It’s Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day again! I was too busy in May to post (the lilacs!), and we had very few blooms before that since last September. So June it is!
FRONT YARD
The azaleas and rhododendrons were here before us, except the pink ‘Olga Mezitt’ rhododendron bottom right. (Third photo also shows Centaurea montana, perennial bachelor’s button.)
The lupines.
The others.
amsonia (‘Blue Ice’ perhaps)Rote Glocke’ Pulsatilla vulgaris (pasqueflower)irispossibly ‘merry widow’ geraniumdrumstick primulamilkweed colony‘Bloodgood’ Japanese maple and Lindera benzoin (spicebush)
SHADE GARDEN
The hostas got big fast, and the Rodgersias are in full bloom now — with a heavenly scent.
The overall shot was from 4 June and things have grown a lot since then. In all, there’s garlic, peas, nine romaine lettuces, kale, a few cherry tomatoes, two squash and two cucumber plants, arugula, spinach, parsley, basil, and thyme.
The rest of the sideyard.
I’m working on this area quite a bit, clearing out under the weeping ‘Red Jade’ crabapple tree (and pruning it, too).
zinniazinniaRhamnus frangula ‘Fine Line’willowherb, a volunteerBaptisia australis, possibly ‘Lemon Meringue’area cleared near ‘Crimson Passion’ cherry, lilacs, crabapplenew plants under crabapple — Kirengeshoma palamata (yellow waxbells), Solomon’s Seal, bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), and Rodgersia pinnata ‘Chocolate Wings.’ Also hellebores et al. in there
BACK YARD
This is the best the ninebark has ever bloomed in six years. And I’m psyched it’s the angelica’s second year (biennial) so we’re getting the gorgeous flowers.
