to the rainbow colour arc of June blooms.

Red (and pink)

reddianthusflowerButterflyMixfruitguild12June2018
dianthus from a former year’s Butterfly Mix seed pack
redzinniaflower31May2018
red-orange zinnia
pinkcomfreybudsflowers9June2018
comfrey buds and blooms

 

redrhododendronflower31May2018
red-pink rhododendron
redpurplperhododendronbloomsfrontyard2June2018
red and purple rhododendrons
pinkpurpleMissKimlilacbloomsideyard7June2018
Miss Kim lilac
pinkProfusionGilleniasideyard13June2018
‘Pink Profusion’ Gillenia trifoliata (Bowman’s Root)
pinkbaptisiaanemonebenchalbertasprucejunipers9June2018
pink baptisia (and anemone, juniper, dwarf Alberta spruce)
moundpinkgeraniumfront7June2018
geraniums
pinkgeraniumbfrontyard2June2018
pink geraniums
pinkdianthusflowersunroomborder12June2018
dianthus
pinkdianthussunroomborderclose6June2018
dianthus, close

 

Orange and Yellow

orangeazaleasbloombudsrain4June2018
orange azaleas in the rain
rockcreamorangeazaleassprucefrontyardb4June2018
cream and yellow/orange and orange azaleas
creamazaleascloserain4June2018
cream and orange azalea in the rain
yellowtrolliusblooming5June2018
trollius (globeflower)
yellowbrownGazaniaflowerfrontyard2June2018
yellow Gazania flower (annual)
bumblebeepollenwhiterhodoflower6June2018
white rhododendron with pink, yellow, and bee
whiterhododendronclose7June2018
white rhodo with speckled yellow
yellowirisbloomwhiteyellowazalea13June2018
yellow iris with white & yellow/orange azaleas
yellowbaptisiagilleniapinkprofusionsideyard8pm12June2018
yellow baptisia (false indigo)
yellowbaptisiabloomclose8pm12June2018
close-up of yellow baptisia

 

Green and White:

dogwoodshrubflower8pm12June2018
kousa dogwood flower
somuchanemonepenstemonlilacbackyardbench7June2018
anemone sylvestris everywhere
whitevioletspurplestripes7June2018
white violets in lawn
whitetiarellafoamflowerbackborder7June2018
white-pink tiarella (foam flower)

 

shadegarden13June2018
shade garden foliage (with light pink Rodgersia flower buds)
foliagelargehostaKirengeshomashadegarden12June2018
kirengeshoma (yellow waxy bells) and hosta foliage
giantRodgersiashadegarden7June2018
giant Rodgersia in bloom
pinkdianthuschartreusesedum13June2018
chartreuse sedum (with pink dianthus)

 

Blue, Indigo, and Violet

amsonialupinerhodosfront8pm12June2018
amsonia and lupines with rhodos in evening
Amsoniablueflower7June2018
amsonia flower, close
blueirisbloomcentaurea13June2018
blue iris with centaurea
centaureafrontyard6June2018
centaurea
bluecentaureaflowerclosebeefrontyard2June2018
centaurea, close
purplelupineFoyhousefront8pm12June2018
purple lupine
spireslupinebluespruce7June2018
lupine
purplebluescillalupinemotherofthymefrontwalkwaybrick2June2018
blue-purple lupine and pink-purple Mother of Thyme, plus some blue scilla
bluesalviasunroomborder7June2018
blue salvia
chiveflowerpurple10June2018
purple chive flower
purplecolumbineshadegarden10June2018
purple columbine
threeSuespurplegeraniumflowersunderlilacs10June2018
purple geranium

 

And peonies are just about to bloom:

peonybudsixants3June2018

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Enjoy your June, wherever you are and whatever’s blooming in your garden.

2 comments

  1. Very interesting to see the contrast between your winter and summer garden! You have a beautiful collection of flowers and obviously, a beautiful garden too. I love the photo with the lupins, rhododendrons and amsonia in what I imagine is your front garden.

  2. I so can not believe that I missed Bloom Day! It was just too late in the day yesterday when I got around to doing it. In most regions, it was probably already today. Boo hoo. I will try next month.
    Your rhododendrons are very different from ours. The big white ones look like ‘Helen Schiffner’ untill one gets a closer look at the flowers with yellow.

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